Allon Mason (in@allon.com)

Current

Senior Product Manager at XPlace Ltd.

Past

Product Management & User Experience Consultant at Benigo Ltd.
Founder, Strategy & Product Manager and Web Usability Expert at YouFig.com
Information Developer at SAP Labs Israel

Technical Communications Specialist at Amdocs, Ltd.
Consultant at Novantas
Derivatives Intern at Bloomberg
Research Analyst at Hudson Sloan Investment Banking
Web Developer & IT Support at CNN

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Education

Cornell University
Semester at Sea
American International School in Israel

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Allon Mason (in@allon.com)’s Summary

Dedicated to establishing successful start-ups from foundation to spire.

Allon Mason (in@allon.com)’s Specialties:

Business development, marketing strategy and execution, product value proposition creation, capital-raising, web development & UI design, consulting, freelancing, finance, aviation, architecture.

Allon Mason (in@allon.com)’s Experience

Senior Product Manager

XPlace Ltd.

(Privately Held; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

• Managed XPlace’s developers, marketing, business development, and all customer-facing personnel
• Translated market needs to product requirements and managed their execution throughout the product life cycle
• Handled all product requirements & backlogs as well as all user, customer, and business requirements
• Created use-cases and user stories as well as coding the UI, design layer and all of the platform’s content
Product Management & User Experience Consultant

Benigo Ltd.

(Internet industry)

December 2008 — March 2009 (4 months)

• Worked closely with R&D to create product requirements and manage product specs for BeniGo’s semantic, NLP and statistics-based search technology
• Created use-cases and specifications, the product’s GUI as well as the complete development and integration of product’s interface and design
Founder, Strategy & Product Manager and Web Usability Expert

YouFig.com

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

September 2006 — January 2009 (2 years 5 months)

• Founded and managed YouFig's innovative real-time SaaS collaboration platform where groups and organizations can create custom white-label collaboration communities
• Coordinated various aspects of the YouFig platform including system, core components, 3rd party integrations and internal tools
• Coordinated the collection, description, analysis and prioritization of requests for new product functionality
• Prioritized features, obtained efforts estimations and responsible for finalizing the scope of each version of the platform
• Provided front-end and widget GUI development along with ongoing product marketing tasks
• Lead private equity and VC efforts in the US and Israel
Information Developer

SAP Labs Israel

(Public Company; SAP; Computer Software industry)

June 2005 — March 2006 (10 months)

• Managed new product requirements in SAP’s supply chain management module in liaison with German-based developers
• Authored business process documents, marketing collateral and proposals for new ventures within SAP
Technical Communications Specialist

Amdocs, Ltd.

(Public Company; DOX; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2001 — June 2005 (3 years 11 months)

• Handled the sales group’s technical and marketing responses for RFXs
• Authored user guides while working in unstable development environments
• Lead training courses on various programs (Clarify ClearSales, Target Account Selling, Photoshop, PowerPoint)
• Performed usability analyses and contributed to design of application UIs
• Authored minutes of meetings involving frequent trips to international clients
Consultant

Novantas

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

January 2000 — February 2001 (1 year 2 months)

• Authored business plans, including pro-forma financials, revenue model-projections and market valuations
• Researched the competitive environments and value-drivers of various industries including online B2B/B2C markets, online banking and cash-management, credit cards, e-brokerage, auctions and reverse auctions
• Ran analyses on customer DBs, identified distinct customer segments and developed marketing and churn-reducing strategies
• Streamlined complex online and back-office processes, provided recommendations for reducing customer application cycle times for top US financial broker
Derivatives Intern

Bloomberg

(Public Company; Financial Services industry)

June 1999 — August 1999 (3 months)

• Responsible for issuance of options & warrants.
• QA’d derivatives on Bloomberg feeds.
• Resolved incompatibilities in derivatives data.
Research Analyst

Hudson Sloan Investment Banking

(Financial Services industry)

June 1998 — August 1998 (3 months)

• Created customized financial reports from pro-formas to be used in the valuation and selection of potential M&A candidates.
• Lead equity research efforts, produced weekly equity reports.
• Generated client portfolio performance statements.
• Trained employees on Bloomberg system.
Web Developer & IT Support

CNN

(Public Company; TWX; Broadcast Media industry)

June 1997 — August 1997 (3 months)

• Developed newly-launched joint CNN/Sports Illustrated (cnnsi.com) website.
• Supported hardware and software for Turner Broadcasting's workstations.

Allon Mason (in@allon.com)’s Education

Cornell University

BS , Business & Finance , 1995 — 1999

• Dean's achievement award
• Strategic management award
• Vice President, Cornell Ski and Snowboard Club
• Founder & Treasurer, Kappa Sigma fraternity

Activities and Societies:

• Cornell Ski and Snowboard Club
• Kappa Sigma fraternity
Semester at Sea

1998 — 1998

Global circumnavigation
American International School in Israel

1993 — 1995

Presidential honors award