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Resume

Data Engineer with 16+ years of experience using data to drive outcomes. Selling $1.5M contracts, winning the company's awards, leading high performing teams, delivering innovative cloud analytics and Gen-AI solutions, with expertise in data cleansing, transformation, and workflow automation for diverse applications and markets. Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience and a passion for creative and effective problem solving.

Professional Skills

Data Analytics:

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Cloud Architecture:

Generative AI:

​Development Tools:

Visualizations:

Diagramming Tools:

Project Management:

CRM:
Languages:

Python (Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib), SQL (SSMS, SQL server, PostgreSQL, MySQL), Google Analytics, Microsoft Excel, 

GCP, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks

VertexAI LLM

Jupyter Notebook, GitHub

Tableau, Power BI

Lucidcharts, Visio

Jira, Trello, Asana

Salesforce
English (fluent), Hebrew (native)

Core Competency

Data Analytics

Data Mapping

Data Cleansing

Data Transformation

Statistical Analysis

Generative AI

Data Visualization

Experimental Design

Stakeholder Engagement

Effective Communication

Independent and Result-Driven 

Presentation & Demonstrations

Data Architecture & POCs

Data-Directed Decision Making

User Training​​​​​

Analytical Thinking

Product Management

Project Management​​

​Leading Technical Teams

Mentoring

Team Player

Data Modeling

Creative Problem Solving

Autodidact

Experience

2021 - Present

Consultant

Slalom

San Francisco, CA

Data Engineer 

Responsibilities included identifying a need for users, idealization of the product, employ and leading a cross-functional team, developing features, defining a roadmap, timelines and release stages, and software deployment.

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Sales

  • Closed multi-million dollar contracts by identifying and addressing business opportunities to solve client challenges through building strong client relationships through effective communication and roadblock problem-solving.

  • Provide technical expertise and support during sales conversations and proof of concepts to drive customer engagement and close deals.

 

Technical Consulting

  • Led technical data projects to deliver high-quality solutions and reports, including presentations and demos. Work that won the company's Mogul award!

  • Designed and implemented innovative on-prem and cloud-based data pipelines and Gen-AI applications to address complex business challenges across multiple industries, including architecture, migration, data cleansing.
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Mentoring

  • Mentored team members and fostered a collaborative work environment

  • Actively participated in mentorship programs to develop future data engineers.

 

Tech Stack

  • Python, SQL server manager, Oracle, PostgreSQL, LucidCharts, and Excel to manage data mapping and perform ETL data migration, and JIRA for scheduling and managing tasks.​​​​​​​​

2017 - 2021

Founder, Chief Scientist 

PreSetGo

Lafayette, CA

The company offers free early-age screenings in pre-academic areas and gives insights about the child’s abilities and needs, as well as refers to appropriate service providers.

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www.presetgo.com

Responsibilities included identifying a need for users, idealization of the product, employ and leading a cross-functional team, developing features, defining a roadmap, timelines and release stages, and software deployment.

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Sales:

  • Conducted A/B tests to optimize page conversion rates by 25%.

  • Utilized social media marketing strategies to drive user engagement.
     

Technical Abilities:

  • Taught myself and leveraged Python, SQL and Google Analytics to collect, manipulate and analyze user data from diverse sources

  • Used Tableau to optimize key performance indicators.
     

Strategy & Execution:

  • Grew a web-based company from ideation to serving thousands of users.

  • Developed features, prioritized projects, and created roadmaps.

  • Led and collaborated with a cross-functional team to achieve company goals.

  • Formulate the company’s vision, goals, and objectives​

  • Perform qualitative competitor analysis

2007 - 2016

PhD Research

Faculty of Medicine, Technion

Haifa, Israel

Cleaned and analyzed data collected from hands-on experiments in order to find trends and patterns of brain cells computational abilities. Performed computer simulations using my collected data to find reasoning for processes in the brain.  Presented the findings in a visual and logical format.

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  • Collected, cleaned and analyzed data.

  • Created automated analytic tools.

  • Built computational simulations according to real data.

  • Presented at international conferences.

  • Collaborated with academic peers.

  • Authored scientific documents, including articles, thesis, and protocols.

  • Mentored graduate students in their research which encompassed of goal settings, review of data, suggestions of future steps in research and analysis.

  • Published in top-ranking scientific journals (Science, Neuron).

2012 - 2014

Teaching Assistant

Faculty of Medicine, Technion

Haifa, Israel

Conducted tutorials and lab sessions in Biophysics of Neuroscience, a core course for the medicine graduate program.

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  • Constructed, led and graded weekly tutorials and lab sessions

  • Developed the  

  • Addressed student questions

2006 - 2007

Research Associate

Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University

Assisted on fMRI and ERP studies

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  • Formulated a computerized memory task

  • Analysis data from fMRI experiments

  • Performed correlation analysis between memory scores and active brain areas

Ramat Gan, Israel

2002 - 2007

Customer Service

Audiologic, A hearing aid clinic

Tel Aviv, Israel

Provided customer service and repairs of hearing aids, including fixing hearing aids under a microscope, and sold products according to client’s needs.

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  • Market and consulted to customers about the company’s products

  • Increased sales of clinical products by 30%

  • Introduced and led the ISO 9002 certification of the business from scratch

  • Monitored and managed the on-going work of the quality control process

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Education

2007 - 2016

Haifa, Israel

The Technion

The Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine

Ph.D. in Neuroscience

Direct Program

GPA 4.00

2003 - 2007

Ramat Gan, Israel

Bar-Ilan University

Biophysics Multi-Disciplinary Program

B.Sc in Biophysics

GPA 3.44

Selected Publications:

Neuron, 2016

A novel form of local plasticity in tuft dendrites of neocortical somatosensory layer 5 pyramidal neurons

Science, 2009

Synaptic Integration in Tuft Dendrites of Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons: A New Unifying Principle

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