Academic Background
Haifa University (2002-2005)
MA in Geography and Environmental Studies. Focus on Geography of Telecommunications. Dissertation title: Telephone traffic in remote rural areas: The case of Gilat Satellite Network in Peru.
Tel-Aviv university (1996 - 2000)
A combined BSc degree of Electrical engineering and Computer sciences.
Technology oriented occupations
National Geographic Personal Explorer (2007-2009)
As a global licensee of National Geographic, Personal Explorer develops a navigation and content product for travelers based on a GPS device.
Served as the Internet website product manager, content product manager, and dealt with competitive analysis issues.
Gilat Satellite Networks (1998 – 2007)
Integration engineer in R&D department. As part of the position I took part in on-site installations of new systems and provided support and training for operators in various countries.
Logtel Communications (2001 – 2007)
Senior lecturer. Specialist in broad telecommunications courses for non-technical audience. Developed bottom-up, integrative and intuitive methodologies to address such audience. Courses delivered in Israel and overseas in Hebrew or English.
Environment, planning, tourism and media ccupations
- Winner of the 2004 "Pratt” Prize for Environmental Journalism
- Author of the "India and Nepal” Travel Guide Book, published by "Yediot Ahronot Books” (2001 – 2003)
- Author and Publisher of "China Travel Journal” (”Yoman Sin”), specify and maintain the accompanying website (2006 – 2008)
- Photographer and producer of unique landscape presentations circulated on the Internet (2002 – )
- Creator, format developer and editor of “Svivon” nature and environment magazine – A visual geographical magazine issued as a Power Point presentation and distributed via the Internet (2004 – )
- Lecturer in various travel, landscape, geography and environment subjects to a variety of audiences (2003 – )
- Creator of "Israel – Earth’s Microcosmos” visual campaign for Israel (2005)
- Creator of the first independent Hebrew travel website (1997 – )
- Creator of marketing communications material for SPNI (2004 – )
Additional details available upon request
Collages of Israel images, part of a unique campaign to promote Israel's natural and cultural diversity