About Me
My name is Yovav “Jay” Meydad and in this blog I write my personal opinions and comments about topics such as technology, social media, web usability, mobile, football (aka soccer), music and life in Los Angeles.
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 my current base. I am married with 3 boys.
I have broad experience and understanding of Internet and mobile consumer applications and services. Some of the areas that I have specialized in 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:
Over the past 12 years I have 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)
- Currently I am the Vice President of Products at Snap Technologies, the company behind Snap Shots and Snap.com
- I am also an adviser to several online & mobile media companies
Additional information can be found on my LinkedIn page
Interests and Hobbies:
- Music
- Sports - football (aka soccer), Maccabi Tel Aviv & Liverpool, Swimming, Skiing
- Techology - mobile, social & online communities, search, social media, usability
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Contact:
Email: jayblog {at} meydad {dot} com
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