Shlomit Arad Email & Phone Number

Tel Aviv District, Israel

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Mountain View, California, United States

Menlo Park, California, United States

Palo Alto, California

FlipStir, a voice based cooking assistant, guiding you through your entire cooking experience in real time!

Mountain View, California

Built and managed a management consulting practice (Science of Sales) from the ground up, generating actionable data based insights for significant lift in sales for dozens of enterprise companiesOversaw a team of data scientists and engineers to develop machine learning models analyzing sales dataGenerated market requirements and oversaw development of a sophisticated sales optimization platformLed the product's business development, sales activities, client presentations and product demos

Built and led an exceptional team of 5 product managers, driving overall product vision, strategy, roadmap and requirements definition from concept to launch for the company’s flagship products.Redefined the company’s strategy and led the productization of an internal tool to surpass sales of the flagship product, bringing in strategic global partners such as McGraw Hill (U.S.A) and Editis (France).Led market research and the analysis of the competitive environment, developed business cases, defined product requirements and prioritized opportunities with Executive Management. Assumed a key position in driving new business by communicating Time To Know's value proposition and key benefits to internal stakeholders, potential customers and partners at all levels.

Transformed the company’s product to target the US market, leading to adoption by schools throughout the US.Defined the company’s overall product vision, product strategy and product roadmap, through extensive market research, competitive analysis and client road trips, resulting in a significant increase in students’ performance and engagement level.Drove cross-functional product development throughout the entire product lifecycle, delivering a high quality product and meeting strict deadline. Activities included: release scoping and prioritization, user experience, product requirements, release cycles, documentation and client training.

Defined and presented an innovative research project based on machine learning algorithms to the company’s investor and successfully raised $1.25M to manage this project. Recruited and managed an interdisciplinary development team (R&D, design and scientists). Insights from the research were used to define Time To Know’s comprehensive dynamic reporting solution and recommendation mechanism for teachers and principals.Defined Time To Know’s adaptive learning component, one of the product’s key selling points to date.

Nyc, New York

Managed Pando's product life cycle. Oversaw R&D, QA, Technical Writers, Operations, Support and Marketing personnel. Successfully managed all communication and integration with external partners (Skype, Yahoo).

Overall responsibility for two leading software products throughout their entire product life cycle, including gathering requirements, overseeing development, QA, delivery and launch activities and working directly with customers to gather product requirements.Developed comprehensive product requirement documents, plans and roadmaps.

Recruited and managed a team of four programmers, developing new and competitive features in Check Point's industry-leading products.Designed and led technical projects for the company's core product, including project design, implementation and integration.

Member of Check Point's elite programming teamResponsible for numerous projects from inception to the successful release. Created project plans, high and low level design documents, and implemented code.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing, Student Exchange Program

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing

Bsc, Computer Science And Mathematics, Graduated With Distinction