Israel
Experienced C-level with 25+ years of experience in the technology industry. I have a proven track record of leading teams and delivering innovative solutions that drive business growth. My expertise includes strategic planning, project management, and team leadership. Thinking outside of the box is an often-used phrase but a rare trait, through the years I have found that I bring a fresh perspective to business needs and strategy that allow me to excel in situations where unconventional thinking is needed the results speak for themselves What seperates me from the crowd is my ability to apply my vast technical ,managerial and leadership experience with my interpersonal skills which allow me to bring out the best from my teams. This synergy between people and technology is what makes the magic happen.
● Planning, formulating and assimilating the company's computing strategy, managing technological operating infrastructures and computer systems ● Establishment of an advanced cloud-based analytical DWH. Data accessibility and dashboards on the BI platform ● Designing a policy, including defining, characterizing, adapting, securing and maintaining the organization's computer infrastructures and information systems ● Planning, managing and implementing an annual work plan including setting goals and KPI controls ● Ongoing advice to the CEO and members of the management on issues related to information systems and business information analysis ● Responsibility for the protection of operational and computer systems in accordance with the guidelines of the regulator and the National Cyber Directorate ● Responsibility and ongoing analysis of costs and risk management, including cyber risks of information systems ● Implementing innovative processes, procedures, infrastructures and products relevant to the company's areas of activity and goals for efficiency and savings ● Establishing the field of innovation. Launching innovative solutions in the field of public transportation, leading strategy and AI applications
● Managed IT experts and project managers from design to implementation ● Led project to upgrade critical ERP system from design phase to implementation while emphasizing SDLC methodology ● Initiate, plan, manage and execute central and complex cross-organizational projects ● Responsible for IT budget, contracts and vendor relations ● Led project to transformation core IT infrastructure to Active/Active consolidated Data Centers with the end goal of delivering lower TCO, better performance and real time business continuity and disaster recovery ● Created IT strategy, dedicated teams, policies, procedures and priorities ● Built and planned a Cyber Security work plan spanning several years to improve security posture, increase stability and, incident response ● Initiated ITSEC GRC forum with company executives and upper management ● Adoption of Cyber security posture based on NIST guidelines, Compliance with PCI level 1 including readiness for GDPR and ISO-27001 ● Carried out IT security risk and penetration testing surveys and implemented findings using advanced Cyber technologies to mitigate threats, increase visibility and improve IR ● Registration and monitoring of company PII sensitive data archives ● Design, plan and implement CSOC to identify, respond and recover from Cyber incidents ● Transformed company to Zero Trust security model by implementing a company-wide micro-segmentation solution, granular AD permissions/controls, increased visibility, monitoring of Privileged users, Multi-factor authentication, SSO and PKI
● Managed Cyber and Engineering department including: consultation, sales, project initiation, accompaniment, up to introduction into production ● Compliance with ISO-27001 to provide services to clients including ISO-27799 for the medical field ● Managed company IAAS offerings such as: IaaS, BaaS, DRaaS ● Provided 360°coverage and service for company IT clients, from innovative custom-tailored IT/Cyber solutions to ongoing support and OEM relations
● Managed IT infrastructure for Psagot and all Psagot sister companies: 25 employees, annual budget of $7 Million, IT service (helpdesk), business process, strategic projects, evaluation, roll out of new technologies and redesign of trading infrastructure ● Overhauled IT strategy to hyper-converged private cloud infrastructure: Design/architecture, automated business and IT process, System monitoring and visibility, backup policy, procedure, creation of BCP/DRP from conception to tested in production ● Member of executive management committee ● Increased TTM and decreased downtime, by incorporating design lifecycle base on PPDIOO ● Lead in pushing for: ERP solution based on SAP, BI infrastructure based on SOA, ESB, ODS, SQL, DWH and company first foray into public cloud infra by migrating on prem CRM to Cloud ● Initiated, planned and designed CSOC with relevant playbooks, IR framework and teams ● Compliance with Psagot internal business controls, ITGC regulation, Israel MOF framework for capital markets, member of Israel Stock Exchange regulations, SOX and GDPR ● Championed Cyber/IT software lifecycle design methodology into infrastructure projects ● Lead in pushing for adoption of Digital Apps to better serve customers based on Apple/Android platforms
● Managed: System, Operators, Helpdesk, AS/400 and IT/Cyber teams ● IT Project management, detailed work plans, budget, strategy and vendor relations ● Implemented IT solutions based on business need ● Managed, maintained and upgraded infrastructure in the hundreds virtual and physical: Enterprise storage, Network/Security/Cyber infrastructure, Database/Data archives, Remote access / VPN, VMware/VDI, AS/400, Proxy, Secure Mail Gateway, Secure file transfer ● Compliance with internal ITSEC reviews, ITGC, MOF regulations, SOX, PCI-DSS ● Conceived and implemented BCP/DR with yearly tests that passed successfully ● Initiated and implemented migration of the company to Unified IT infrastructure delivering, increased flexibility, security and availability with reduced TCO. ● Secured company core central system infrastructure based on protocol 5250 on top of secure web infrastructure