Résumé / Experience

New York

Builder.
Operator.
Technologist.

Technology executive and entrepreneur with a career spanning hands-on development, software architecture, engineering leadership, company building, and executive management.

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01Experience

From the codebase to the company.

  1. 2020—Now

    ScholarshipOwl

    New York

    Chief Executive Officer

    Leading ScholarshipOwl’s student and business marketplaces, with a focus on product, distribution, AI, and expanding access to private scholarships.

  2. 2018—2020

    ScholarshipOwl

    Belgrade

    Co-CEO & CTO

    Led product, operations, and engineering for a distributed organization; defined product lines and ran day-to-day execution.

  3. 2016—2018

    ScholarshipOwl

    Tel Aviv

    Chief Technology Officer

    Led portal development, engineering hiring, DevOps, and a remote Eastern European team while remaining hands-on in development.

  4. 2015—2018

    Coffeetap

    Tel Aviv

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Bootstrapped an IoT billing and authentication product for office coffee machines; built its infrastructure, prototype, and Android client.

  5. 2014—2015

    Google

    Israel

    Senior Software Engineer

    Worked across several areas at Google, including Waze.

  6. 2012—2014

    Netvertise

    Ramat Gan

    R&D Manager

    Restructured engineering workflows and architecture, introduced modern delivery practices, and managed up to 30 on-site, outsourced, and freelance engineers.

  7. 2011—2012

    Netvertise

    Ramat Gan

    PHP Development Team Leader

    Managed a Scrum team across development, testing, architecture, and product delivery.

  8. 2009—2011

    Trade Smarter Holdings

    Chief Architect

    Led client-side, server-side, and systems architecture for a financial trading platform.

  9. 2006—2009

    Metacafe

    Developer → Site Development Team Leader

    Progressed from hands-on PHP development to leading server-side portal work, high-profile integrations, recruiting, and a five-person team.

  10. 2006

    n-Trance Security + Studio SH

    Developer + Lead Developer

    Early professional development roles spanning product implementation and technical leadership.

  11. 1998—2003

    Phytech + Studio Practical Graphics

    Graphics + Designer

    Began in visual design before moving into software development and engineering.

02Advising + investing

Useful pattern recognition, shared.

2024—Now

enso

Angel Investor & Advisor

2020—2023

TripsGuard

Advisor

2018—2023

Wndr

Technical Advisor

03Working range

Strategy with fingerprints on it.

  • Executive leadership
  • Product strategy
  • AI applications
  • Engineering management
  • Software architecture
  • Distributed teams
  • Bootstrapped growth
  • Go-to-market & distribution

Languages

English + Hebrew Native or bilingual

Russian Full professional proficiency