Developing a novel approach to human resources through community based web applications.

I provide my services to small firms on a freelance basis. The services I offer include introducing social media features into existing business models and modifying my clients' web presence. Responsibilities:Creating and implementing Social Media features into existing services and products, and running pilot programs to measure their effectiveness.Developing Social Media Strategies for my clients.Developing comprehensive web presence strategies for my clients.

provides seminars and lectures to foreign visitors and dignitaries on subjects related to Jewish Arab coexistence in Israel, Israeli-Palestinian affairs, and the history of the Israeli Arab conflict. I lectured and conducted seminars to large and small groups on a variety of subjects within this scope. As part of my seminars I would take groups on guided tours of the Wadi Ara, Emek Hefer, and northern West Bank regions, and facilitate meetings with the local population. 2002-2006 Channel; In Channel 2 News I started as editor in the foreign news desk doing mostly short news broadcasts/ I quickly worked my up to editing the foreign news for the main news broadcast at 20:00. Responsibilities:On shift I was responsible for keeping abreast of ongoing stories and catching the breaking ones.I decided what news was worthy for broadcast, and what was not.writing all of the foreign news broadcast items. I built a online reference page that became the standard homepage throughout the different desks at the news station.

TheWadi (TheWadi.com) is a hub for Israeli hi-tech companies, offering wide coverage of their activities in the English language. TheWadi publishes relevant news for Israeli Internet companies in global markets in real time and is a first source for news. Responsibilities:Writing in depth business intelligence reports about Israeli hi-tech companies for clientsWriting news and reviews for TheWadi

Soluto is Internet based software startup which aims to ease PC user frustrations by recognizing them and helping the PC circumvent them. The company's initial marketing plan revolved around WOMAA guidelines and an active community of advocates and knowledge contributors. Social media played a major role in this projected plan.Responsibilities:Creating and maintaining several online personas including a corporate one which would be active in social networking venues and ready to work the crowd during product launch.Creating and maintaining a blog that would serve to relay traffic to the corporate site.Writing content for the blog, corporate site and the company's online personasCommunity managementEstablishing the presence of keywords in Google's organic search resultsMaintaining active profiles on many social network sites, and enlisting the support of key players on these sites.Developing a customer relations strategy for product launch.2007 to

I have been an active part in the IDC's "Entrepreneurship in the Internet Age" course from its inception to date. The course is part of the centers MBA program and is the most popular elective class by far.Responsibilities:Assisting and grading the students in the course project which is the creation of a small content based site from concept through implementation, introducing web 2.0 elements, monetizing and developing a clear business model.Lectures about social media.

Erayo is an online ecommerce platform that promotes and facilitates global B2B trading (Wholesale), and provides logistic solutions for shipping and customs clearance issues. The platform also offers its users business management tools to effectively run an online export/import business.Responsibilities:As part of the platform development I created all of the site content up to launch.Before actual development began I produced a market analysis report that helped determine the company's potential market. This, in turn, affected my approach to content during development.

In mid 1992 I scaled back my studies at Columbia to start a motorcycle oriented service facility in Manhattan. By 1994 Cycle Therapy was the largest motorcycle dealership in New York City, and by industry standards one of the most active dealerships on the east coast. Among the services offered were: motorcycle sales and service, Financing department, motorcycle accessories showroom, online motorcycle parts and accessories sales on a proprietary website, OEM motorcycle parts department, motorcycle Salvage yard, Harley Davidson custom Design department, 24 hour towing services, motorcycle driving instruction, motorcycle insurance policy underwriting, Motorcycle Storage facility, motorcycle parts export business, serving Israel and several South American countries, motorcycle State inspection facility, New York State authorized DMV location (issuing vehicle registrations and license plates), and last, but not least, one hell of a social hotspot. Responsibilities:As owner I was responsible for developing all of the different services offered by the company. The list of services grew from year to year and in most cases involved my studying the subject and developing the service from scratch. For example Insurance underwriting which I had to study and get licensed to practice before I could offer my customers any policies. I closely followed technical advances and computerized my store by myself early on. As a result I gained firsthand experience with networking when coaxial cables were the standard, and Hayes compatible 2400 baud modems where the rage. I implemented an inventory stock management system, managed a customer database, ran mass mailings and designed my own ads. Eventually I built an e-commerce site for the store. My greatest responsibility was maintaining customer satisfaction (the secret for my success). In 1999 I sold Cycle Therapy for a nice profit. The shop maintains its excellence to date.