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Israel

Aligning operations and work procedures with business goals

Specialty: Aligning operations with business goals• Building project management frameworks for maturing start-up companies• Working with in-house teams to improve business excellence based on KPIs • Empowering small businesses with internet-based commerceProven and preferred mode of work: Reporting to the top-level manager.

Netania, Israel

Managed the product line of a mature startup company:• Led transition from Beta version to factory production• Defined product road-map, wrote Requirement Documents and managed new feature requirements inbound /outbound • Performed competition analysis• Wrote proposals, including winning a high-profile Green neighborhood project in USA• Defined and maintained product pricing• Additional responsibilities included: ongoing communication with customers, investors and power users; subcontractor management, distributor selection & agreement negotiation, marketing & sales support, technical documentation

Managed several product development programs at the mobile messaging division:• Planning and Control Director: Led a major upgrade of the R&D management methodology, including strategic gating and performance measurement of multiple-projects; this methodology was later adopted by other business units• Technology Roadmap Program Manager, Telecom Messaging Platform: product strategy, feature prioritization, API requirements, technology alternatives evaluation, backward compatibility, go-to-market plan, top management reviews• Product Engineering Operations Manager: Coordinated under the chief architect the work of 18 system engineers vis-a-vis 5 different product R&D groups. Led the Division's new product life cycle procedure as part of a cross-corporate task-force• Project Manager, Insight Platform: Development of a new Voicemail, Email and Text messaging solution for telecom operators• Outsourcing Director: Developed the Division's management framework for remote outsourcing activities, including 2-year relocation to India

• Led two major development programs (40 people) from RFP to successful delivery: - Multiple-station military simulator for international clients including on-site installation- Helicopter simulator including flight model and on-site installation• Designed UI for air-combat debriefing system

Tel Aviv

Managed development of unique computer-based learning products, including simulation models, for a large US publishing house: • Coordinated work of 6 learn-ware designers, subject matter experts and documentation team • Experience designing for Mac, including representing the Company in Apple Computers' excellence events

Ms & M.Arch, Management Info Systems, Urban Planning, A+

Activities and Societies: President of Israeli Student Club at MIT Specialized in Building Energy Management and Passive Solar Design

Bachelor Of Architecture (B.Arch.), Design, A+