Dan Katz

Current

President IE Business School alumni Israel at Instituto de impresa
Project Manager at RSA The Security Division of EMC

Past

Product manager for "HumaNet" at Lavie Time Tech
"HumaNet" Product Manager (Acquired by Lavie Time Tech Dec 2006) at Sqlink
Project Manager at R.E.L'S Computing

IT Consultant in the Ministry of Agriculture at Consist Group
Software developer at Celebros
IT Consultant at Kalanit Software Development

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Education

IE (Instituto de Empresa)
The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo

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Industry

Computer Software

Dan Katz’s Summary

As a veteran of the Israeli high-tech industry (5 years in IT consultancy, 3.5 in dot com start-ups and more),I bring the skill I acquired past work places and try to use them in my new career (after finishing my MBA at IE Business school in Madrid, Spain this year) in marketing (BizDev).
My goals for the near future is to hold a position in product management or business development in a multinational high tech company.

Dan Katz’s Specialties:

Analysis of the customer's needs, planning, execution, human relations, brand differentiation

Dan Katz’s Experience

President IE Business School alumni Israel

Instituto de impresa

(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

October 2009 — Present (3 months)

As the IE Israeli alumni club president I participate in IE events in Israel and act as a point of contact for both candidates and graduates.
Project Manager

RSA The Security Division of EMC

(Public Company; EMC; Computer & Network Security industry)

August 2009 — Present (5 months)

Managed multiple projects for internal & external customers using the TOC methodology.
Managed the implementation of SaaS software product in data canters in the US and Europe , working with multi-national teams.
Managed cross product projects throughout the project life cycle.
Product manager for "HumaNet"

Lavie Time Tech

(Computer Software industry)

December 2006 — October 2007 (11 months)

• Managed a multi-module (client-server & web app) Human resources management product.
• Product development (Road map, BizDev)
• Participation in the annual marketing plan, pre-sales activities.
• Management of a 3 member development team
• Management of cross-departmental activities of the development department and support center (8-9 people).
"HumaNet" Product Manager (Acquired by Lavie Time Tech Dec 2006)

Sqlink

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Managed a multi-module (client-server & web app) Human resources management product.
• Product management (Road map, BizDev)
• Participation in building the annual marketing plan, pre-sale.
• Introduction of "HumaNet" to new segments/markets
• Management of a 3 member development team, a 4 member implementation team and a support person.
Project Manager

R.E.L'S Computing

(Computer Software industry)

March 2004 — February 2006 (2 years )

• Design, development and support to SAP Business One add-on software product for financial reporting.
• Support for other peripheral software products for SAP Business One to the companies’ customers in US,UK & Canada)
IT Consultant in the Ministry of Agriculture

Consist Group

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

May 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 3 months)

• As Development Team Leader - Management of a 2 member development team.
• Design and development an ERP system for the National Egg & Poultry Board
• Supervision of several software projects for the National Egg & Poultry Board (web based OLAP information system,Legal, financial)
Software developer

Celebros

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2001 — December 2001 (6 months)

• Participated in the development of a third generation (Google like) search engine for online shops.
• Designed a new Graphic User Interface standard for the company’s product line.
IT Consultant

Kalanit Software Development

(Computer Software industry)

November 1995 — October 1998 (3 years )

• As Development Team Leader - Designed and developed software products for the National Bank of Israel (largest bank in Israel). Exceptions (credit, withdrawals) were reduced by 40% over the main project’s life cycle.
• Managed a development team of four members.
• Provided technical consulting services to various software development projects.
• Provided technical support and training for the bank’s developers (20 people).

Dan Katz’s Education

IE (Instituto de Empresa)

MBA , Business Management , 2007 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

Participated in a corporate consulting project for Bacardi ltd. Our mission was to develop uniform global protocol for increasing renewable energy use and decreasing energy costs in Bacardi's distilleries.
The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo

B.A. , Computer science , 1997 — 2000