Work history

PhytoScience January 2001 to the present
President

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How would you describe your time at PhytoScience?

* Worked with Purdue University on a proprietary cancer related product
* Responsible to market and build a positive cash flow for the relevant products
* Published two papers: (a) Science-Based Business Model for the Dietary Supplement Industry.
Nutrition Business Journal 11(12) 26-28,
(2006);
(b) A Scientific and Organizational Quality System: A practical Guide for Botanical and Dietary Supplement Companies, Nutraceutical World, July/August 2007, p. 60-66
* Currently, writing a Software Quality Engineering course for the American Society of Quality
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Verano, Inc. (Down-sized, moved to MA) January 2000 to January 2001
SQE Director

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How would you describe your time at Verano, Inc. (Down-sized, ...?

* Was responsible for the quality of the flagship product Click2Biz
* reported to the CEO
* Managed 6 engineers.
SQA Manager

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How would you describe your time at Spyglass, Inc. (acquired by...?

* Reported directly to the General Manager
* Managed two QA groups: the Web-Phones and the Hand Held PCs, 15 engineers
* Both products entered Field Trials.
Space Systems Loral January 1998 to January 1999
Consultant

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How would you describe your time at Space Systems Loral?

* Defined Software Development Life Cycle and Defect Life Cycle
* Led the largest software group within Loral through a successful ISO certification.
SQE Director

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How would you describe your time at Micro Focus, Inc. (acquire...?

* Reported to the VP of Software Engineering
* Was responsible for the quality of the mature set of products (COBOL IDE), and for the new suite of products, Find It, Fix It and Test It, an enterprise solution for the year 2000 bug
* Managed 5 engineers and additional 5 dotted line
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Sybase, Inc. (Down sized) January 1995 to January 1997
SQA Manager

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How would you describe your time at Sybase, Inc. (Down sized)?

* Reported to the COO and the VP of Software Quality Assurance
* Served as a change agent, and introduced relevant SQE methodologies to improve products reliability and engineers productivity
* Managed up to 20 engineers, dotted line, via matrix management.
Quality Software Management January 1989 to January 1995
President

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How would you describe your time at Quality Software Management?

Managed contract-work at:
* NYU Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry (managed up to 5 people)
* AT&T/Bell Labs, The 800 Inbound Platform Planning Group
* Sterling Winthrop, Inc. (a pharmaceutical company), The Scientific Computing Group
* AT&T/Bell Labs, The Education Center
National Decisions Systems January 1982 to January 1989
Staff Member

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How would you describe your time at National Decisions Systems?

* Served as a quality and productivity change agent.
* Managed multiple contracts at AT&T/Bell Labs: at the Quality Technology Center, Data Communications Systems Laboratory, and Network Operations Engineering.
Mount Sinai Medical Center January 1979 to January 1981
Post Doctorate Fellow

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How would you describe your time at Mount Sinai Medical Center?

Analyzed the ionic and water flow through the membranes of several different biological systems

Education

Pepperdine U. And UCSC January 2003 to the present
Selected MBA courses

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How would you describe your time at Pepperdine U. And UCSC?

Extremely interesting
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel January 1975 to January 1979
Biophysics -- Ph.D.

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How would you describe your time at The Weizmann Institute of S...?

Extremely interesting.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel January 1973 to January 1974
Biochemistry -- M.Sc.

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Extremely interesting.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel January 1969 to January 1972
Biology -- B.Sc.

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