Business Analyst

• Apr 2023 - Present

Business Owner - Manufacturing Customized Products

• Apr 2021 - Apr 2023

- Produced and designed customized products from start to finish, including signing contracts, maintaining a strict schedule, and ensuring timely delivery, resulting in satisfied customers. - Proven ability to self-learning and quickly master new software and machine tools, such as CAD/CAM and CNC. - Demonstrated strong entrepreneurial skills and traits by successfully starting and running a business, leveraging my initiative and creativity to identify and pursue new opportunities. Utilized excellent project management skills to oversee all aspects of the business, including production, sales, and customer service. Show less

Facilitator of Eitanim Innovation Program

• Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

- Led a mentorship program for teenagers interested in the innovation world and start-ups. - Taught teenagers about use of Agile, teamwork, project work, investor presentations and research/planning. - Worked with the local community to participate and engage in this project. - Mentored and guided teens to develop valuable life and business skills, providing them with tools to help them navigate in the start-up world in the future, and collaborate on impactful projects. - Led a mentorship program for teenagers interested in the innovation world and start-ups. - Taught teenagers about use of Agile, teamwork, project work, investor presentations and research/planning. - Worked with the local community to participate and engage in this project. - Mentored and guided teens to develop valuable life and business skills, providing them with tools to help them navigate in the start-up world in the future, and collaborate on impactful projects.

Staff Applications Engineer

• Aug 2019 - Apr 2021

- Managed projects and developed software for Marriott including project planning, delivery, and troubleshooting. Projects included software that runs on smart TV. - Responsible for project schedules, roadmap plans, prioritization, new features development. - Engaged customers daily to communicate project status and to understand their needs. Improved the process of delivery and uploading versions to TVs in all hotels. Reduced time for maintenance, and improved ability to upgrade quicker and cleaner. Show less

Developer and Consulting, Robert Half, Chicago, 2018

• Mar 2018 - Jul 2019

- Development of a Learning Management System (for Franklin Covey) based on open source - Moodle - written in PHP, and JavaScript. Working on work estimation, schedules, risk identification and mitigation. - Deployed a system to over 2100 Moodle instances in multiple languages. - Planned and developed additional systems by request such as a custom reports system, and an email system solution for registering users and syncing users to the system. - Built database architecture solution. Show less

Project Manager and Team Leader in R&D Technology and Innovation in Education

• Aug 2015 - Dec 2017

- Project manager for multiple, concurrent projects in cooperation with the Ministry of Education in Israel including CRM systems, content management, and user management. - Responsible for identifying requirements, project constraints, and resources over the project lifecycle while always improving the development process. Handled bidding and procurement plans with vendors. - Led team in developing an open-source learning system – Moodle - for over 20 colleges. Redesigned the architecture for the LMS instances, optimized upgrading time, and reduced downtime for updates. - Balanced project constraints with requirements, budget resources, schedules, risks, and quality control. Implemented new technologies and methodologies. Led the team to use correct work processes and to adapt to Agile-scrum methodology. Evaluated processes at the finish of each project. - Involved with strategic planning and assisting the needs of internal departments within the MOFET Institute and for external customers including gathering requirements, solutions definition, and build or buy strategies. - Responsible for client communications. Created reports and data-driven dashboards for clients, and permission based. Displays based on client requests and analyzing clients’ needs. Presented the product and product updates to clients in conferences online and on stage. - Responsible for product safety and security by keeping version upgrades up to date, keeping track of known issues, and applying timely fixes for them. Show less

Software Engineer

• Mar 2011 - Dec 2014

- Built an internal system for developers to run builds/tests on various platforms with website display of results and logs. - Demonstrated creative thinking and a deep understanding of integration into complex systems. - Worked in a global CI-CM team and collaborated with teams in England, France, and India. - Managed large databases and complex queries with MySQL and developed a process of running builds and tests in a lab data-driven from data query results. - Responsible for a version control system. Provided system support, assistance, troubleshooting, and improvements to Cisco internal customers with ClearCase (IBM Version Control product). - Monitored the system daily to support timely and effective maintenance and operations. Show less