Experience

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  The Center for Internet Research, University of Haifa

  • Haifa, Israel

  • Research Associate

    • Nov 2014 - Oct 2020
    • Haifa, Israel

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  University of Haifa

  • Israel
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Lecturer - Information Economics

    • Jul 2012 - Jul 2017

    I teach the course Information Economics (4050), at the MA program of the department of Information and Knowledge Management, University of Haifa, The course deals with the economic principles underlying the Internet ecosystem and explains how the unique characteristics of information affect the markets of information products. It also discusses the effects of information technologies on production, commerce and the global economy.

  • Doctoral Student

    • May 2008 - Oct 2014

    My PhD research is in the area of collaborative Internet systems, specifically Prediction Markets. It investigates the interaction between social-cognitive factors which influence individual behavior in online collaborative spaces and the collective outcome.Title: Online Information markets and Judgement Self_EfficacyAdvisors: Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli and Dr. Daphne Raban

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  ISERD - Israel Europe R&D Directorate

  • Director ICT

    • Dec 2004 - Apr 2008

    I headed the ICT desk at ISERD - the liaison office to the European R&D Framework Program. In this position I was responsible for promoting the participation of the Israeli research community in the program as well as representing Israel in the European Commission program committees

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  Amdocs Corp.

  • IS Architect - Large Accounts

    • Aug 1998 - Nov 2004

    Designed large IT configurations that consolidated legacy and new technologies to form efficient and effective business solutions for large telcos, such as Vodafone UK, Deutsche Telekom, and Nextel. In a previous roles in the company I managed various R&D projects e.g. product catalogues, price-plan engines and eCommerce.

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  Edunetics Ltd.

  • Technical Director

    • Jun 1997 - Jul 1998

    Responsible for all technical aspects of the educational products. This included research into new technologies and development of the products according to guidelines of the educational and creative experts.

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  Scitex Corp.

  • R&D Project Manager

    • May 1985 - Feb 1997

    In my last role at Scitex I was Product and Development manager of the Scitex productivity systems such as archiving and work-flow systems.At scitex I started my career as a programmer going up the ladder through significant roles in key projects. To mention some; I managed the transition of the application infrastructure for Scitex workstations from a proprietary to a standard (Unix) platform, lead a team responsible for application infrastructure and managed a development team of a major application component.