Joshua Klein

Current

Lecturer at John Bryce
System Analyst at Matrix

Past

Software Analysis and Development (Financial systems) at Israel National Insurance
Software Engineer at Menora Insurances
Quality trustee at Taldor IT

Consultant in Process Improvement (CMMI, ISO) at Intel ICG (Communications)
Chairman of the SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group) at NDS Technologies
Quality Control Senior Engineer at NDS Technologies
Methodology Team Leader at Sapiens
Technical Manager at Sapiens France
Customer Support Manager at Sapiens

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Education

The Hebrew University

Recommended

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Connections

146 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

My Website

Joshua Klein’s Summary

Lead of SPI (Software Process Improvement) in 2 SW development groups at Intel ICG (Communications).

Chairman of the SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group)at NDS Technologies.

Methodology Team Leader at Sapiens Technologies.

Technical Manager at Sapiens France.

Software project manager and developer.

Quality control manager and engineer.

Joshua Klein’s Specialties:

Improvement of the development / industrial process.

Joshua Klein’s Experience

Lecturer

John Bryce

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

Unit Test - 3 days course
QA
System Analyst

Matrix

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

System analysis for .Net
Software Analysis and Development (Financial systems)

Israel National Insurance

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

August 2007 — March 2008 (8 months)

Developed a system for receiving payments via the Internet.
Sapiens
Java
JavaScript
Cobol
CICS
OS390 JCL
Financial systems
Software Engineer

Menora Insurances

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

March 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 10 months)

Technical customers support / Troubleshooting
Analysis and Design + Development of system extensions Sapiens, SQL, AS400 scripts, JavaScript, HTML, Cobol
Improvement of the system reliability.
Automation of routine tasks.
Coach of new employees
Quality trustee

Taldor IT

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2006 — September 2006 (9 months)

Keep the ISO quality label of Taldor IT.
Consultant in Process Improvement (CMMI, ISO)

Intel ICG (Communications)

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year )

Lead of SPI* in 2 SW development groups at Intel ICG (Communications)
• Cable Modem (later Wireless) group obtained DOCSIS certification after successful change in Requirement Managements and Project Management.
• LADj (Jerusalem) leads the international LAD SPI.
Chairman of the SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group)

NDS Technologies

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

1995 — 2002 (7 years )

• The requirement management improvement process involved R&D, Operation and Marketing departments. The process was based on Change Management methods, SPICE/ CMM , and GQM (GQM to a limited extent). See lecture.
• Internal audits served as the start point for the SPI..
• NDS has assimilated Rational's tools (managed 2 engineers). For example: the use of the DDTS bug tracker tool extended to 9 departments and 135 projects, 6,000 reports per year. Requisite Pro was established as well.
• Development procedures in the spirit of ISO 9000-3 recently served as the basis for obtaining ISO certification.
• Intranet sites with interactivity, sound and other Web technologies distributed the knowledge
Quality Control Senior Engineer

NDS Technologies

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

1993 — 1994 (1 year )

• Quality control and automatic testing of “Smart Cards”, software and firmware.
• A sophisticated card exerciser (C++ on Windows) led to a record of card resiliency: millions of cards more than 3 years in field.
• NDS QA adopted QA Procedures and Methodologies.
Methodology Team Leader

Sapiens

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

1990 — 1992 (2 years )

• The team developed an original OO methodology for Sapiens application development.
• Training Sapiens customers around the world (Training department manager).
Technical Manager

Sapiens France

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

1988 — 1990 (2 years )

• Project Manager and Consultant at Fina France Inc.: The application there turned to be the flagship of Sapiens France, boosting the sales.
• Published papers in French professional newspapers.
Customer Support Manager

Sapiens

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

1984 — 1987 (3 years )

• Customer training and coaching at their sites
• Diagnostic and solution of technical problems with Sapiens and its environment.
• DBA at the Ministry of Housing
• Project manager of Contractors Registration and some other few projects

Joshua Klein’s Education

The Hebrew University

Mathematics, Physics and Computer Sciences 1970 — 1974

Actually I learned a lot at the university but more than 80% of my today knowledge comes from workplaces and Internet.