Skills Summary
Accomplished software professional | Vast experience in R&D management | Proficient in Software analysis, design and development | Agile enthusiast, experienced in building and training agile teams | Skilled product owner
Work Experience
2012-Present: Co-Founder and CTO at SeatID
- CTO of SeatID, a Social Seating solution that allows airline passengers to choose a seatmate based on their social networks profiles
2010-2012: BSME Foundations Core R&D Manager, HP Software
- Managing three scrum teams in Israel and Ukraine. In charge of the core development of HP BSM, a product for monitoring and management of applications and services
- Working as a R&D Manager and Product Owner in a large and complex R&D organization
2005-2010: SAP Labs Israel
2008-2010: Alloy R&D Team Leader
- In charge of managing a 7-people team that develops main components of Alloy, a product that brings SAP business processes into the IBM Lotus Notes client
- Leading of the entire SAP side of the development, including planning, execution and communication with IBM development organization
2007-2008: Duet R&D Team Leader
- In charge of managing a 4-people team that developed main components of Duet, a product that enables information workers to participate in SAP business processes and share SAP business data via the familiar Office environment
2005-2007: Senior Developer, Application Runtime Team
- In charge of the design and the development of main components of Duet
- Working with SAP J2EE Engine and Microsoft IBF in a multi-technology environment
2004-2005: IDE & Graphic Tools Developer, CEVA
- In charge of developing an integrated development environment and graphic development tools for DSP Programmers for Windows, UNIX and Linux, programming in C++
2002-2004: Developer and CM Administrator, Mercury
- In charge of the development of a framework for integration with HP OpenView and with additional network management systems, part of Mercury Application Management product, programming in Java and C++
- In charge of the development of the company's configuration management and build tools, programming in Perl and Java
1995-2000: Air Traffic Control Officer, Israeli Air Force
- Served as an officer in an operational unit and in the IAF HQ, commanded officers and soldiers
- IAF Reservist, military rank: Major
Education
MBA, Tel-Aviv University’s Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, graduated with honors
- Wharton Recanati Program (GCP), including actual strategic consultancy project provided to a customer
- Dual Specialization, Strategy-Entrepreneurship and Finance-Accounting
BSc, Computer Science (Extended Program), Tel-Aviv University, graduated with honors
- Additional Trainings: Experienced Software Managers Training, Presentation Skills, Horizon (Team Leaders course), Successful Software Projects, .Net Development, J2EE, Introduction to XML, Agile Techniques for OO Development, Advanced Product Owners Training, ITIL Foundation Certification
Honors, Awards and Accomplishments
- Dean's list 2001-2002, 2005-2006
- SAP Top Talent (Awarded to top 10% of employees) 2006, 2010
- SAP IW Product Excellence Award 2005, 2006
- Member of two highly successful iTeams – SAP Labs Israel cross-LOB teams composed of top employees and focused on initiating innovative new products
- Lead inventor or co-inventor of 4 software patents
Activities and Interests
Running, swimming and physical fitness, music, guitar playing, travelling and trekking
Languages
- Hebrew: Excellent reading, writing and comprehension
- English: Excellent reading, writing and comprehension
- Spanish: Beginner-level reading, writing and comprehension