36
years

Years of Experience

4/17

Member Since


Experience

 
Large Scale Creativity (Texas) Management Consulting
Owner / Consultant
10/2015 - Present
Sole proprietor. Speaker, facilitator, author (6 books, 100+ articles on Inc. Magazine, more articles on Innovation Excellence, Directors & Boards, and more). Helping companies develop simple strategies, build a culture of innovation, and find the next big thing. Mainly in the technology space.

Interphase Corporation (Texas) Corporate Strategy & Development
Vice President, Corporate Strategy
11/2008 - 09/2015
• Led the executive team in developing a strategic intent and strategy, resulting in the reorganization of the company around products and services verticals, and incubation of new business.
• Managing growth into the Embedded Computer Vision space through acquisitions, strategic investments, hiring, and internal growth.
• Invented penveu (educational technology product), filed multiple patents, developed business plan, lead the product development and marketing launch.

Texas Instruments (Texas) Corporate Strategy & Development
Sr. Director, Technology Strategy & Industry Relations
05/2002 - 10/2008
• Coordinated participation in industry and standard organizations
• Drove cooperation with other companies, including Intel, Nokia, Motorola, Microsoft, Disney, etc.
• Launched innovation/growth initiatives, including process of developing deliberate intellectual property to improve competitiveness. Launched the “creative backlog” to move innovation from ideas to funded projects.
• Drove and facilitated the strategic planning process for a long-range technologies

PCTEL / Voyager (California) Corporate Strategy & Development
Vice President
09/1998 - 05/2002
• Performed company “turnaround” from an $800K/year design services, 7-person business (Voyager) to a well-known Wireless IP provider.
• Initiated, negotiated, and closed the sale of Voyager to PCTEL for over $20m in cash & stock.
• At PCTEL, created standards and processes for defining and developing new products.
• Acted as a member of the executive management team, and interfaced with the board of directors.

Solram Electronics (Israel) Start-Up
CEO & Founder
10/1995 - 09/1998
• Invented (patent issued) and developed an Internet telephony (VoIP) hardware/software product.
• Raised money for the first funding round from private investors and Israeli government. Conducting road shows (Local and US), presentations, and creating business plans.
• Outsourced product manufacturing and managed supply chain.

Electronics Line (Israel) Other
R&D Manager
10/1988 - 10/1995
• Started as the main R&D person, and moved to managing the company's R&D department (20 people in 1995).
• Held various engineering roles, including system, software, hardware, PCB layout, and mechanical.
• Applied and got government R&D grants (6 Israeli grants and one US-Israeli fund from the BIRD foundation).
• Defined new products, and the business and marketing plans associated with them.