About Me
Background:
I was born and raised in a little village in Israel. I studied Industrial & Management Engineering & Information Systems Engineering and graduated in 1997. In 2003 I moved to Los Angeles Oak Park, CA where I live with my wife and three young boys.
I have broad experience and understanding of Internet and mobile consumer applications and services. Some of the areas that I have specialized during my career include search engine development, advertising networks, community creation and management, online personals, subscription/paid content web sites, web usability, customers’ life cycle management, mobile entertainment & instant messaging.
Career:
Currently I am the Vice President of Products at Snap Technologies, the company behind Snap Shots and Snap.com
Prior to joining Snap, I worked in various product development and management roles for small and big companies such:
- Tefen
- Amdocs
- Contact Networks (rest in peace)
- eMobile (rest in peace) – where I was part of a team that built one of the first Mobile Multimedia Communicators running on Linux, the Galleo
- ICQ/AOL – part of the ICQ mobile team I was in charge of bringing Mobile Instant Messaging solutions to over 20 carriers worldwide
- Spark Networks – where I helped many singles find their soul mate (as Vice President of Product and Project Management)
I am also an adviser to several online & mobile media companies.
Additional information can be found on my LinkedIn page.
Interests and Hobbies:
- Music – I enjoy listening to many genres, attend live shows and I play the drums and a have basic guitar playing skills which I hope to improve when I will have some spare times.
- Sports – football (aka soccer), swimming, skiing, mountain biking
- Technology - mobile, social application & online communities, search, usability
Contact:
Email: jayblog {at} meydad {dot} com
Online Identities:
My Beloved Teams:
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israeli Football)
Hapoel Holon (Israeli Basketball)
Liverpool (English Football)
Teams I just can’t stand (don’t expect to see link love here):
Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israeli Football)
Manchester United (English Football)
