.Professional Experience

2001-Current

BuyPass Systems Ltd.

Software Development Manager

In charge of leading a software development team developing a self-scanning self-checkout retail system, including massive hardware integration, connectivity to Retailer’s Back-office systems and clearance systems.

2000-2001

uTOK Inc.

Vice President of Research & Development

Overseeing research and development for the company.

Managing 3 development teams and a quality-assurance team.

Participating in the design of the company’s products.

Researching and integrating new technologies for the company.

Providing technical consulting to the company’s management.

Interacting with potential customers for pre-sale technical consulting.

Actively leading the uTOK Client development team (including coding)

1999-2000

uTOK Inc.

Senior Software Developer

Part of the founding technical team of the company.

Participated in the initial technical design of the uTOK product.

Developed (as part of a team) the uTOK client software.

1996-1999

Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Software Engineer

Developed (as part of a team) Privilege™, a comprehensive integrated electronic licensing system.

As part of the development team, developed C++/MFC applications, e-Commerce web-sites infrastructure, Hardware Support (Smart Cards, Dongles).

1991-1996

IDF

Section Commanding Officer

Commanded 40 enlisted soldiers, NCO’s and Officers in a technological unit of the IDF.

Was in charge of developing medium-large software projects for IBM Mainframe and UNIX workstations environments.

Taught software programming (FORTRAN).

Honorable discharge at the rank of Lieutenant (Res.)

.Education

1996-2002

Tel-Aviv University

B.Sc. in Computer Science and Psychology

1996-2000

Tel-Aviv University

The “Formal approaches to Knowledge, Decision Making and Language” Honors Programs

An Honors program which allows students to expand their knowledge in various interdisciplinary approaches. The program is sponsored by Prof. A. Rubinstein and Prof. Y. Grodzinsky. During the last year of the program I chose to focus on the field of Pyscholinguistics, examining the problem human language parsing.

Professional Courses:

• COM/ATL Programming, Hi-Tech College
• C Programming under UNIX, Hi-Tech College

.Professional Skills

• Coding Languages: C/C++, Java, Visual Basic, HTML, ASP, FORTRAN
• Operating Systems: Win9x, WinNT, Win2K, WinXP, WinXPE, UNIX, IBM-MF (CICS/TSO)
• Development Environments: MS Visual Studio (C++/VB), Borland JBuilder, MS Target Designer, ILOG Rules
• Methodologies: OOSE, UML
• Technologies: MFC, COM/ATL, XML
• Various: MS-VSS, Visio, Wise InstallMaster, InstallSheild, MS-Project

.Teaching Experience

• Army instructor on high-level FORTRAN Programming
• Army Instruction officer, in charge of supervising and advising for several concurrent courses, involving Arabic, Linear-Algebra, Computer programming, Statistics and various other subjects.
• Computer teacher, for the MAOF School – thought basic Windows & Office usage to High School teachers.

.Languages

• Fluent in Hebrew & English
• Rudimentary knowledge of Arabic (Reading)

.Extra Curricular

.Areas of Interest