Itay Sharfi
Computer Science and Math graduate with Masters in Computer Science from Bar Ilan University, currently pursuing MBA at MIT. Last worked at Hewlett Packard Software as Technical Leader – Cross-Product Internet Infrastructure.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Hewlett Packard Software, Yahud, Israel |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2008 |
| Description: | Business Technology Optimization division with over $300M in annual sales
Technical Leader – Cross-Product Internet Infrastructure 2007 – 2008 • Created a three-member cross-functional task force to recover a late and $200K over-budget project. Negotiated product specification changes resulting in an on-time delivery for divisional product launch • Improved team responsiveness to organizational needs by initiating new model for product feasibility decisions, changing team development methodology and reducing decision time from 9 to 2 months • Evaluated external technologies and presented recommendations for the new platform to group managers • Collaborated with three Fortune 500 customers to analyze and solve a problem discovered in the product line, restoring the service level agreement • Received "Exceptional worker" ranking for the second time (top 5% of HP workers worldwide) Technical Leader – Problem Isolation Product 2006 - 2007 • Created the user interface of a product with projected $8M annual revenue by working with Marketing Division and directing team members, resulting in on-schedule delivery to HP customers • Advised managers on feasibility of algorithm integration with HP Labs in US ($500K per year project) by collaborating with US researcher to analyze functionality, which resulted in algorithm integration • Received "Exceptional worker" ranking (top 5% of HP workers worldwide) |
| Employer: | Israel Defense Force, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 2002 - November 2006 |
| Description: | Division specializing in developing geographic applications
Technical Leader – Geographic Web Application 2005 – 2006 • Co-created $20M application that won Major-General award (Military's 2nd highest honor) • Managed and trained two new team members for a successful on-boarding process Image Processing Engineer / Product Manager 2003 - 2005 • Identified customer need for an aerial photo correction system, persuading management of project viability and leading development. System enabled collection of 20% more information from aerial photos in 30% less time • Supervised the work of five engineers in a defense contractor project to develop GIS algorithms • Met and educated a variety of non-technical consumers across three cross-functional army divisions on how to integrate GIS system |
EDUCATION
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | MBA |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | • VP Marketing of MoMIT (Mobile) club – Initiated a marketing plan to recruit students and industry speakers; Recruited four officers and two industry speakers; Launched a joint conference with Mobile Monday Boston Group |
| Memberships: | • Initiated three-member team that reached semi-finals in HP-IPG $200K innovation competition. Collaborated with VP marketing and VP R&D of HP-Indigo (Over 1,000 employees) to create business case for new printer |
