Product Management expert. Defined and led to release of a number of innovative products, and managed the product through phases of critical evolution. Communicated between customers, marketing, sales and R&D to create the product requirements and definitions. Vast experience with the Japanese market. Strong ability in GUI design and definition.
Heading towards a career as an independent Product Management consultant.

Specialties: Product Management, product planning, Product definitions, GUI definitions and design.
Products include: Complete software solution for the cellular industry, PC Eclipse-based IDE etc.

February 2011 – Present (2 years 1 month)Video Bakery is the market leader in video makerting in Israel. Video Bakery is a video production company that specializes in video marketing, and guides business owners and marketers how to promote their business by releasing Videos.

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  Shavit Nachman

  business Marketing, promoting & strategy development, Entrepreneur [LION 2700+]

  Yuval is a dynamic individual with boundless energy. He brings the highest levels of professional and personal integrity to his business activities. His strong abilities, excellent future vision, and relationship building sets him apart from the...View

June 2009 – March 2011 (1 year 10 months)Defined and managed the requirements of a mobile Unified Communications client for BlackBerry devices, including chat, telephony and other Unified Communication channels.
Worked closely with R&D, QA, Marketing, Techincal writing and other departments to verify that the product meets the requirements I defined.

Defined and managed the requirements of a Visual Voicemail application for Android devices.

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  Offir Ariel

  Product Manager, Unified Communications at AT&T

  Yuval is a rare asset. He knows exactly where to put his focus on, has great ideas and hunches on every aspect of the product and is always willing to assist and share from his rich experience. Working with him is a real treat!View

December 2008 – June 2009 (7 months)Established a consulting business, providing Product Management and User eXperience solutions to small-medium size companies

October 2007 – December 2008 (1 year 3 months)Managed the definitions of the user interface for all modu products: the little modu that is the heart of the eco-system, jackets and mates.

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  Hagay Katz

  AVP, Head of VSATs Line of Business at Gilat Satellite Networks

  Yuval worked with me on a multi-disciplanary project in the areas of modular mobile handsets. Yuval is an outstanding UI and...View

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  Yoram Rosner

  CEO, 5IVE || innovation & ux

  Simply put, Yuval is one of the most brilliant guys I've met. Moreover, he succeeds where many fail: He manages to be...View

July 2003 – October 2007 (4 years 4 months)Leading product management of SKY products under Israel R&D.
Managing product requirements from customers, sales channels and partners world-wide.
Coordining product development and delivery with R&D and sales.

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  Ohad Nachum

  Software engineer at Elbit Systems Ltd

  Yuval is one of a the people that are an asset for every company due to a unique combination of characteristics: - Talented and Creative - Hard worker - Opened minded - Excellent social relations It was a pleasure to work with him !View

August 2003 – January 2007 (3 years 6 months)Leading product management of e-SIM’s flagship products.
Managing product requirements from customers, sales channels and partners world-wide.
Coordining product development and delivery with R&D and sales.
Overseeing the design of e-Sim’s MMI solution for mobile handsets.

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  Oded Levanon

  Europe Sales Director at Jungo

  I worked with Yuval both in Japan as well as in Israel. Yuval has both technical as well as representative expertise, and may combine his skills to achieve any kind of business and technical goal at the shortest and most effective way. Yuval...View

August 2000 – July 2003 (3 years)- Managed Japanese market requirements for e-Sim’s products
- Oversaw technology and product delivery in Japan
- Supervised pre-sale and post-sale support for Japanese customers and distributors
- Coordinated between Japanese sales channels and R&D in Israel

August 1999 – July 2000 (1 year)- Designed and implemented Client-Server management between the Media eXchange Manager server and Meetingpoint (video-conferencing client)
- Extensively used MFC and Stingray libraries for GUI design

February 1997 – September 1999 (2 years 8 months)PATM: "The Program for Advancement of Technological Manpower". The project provides scientific education. Operates under the Dean of Students in the Technion.
- Managed the project: 70 employees, 400 students participating
- Led the project to a remarkable increase in the number of participants
-Initiated, designed and managed the development of a new software for monitoring the project activities