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Tel Aviv, Il

AUTOMOTIVE LOGISTICS INTELLIGENCE (AI/IoT)● Joined ViLOG in 2023 to scale a start-up AI SaaS company in the Finished Vehicle Logistics Industry and prepare the company for funding and growth. ● ViLOG has surpassed a pivotal milestone with our production-ready product. Our pioneering early adopters are scaling to full production, while others are progressing through contracted pilots.

Diamond Bar, Ca, Us

Lead the growth of Liferay Global Services to represent 15% of global revenues. Formed partnerships with strategic accounts in financial services, telecom, manufacturing, and e-commerce to ensure Liferay's products delivered upon the value of business transformation.● Doubled Professional Services growth and revenue within three years from $11m to $26m.● Defined and implemented sales and delivery processes to align with Liferay Global Services’ and Liferay’s goals● Developed and implemented practice management strategies to be used across Liferay’s global practices● Mentored key leaders on the Global Services team● Cultivated a culture of mentorship and growth● Built a mindset of servant leadership● Led development, rollout, and management of new products and service delivery offerings.● Collaborated with C-Suite to develop strategic initiatives and long-term goals.

Senior Enlisted Non-Commissioned Officer of 29th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion.. The CSM is referred to as the conscience of the command and is the bearer of standards. Supervises an Infantry battalion; plans, coordinates, supervises, and participates in activities pertaining to organization, training, combat operations, and intelligence of units at battalion or higher; provides tactical and technical guidance to subordinates and professional support to both subordinates and superiors in the accomplishment of their duties; serves as the principal noncommissioned officer in an infantry battalion; supervises the processing of operations and intelligence information in an infantry battalion.Retired with 30.5 years of cumulative service.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Lead and grew the Collaboration Custom Engineering and Consulting Service Line within Advanced Services. Managed a full software development group of Custom Application Engineers, Architects, Project Managers and BDM’s in geo-distributed locations of the UK, India, Israel, Bulgaria, Singapore, and multiple states in the USA. Successfully built a professional services subcontracting strategy to scale delivery across global theaters. Secured and cultivated relationships with key vendors to round out services needed to deliver robust solutions for Cisco’s clients.● Managed and delivered multiple pre-chasm innovation solutions as part of a broader Advanced Services rollout of new services. Resulted in over $20 million pipeline of customers within 2 years.● Cultivated and lead the sales enablement infrastructure team for major Advanced Services product rollout of Cisco Mobile Advisor.● Led Engineering team to architect, develop and deliver innovative applications and integrations to specific customer business challenges. This effort enabled over $250 million in Cisco product bookings and deployments during FY'14.● Lead innovation of new solutions, demonstration applications, and engagement in industry events to promote Cisco products and services to Cisco field sales, partners, and customers. Innovative solutions in development had a projected $20+ million in team revenue over the next two years with over $40+ million in potential combined services revenue for Cisco.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Lead and grow the Collaboration Custom Engineering and Consulting Service Line within Advanced Services. Manage a full software development group of Custom Application Engineers, Architects, Project Managers and BDM’s in geo-distributed locations of the UK, India, Israel, Bulgaria, Singapore, and multiple states in the USA. Successfully build a professional services subcontracting strategy to scale delivery across global theaters. Secure and cultivate relationships with key vendors to round out services needed to deliver robust solutions for Cisco’s clients. • Manage and deliver multiple pre-chasm innovation solutions as part of a broader Advanced Services rollout of new services. Resulted in over $20 million pipeline of customers within 2 years• Cultivate and lead the sales enablement infrastructure team for major Advanced Services product rollout of Cisco Mobile Advisor.• Lead Engineering team to architect, develop and deliver innovative applications and integrations to specific customer business challenges. This effort enabled over $250 million in Cisco product bookings and deployments during FY'14.• Lead innovation of new solutions, demonstration applications, and engagement in industry events to promote Cisco products and services to Cisco field sales, partners, and customers. Innovative solutions in development have a projected $20+ million in team revenue over the next two years with over $40+ million in potential combined services revenue for Cisco.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Cultivated and managed new and existing client relationships for a pre-chasm healthcare solution that was piloted for market introduction. Coordinated and developed internal corporate relationships with mutually supporting organizations to enhance and scale the product. Coordinated and executed industry events to market the solution and generate demand for new offers.● Successful pilot of this solution allowed a major healthcare institution to achieve 20% reduction in cancelled procedures within the first six month resulting in recovering millions of dollars in lost revenue.● Led the virtualization of demo environment to enable on-premise demonstration environment streamlining our ability to travel to customer sites with complete portable platform.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Built, from scratch, the first full custom engineering service line responsible for solving customer business problems through new and innovative applications and integration of technical components. Directed development team for Cisco Unified Communications products using Collaboration solution SDK, Unified Communications SDK’s, and direct API programming. Managed team of Developer Services application engineers in the Unified Communications space supporting over 200 partners.● Increased bookings by $1.4m within first 18 months with a small team of developers.● Grew revenue to $12m within 2 years

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for technical enablement, mentoring, architectural, and troubleshooting assistance for over 200 partners developing applications to the exposed API’s of Cisco platforms. Executed countless technical presentations to C-level executives of customers, partners, and business units on strategy,● Analyzed and edited existing computer applications created by Cisco’s partners to improve functionality and resolve issues.● Worked closely with other team members to troubleshoot and debug.● Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to design and implement new technology features and enhancements for solutions, applications, and API development.● Spearheaded API/SDK enhancement across multiple BU’s and over 30 API’s during major Unified Communication Solution Launch● Built out global support capabilities to scale team and provide broad coverage of Developer Services offerings.● Led coordination of multiple Developer Services Advisory Forums in the US and coordinated support for the same efforts in Japan.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Future Operations Chief and Team Leader for Military Engagement Team responsible for planning and executing Security Cooperation Assistance training with Foreign Military partners across 10 countries in the ARCENT area of responsibility. Executed Security Cooperation missions across 13 countries with high success.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

The S3 Operation Sergeant is the senior non-commissioned officer, monitoring and supervising the performance of the enlisted staff. He assists the S3 Operations Officer. He prepares, authenticates and publishes the overall tactical Standard Operating Procedures from regiment through battalion level, and recommends priorities regarding allocation of resources. He monitors the army's surveillance activities and coordinates all aspects of maneuver, such as boundaries, locations of command posts, and areas for putting up quarters. He prepares operational records and reports, and ensures the implementation of administrative policies and procedures.The S3 Operations Sergeant maintains statistics of the unit's capabilities and performance. He is involved in assigning, attaching and detaching teams and units. He documents the force and makes recommendations regarding organization and equipment. He recommends, establishes and equips unit forces with the proper unit members.

First Sergeant of 266th Military police Company.

Trained, and led as Platoon Sergeant, an Infantry platoon to prepare for Full Spectrum Operation Combat. Platoon Sergeant for 2nd platoon while deployed to Afghanistan 2004-2005.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

Associates In Science A.S.