Experience

MasterPos

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Professional Development & Merchant Services

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  New York, United States



Self-employed

• Policy Consultant

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Greater New York City Area



Teachers College, Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MA, Education Policy

  • Sep 2016 - May 2019



MasterPos

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Oct 2009 - 2015

  US Master P.O.S., is a Point of Sale and Business Management Software Company, designing solutions for small retailers. • Co-founded company and helped develop business model. * Marketing & Implementation



Morning Dew Management, INC.

• Co- Founder, President

  • Feb 2006 - Apr 2013

  St. Louis , MO . Retail Company selling cosmetics and physio-therapeutic devices • Co-established and helped grow company to 22 locations in 9 different states • Developed training program curriculum and trained more than 100 sales associates and 32 managers to: source customers, make a compelling sales pitch, effectively communicating demonstrated product offerings and their value, close a sale, and up-sell. • Managed regional managers and mentored them on management of staff, sales training and… Show more . Retail Company selling cosmetics and physio-therapeutic devices • Co-established and helped grow company to 22 locations in 9 different states • Developed training program curriculum and trained more than 100 sales associates and 32 managers to: source customers, make a compelling sales pitch, effectively communicating demonstrated product offerings and their value, close a sale, and up-sell. • Managed regional managers and mentored them on management of staff, sales training and reaching sales targets • Successfully negotiated more than 50 legal and financial contracts between $23,000-$286,000 • Built and managed good working relationship with mall managements, resulting in the largest mall chain in St. Louis preventing our competitors entrance to the region and keeping us as only independent vendor when a national dealer took over all leases for our products across the US in 2007 • Recruited local vendors in distant regions to create strategic business partnerships and helped establish sister company AMT Management, INC, which marketed products in trade shows and online Show less



Morning Dew Management,INC.

• Program Coordinator and Mentor of Community Reentry program

  • Feb 2011 - Jul 2012

  St.Louis, MO • Hired, trained, and mentored 17 formerly incarcerated individuals living in a halfway house, developing 3 of them to become regional managers and eventually regional partners, and in two cases to go on to establish their own business which are currently still operating



Seacret Spa

• United States
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Associate, Regional Manager

  • Nov 2004 - Jan 2006

  Phoenix, Arizona Area Seacret Spa is a skin care company which manufactures and imports cosmetic products made of Dead Sea minerals. • Trained and managed sales team in 6 locations; trained and developed company’s future managers • Increased sales and decreased training expenditures by developing innovative employee incentive scheme which was later adopted by other U.S. regional managers • Led the region to become 1st place in sales for 6 consecutive months



Hesenspeur Stables

• Professional Horseback Rider, Trainer

  • Sep 1999 - Oct 2004

  Europe Dressage rider



Israeli Scouts

• Project Manager, Scouts Club Manager

  • Jun 1998 - Aug 1999

  Israel • Organized and facilitated seminars and events which brought together youth from Israel, the US, and the UK • Coached, mentored, and developed youth to step into leadership roles as club managers and instructors • Managed and implemented daily operations and programming of club, as well as for summer camp, group field trips and overnight trips • Earned a 50% budget increase from the county council by using compelling communication strategies



Israeli Defense Force, National Military Service

• Commander, Teacher, Instructional Officer, First Lieutenant

  • 1994 - 1997

  Israel Taught in a special rehabilitative program for justice and child-welfare impacted youth & young adults with behavioral problems. • Taught, supervised, counseled, and mentored 2 groups of 15 soldiers each for 3 month sessions as they adjusted to army life, presented with behavioral issues, worked through family issues, and dealt with emotional issues • Wrote more than 75 lesson plans, and taught courses in history and civic studies using special teaching methods geared to develop… Show more Taught in a special rehabilitative program for justice and child-welfare impacted youth & young adults with behavioral problems. • Taught, supervised, counseled, and mentored 2 groups of 15 soldiers each for 3 month sessions as they adjusted to army life, presented with behavioral issues, worked through family issues, and dealt with emotional issues • Wrote more than 75 lesson plans, and taught courses in history and civic studies using special teaching methods geared to develop cognitive abilities necessary for increased self-regulation of behavior • Led and supervised academic program for 5 additional groups of 70 soldiers • Trained teachers in using aforementioned teaching methods, and supervised their implementation • Mentored 25 teachers through lesson planning meetings, checked more than 1,000 lesson plans, conducted 75 classroom observations, and led 75 personal feedback sessions • Developed new curriculum for unit’s Civic Studies program, including IEP’s Show less