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For examples, see Projects section below.Teaching courses on programming languages and software design (for examples, see Projects section below).Instructing diverse audiences, from academia to advanced professionals, in various programming courses: Languages, programming principles and methodologies, design, and architecture.

Israel

For a full list of projects, see Projects section below.• Product planning, defining, and requirement gathering. Emphasis on prioritizing requirements and features with the customer, with both tactical and strategic goals in mind, in order to achieve a realistic development roadmap using Agile methodologies.• Analyzing software and hardware needs, and advising specific solutions, with emphasis on security and availability. Keeping in touch with customers to analyze their usage of these solutions and calibrate accordingly.• Architecture and high-level design for startups and independent projects.

Helping people make decisions regarding their career in hi-tech: Young people contemplating computer and data science degrees, CS graduates seeking their first job and career path, and programmers wishing to advance their career and deepen their knowledge and expertise.For examples, see Projects section below.

For a full list of projects and courses, see Projects section below.Provided consulting services to CodeValue customers: Architecture, development, and ALM/DevOps, at various companies, concentrating on requirement gathering and specification writing, architectures, code reviews, performance analysis, and other development tasks.Taught various courses: C++ (from basic to advanced, “Modern” C++), C# (advanced), Design Patterns (in C#), Software Architecture, and more.

For a full list of projects and courses, see Projects section below.Provided consulting services to Sela customers: Architecture, development, and ALM/DevOps, at various companies, concentrating on requirement gathering and specification writing, architectures, teaching and helping with various technology and development tasks.Taught various courses: C++ (from basic to advanced, internals, “Modern” C++, “Effective C++”, and more), C# (basic and advanced), Operating Systems (Windows internals, RT, multitasking), Design Patterns (in C++ and C#), and more. I also gave lectures (mostly C++-related) at Sela conferences.

Edited Israel's leading technological magazine, catering for hardware and electronics engineers in the industry.

• Software Architect, PC Health group: Improved and formalized the Problem and Solution Signatures department’s unique development process, predicted and prevented future product limitations, and implemented various Microsoft software development requirements, methodologies, and technologies.• UAG Direct Access: Built the test team – from test plans and test cases, through methodologies, to choosing, and, in some cases, building the tools. Helped streamline processes and tasks for the entire group. Direct Access enables remote access to the organizational network over IPv6.

• Managed vision software and hardware projects for accident reduction and driver assistance. As part of this role, I was responsible for requirement definition, software development, integration, and working closely with development and QA staff.• Customer management: Interacted with product managers and technical engineers in the automotive industry. Product delivery included configuration management and guidance, documentation, and integration assistance. Captured customer feedback, as well as software output, in order to improve product functionality, reliability, and satisfaction.• Enterprise-wide roles: ˗ Researched and implemented requirements management systems for the company by interacting with stakeholders, keeping them “in the loop” while analyzing the requirements in order to assure a satisfactory solution. ˗ Helped the company incorporate and comply with CMMI and SPICE, which are mandatory standards in the automotive industry.

Led a complete redesign of the press control system’s architecture. As part of my role, I researched, implemented, and standardized the team’s software development practices, including software tools and frameworks, methodologies, and coding guidelines.Transformed product requirements into system requirements, by cooperating with product managers.

Defined, specified, designed, and took part in the implementation of the server side of the company’s corporate product – Babylon Enterprise Server – from the ground up. This included gathering requirements for the product, designing core components, and managing the development efforts. Babylon-Enterprise generates 80% of Babylon’s total income.

Designed and implemented the distribution modules in Actimize Analytics Intelligence Server, the company’s Business Intelligence product, with emphasis on cross-platform compatibility. Researched and implemented protocols and frameworks, including Xerces, SMTP, LDAP, and ACE, in the application.

Designed and developed various applications and modules, including the system’s API, a software-based watchdog timer, and implementation of multi-language voice support in the product.Researched frameworks and modules in order to optimize product performance and stability.

Took part in the development of TestDirector, a leading integrated software testing management tool.