Eli Israel
Software Product Development Executive, Expert in SaaS, Agile, and Cloud
- Location
- Greater Seattle Area
- Industry
- Computer Software
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Eli Israel's Overview
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- Senior Director of Product Development / VP of Product Development at Enprecis
- Senior Director, Agile & PPM Products at Serena Software
- Director of Product Development at SeaTab Software
- GM Hosted Solutions/Chief Scientist, Threat Protection at MessageGate, Inc.
- Founder and CEO at MessageFire, LLP
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500+ connections
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Eli Israel's Summary
Looking for my next opportunity to unlock the promise of SaaS and Cloud computing by leading and growing exceptional Agile teams. Deliver better products, faster through collaboration and buy-in.
eli@eliasisrael.com
Delivered five SaaS products to market.
Led five SaaS products through periods of significant growth by adding staff and guiding cost-effective technology evolution to maximize ROI.
Moved existing SaaS offerings to the Cloud using virtualization to drive down costs and increase availability.
Led Agile transformations in four different companies decreasing time to market by as much as 50%.
Created personal dashboards for team to communicate expectations and role in satisfying corporate mission. Resulted in higher output and no turnover.
Eli Israel's Experience
Senior Director of Product Development / VP of Product Development
Enprecis
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry
June 2010 – January 2011 (8 months)
■ Lead product strategy, product definition and roadmap, product pricing, engineering and service operations for a successful online service, serving five automotive OEMs representing ten different brands and more than 60 different vehicles in the US, Australia, China, and Russia.
■ Implement Agile transformation and mentor team members throughout the company, resulting in productivity gains exceeding 116% and new releases every 14 days.
■ Drive data center, architectural, and partner improvements to raise uptime for customers and reduce operational costs.
Senior Director, Agile & PPM Products
Serena Software
Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry
August 2008 – May 2010 (1 year 10 months)
Lead the business unit responsible for two SaaS products for project management. Direct local, remote, and offshore product development in three countries and four timezones to deliver a major release or minor update every 30 to 60 days.
■ Direct business unit, including software engineering, quality assurance, user documentation, product management, user interface design and product marketing, totaling 44 professionals in the US and overseas.
■ Cut best-case SaaS deployment time from three weeks to three days, cut annual production costs by more than $100,000 and deliver 100% uptime by moving to Cloud Computing.
■ Reduced stabilization time for major releases by an average of six weeks through training managers to measure, coach, and improve team performance.
Director of Product Development
SeaTab Software
October 2006 – January 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Directed software engineering and QA in the SaaS transformation of hosted business intelligence service.
■ Led teams to deliver two major releases and over a dozen minor updates of this highly scalable web service in twelve months.
■ Increased the frequency of releases by training teams in Agile methodology.
GM Hosted Solutions/Chief Scientist, Threat Protection
MessageGate, Inc.
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry
February 2004 – October 2006 (2 years 9 months)
■ Led program to deliver a complete overhaul of enterprise anti-spam product to a major de- fense contractor within two quarters. Secured a $500,000 contract renewal and follow-on sales of compliance products.
■ Led program for product team of 25 professionals to deliver enterprise email compliance product. Beat published schedule by more than 12%.
Founder and CEO
MessageFire, LLP
June 2002 – February 2004 (1 year 9 months) Sold to MessageGate in Feb 2004
Founded anti-spam Software as a Service (SaaS) company and sold to MessageGate.
■ Led MessageFire from concept to general availability of the service in six months.
■ Positioned company for and negotiated a profitable exit within 20 months of inception.
Eli Israel's Publications
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The X-Window System Server
- Digital Press
- August 28, 1992
Authors: Eli IsraelA technical reference covering every aspect of the sample server developed by the MIT X consortium.
Eli Israel's Patents
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Television browsing system with transmitted and received keys and associated information,
- United States Patent 5,977,962
- Issued November 2, 1999
Inventors: Eli IsraelA home-based television system has a set top box that receives from a cable operator television programs for broadcast on many channels. The set top box also receives additional information for display and an application. In response to user input, the application filters data in a first data stream, uses the filtered data to identify data in a second data stream, and causes the thus-identified data to be displayed.
Eli Israel's Certifications
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Certified Scrum Master
- Scrum Alliance
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Certified Scrum Product Owner
- Scrum Alliance
Eli Israel's Skills
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