Yishai Mendelsohn Email & Phone Number

Israel

• Providing major strategic decisionmakers (CEO, BoD, senior executives) with actionable intelligence and recommendations on future project direction and current performance, utilizing expert-level Power BI tools for.
• Developing AI/LLM systems to innovate data access and knowledge growth. Combining and fine-tuning open source Large Language Models,and also RAG with local proprietary databases and sources to provide better access to.
• Developed novel data sources and analysis methods to combine and analyze large databases of disparate world data to generate real-world relevant business intelligence and market analyses.
• Developed and led the creation of intelligence reports and market analyses for major decision makers throughout the company, in coordination with corporate upper-level management, the CEO, and the Board of Directors.
• Responsible for the company’s patentability requests and freedom to operate reports.

Tel Aviv, Israel

• Planned, negotiated, and executed major agreements with Boeing and other major US-based and multi-national corporations for contracts, work agreements and offsets totaling $2.4 Billion.
• Managed and coordinated international manufacturing and business development activities in the US throughout all IAI divisions in Israel and together with IAI North America, Stark Aerospace subsidiary, and ELTA North.
• Responsible for leading and arranging high-level summits at IAI, including US Senators, four-star generals, and major international CEOs.

Tel Aviv, Israel

• Planned and led the cross-departmental preliminary design effort of a large, innovative Blended Wing Body business jet, coordinating designs with Dassault Aviation for two years.
• Led wide ranging aircraft preliminary design efforts, both technically and market-based. Used novel methods for intelligence gathering and design methods.

Israel / California

• Founded and managed an international startup (a fingerprint gun locking company), bringing it from planning, strategy, investment rounds, product design and launch.
• Created and managed partnerships with major gun and tech companies.
• Co-wrote and was awarded two patents, with an additional two patents pending.
• Intelligun was featured on many news programs, CBS television news, a James Bond movie, and was also shown personally to the then Vice-President Joe Biden, and also to prominent US Senators.
• Transitioned the company to new owners and management in order to further my personal career

Chula Vista, CA

• Complete project responsibility for the Bombardier CSeries thrust reverser design integration and manufacture (CSeries is now the Airbus A220), including managing international design teams in Singapore and India.
• Responsibilities included high-level negotiations with Pratt & Whitney on the design and integration, 5-year design and manufacturing plans.
• Left the company to make Aliyah.

Troy, MI

• Co-develop with major international defense and commercial companies such as Airbus, Boeing, BAE Systems, Takata, NAVISTAR, and Zodiac, all with in Business Development, Marketing and Product Design.
• Developed and implemented major process improvement for an internal phased program management system and control

Walled Lake, MI

• Led the Systems Design team for all of Williams’ larger commercial turbine engines, the FJ44 family, integrating into many business jet designs, complete engine assembly, and certification of all engine parts and.
• Also led complete external nacelle design and aircraft integration teams coordinating designs with Cessna, Raytheon, Cirrus companies.
• Negotiated with the US Air Force to use their major testing hangars, resulting in significant cost and schedule reductions for engine certification testing.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Emphasis In International Business And Entrepreneurship

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering