Functional Skills
Customer Relationship Management
Market Research
Business Development
Operations Management
Revenue Growth
Private Equity Investing
Real Estate Investing
Marketing Strategy
Supply Chain Integration
Innovation Management
Marketing Analytics
Business Unit Strategy
Change Management / Org Design
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Sector Experience
Business Services
Energy
Industrials
Real Estate
Technology
Fortune 500
Experience
Levant Energy Group
Corporate Strategy & Development
Partner
1/2011 - Present
• Developing a natural gas distribution system.
• Business development for a $1B water firm.
• Facilitated a strategic partnership between the government of Israel and the government of Texas to address the 2011 drought.
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• Business development for a $1B water firm.
• Facilitated a strategic partnership between the government of Israel and the government of Texas to address the 2011 drought.
● _______________
Enverid Systems
Product Management / Strategy
Business Development
1/2013 - 1/2015
• Created a business development funnel with over $10B prospects.
• Participated in winning $2M government grant.
• Acquired several pilots and ecosystem partnerships.
● _________________
• Participated in winning $2M government grant.
• Acquired several pilots and ecosystem partnerships.
● _________________
Pentalum Technologies, North
Sales
America Regional Manager
1/2011 - 1/2013
• Led business development efforts in North America.
• Created a sales funnel with dozens leads and actual engagements of over 1GW.
• Conducted market research of alternative market segments.
• Recruited local support organization.
• Created a sales funnel with dozens leads and actual engagements of over 1GW.
• Conducted market research of alternative market segments.
• Recruited local support organization.
Texas Israel Chamber of Commerce
Corporate Strategy & Development
Interim Chief Executive Officer
1/2007 - 1/2013
• Chaired the first Cleanovation conference. Israeli trade mission to the event was over forty delegates. Raised north of $200K.
• Participated in a Texas delegation to the Israel's Prime Minister Conference 2007, and Israel's Cleantech Conference 2008.
• Chair of 2013 annual gala. Raised over $500K.
• Served as co-interim CEO during a leadership transition period in 2011
● Helped recruit two of its permanent CEOs.
• Former chair of Hi-Tech Committee. Former chair of Cleantech & Energy Committee.
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• Participated in a Texas delegation to the Israel's Prime Minister Conference 2007, and Israel's Cleantech Conference 2008.
• Chair of 2013 annual gala. Raised over $500K.
• Served as co-interim CEO during a leadership transition period in 2011
● Helped recruit two of its permanent CEOs.
• Former chair of Hi-Tech Committee. Former chair of Cleantech & Energy Committee.
● _____________________
SOLID Executive Partners
Corporate Strategy & Development
Sr. Executive Partner, Interim Chief Executive Officer
1/2012 - 1/2013
• Worked on Private Placement fund raising campaign.
• Help develop a branch office in Dubai.
• Deployed a CRM system in the firm.
● ________________
• Help develop a branch office in Dubai.
• Deployed a CRM system in the firm.
● ________________
Ansaldo Sistemi Indastriali.
Marketing
Strategic Marketing Consultant
1/2009 - 1/2010
Industrial and Energy Systems. Ansaldo Sistemi Indastriali. Strategic Marketing Consultant.
• Engaged with hundreds of ecosystem players to define solar invertor architecture for U.S. market.
• Published a 50 page report for the U.S. solar invertor's market.
___________________ A publicly held mechanical diagnostics firm
• Engaged with hundreds of ecosystem players to define solar invertor architecture for U.S. market.
• Published a 50 page report for the U.S. solar invertor's market.
___________________ A publicly held mechanical diagnostics firm
RSL ELECTRONICS
Sales
Dir of U.S. Sales
1/2004 - 1/2008
• Created a funnel with hundreds of utility scale leads.
• Represented the company in several industry conferences.
• Total first year installations over $1M.
● ___________________ A privately held technology startup
• Represented the company in several industry conferences.
• Total first year installations over $1M.
● ___________________ A privately held technology startup
Tehuti Networks
Corporate Strategy & Development
Co-Founder and VP Marketing and Business Development
1/2002 - 1/2003
• Inherited a very difficult management/board situation, resolved it and led the company through multiple inflexion points.
• Raised over $10M in multiple rounds.
• Refocused company strategy and drove global customers' acceptance with over thirty paying customers in the first year.
• Led a major re-cap transaction between two of the company's investors.
● (acquired by Intel (NYSE: INTC)) __________________ Conformative Systems, A VC backed large data, cyber security and cloud start-up. Co-Founder and VP Marketing and Business Development.
● • Engaged with hundreds of ecosystem players to architect the business model, and develop partnerships which led to an M&A.
• Pitched in multiple VC presentations that resulted in a $6.5M funding during a very depressed VC market.
• Raised over $10M in multiple rounds.
• Refocused company strategy and drove global customers' acceptance with over thirty paying customers in the first year.
• Led a major re-cap transaction between two of the company's investors.
● (acquired by Intel (NYSE: INTC)) __________________ Conformative Systems, A VC backed large data, cyber security and cloud start-up. Co-Founder and VP Marketing and Business Development.
● • Engaged with hundreds of ecosystem players to architect the business model, and develop partnerships which led to an M&A.
• Pitched in multiple VC presentations that resulted in a $6.5M funding during a very depressed VC market.
Motorola Solutions
Corporate Strategy & Development
Senior Executive positions in P&L General Management, Marketing
1/1982 - 1/2002
Market segments served: industrial, IT, consumer, networking, internet, wireless, automotive.
• Participated in several M&A transactions.
• Contributed and presented in multiple analysts briefings.
• Scaled sales from $288M to $710 in four years, propelling market position from #4 to #1
● • Improved gross margin of a $200M business unit by 24% in less than two years
• Turned around a severe quality situation, reducing failures' rate by 90%.
• Led a major supply chain redeployment initiative into five sites around the globe.
• Initiated an innovation which incepted over 40 new products that fueled revenue growth from $300M to over $1B in six years.
• Pioneered a value added customization process with our channel partners.
• Managed a data center and cyber security for six years.
• Participated in several M&A transactions.
• Contributed and presented in multiple analysts briefings.
• Scaled sales from $288M to $710 in four years, propelling market position from #4 to #1
● • Improved gross margin of a $200M business unit by 24% in less than two years
• Turned around a severe quality situation, reducing failures' rate by 90%.
• Led a major supply chain redeployment initiative into five sites around the globe.
• Initiated an innovation which incepted over 40 new products that fueled revenue growth from $300M to over $1B in six years.
• Pioneered a value added customization process with our channel partners.
• Managed a data center and cyber security for six years.