Jacob Richman

Current

Develops and Markets Educational Websites at Internet
Consultant at Internet

Past

Independent Lecturer at Internet
Jobnet Project Manager at AACI Jobnet
Customer Support and Training at Jerusalem1

Customer Support Manager at Kivun Computers Ltd.
IT positions at Intel Electronics (Jerusalem, Israel)
Customer and Product Support at Focus Computer Store (Brooklyn, New York)
EDP Manager at Apex Technical School (NYC)

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Education

City University of New York-Brooklyn College
Yeshiva of Flatbush High School

Recommended

3 people have recommended Jacob

Connections

370 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Jacob Richman’s Summary

I give consulting / advice on how to improve your website and how to market your website to the world.

I develop and market my own educational websites.

For a complete list of my websites, visit my main website:
www.jr.co.il

You can view my seminars on social media marketing here: www.jr.co.il/articles/jacob/index.html

Jacob Richman’s Experience

Develops and Markets Educational Websites

Internet

(Internet industry)

June 1996 — Present (13 years 6 months)

For a list of my websites visit:
http://www.jr.co.il

I also developed, marketed and sold:
Learn Hebrew with Audio
My Hebrew Dictionary
My Hebrew Picture Dictionary
Learn Hebrew Verbs
My Hebrew Name
SAT Preparation
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
Consultant

Internet

(Internet industry)

June 1994 — Present (15 years 6 months)
Independent Lecturer

Internet

(Internet industry)

1994 — 2007 (13 years )

Recent seminar: Marketing Your Website to the World

1994-1995: Developed special Internet medical lectures sponsored by Teva Pharmaceuticals. Gave evening lectures to groups of doctors all over the country

Partial list of of clients where I gave in-house seminars about the Internet:
Ministry of Communications, IBM Israel, Israel Aircraft Industries, Ministry of Tourism (B&B), Bynet Ltd., Kibbutz Hadati, Pelephone Communications, Bezek,
Kivun Computers, People & Computers, Compsoft, Management Institute, Rafa Laboratories Ltd., Engineering Society, C.Mer Industries Ltd., AACI, The Joint - CIS, NFTY, WUJS
Jobnet Project Manager

AACI Jobnet

(Internet industry)

1996 — August 2000 (4 years )

* Designed the online Jobnet system (www.jobnet.co.il). This dual language system allows companies to enter their company information and job positions, by online password access, via the Internet. Users may freely access the database 24 hours a day and use the English or Hebrew interface. Management features include audit trail of the updates, super user/staff updates, online reports and administration functions.
The system was opened to the users on Israel Independence Day - May 1997.
* Wrote the request for quotation and solicited tenders from six software development companies.
* Supervised the development and implementation of the system.
* Promoted and marketed the system to companies and users (including several unique promotion items).
* Marketed and promoted the system at conferences, trade shows and exhibits.
* Promoted the system online with free and paid advertisements.
Customer Support and Training

Jerusalem1

(Internet industry)

1995 — 1995 (less than a year)

Part of a three man team that developed and launched one of the first commercial Internet service providers in Israel. Later merged with Netmedia and then was bought by Netvision.
Customer Support Manager

Kivun Computers Ltd.

(Computer Software industry)

June 1992 — July 1994 (2 years 2 months)

Responsible for internal and external support of all Windows products.
The three flagship products of Kivun were: Hebrew Windows 3.1, Dagesh and Accent Multi-Lingual Word processors.

* Established the Customer Support department
* Hired the support staff
* Supervised the customer support staff that serviced hundreds of phone calls per week
* Input to software developers on program features
* Tested software and directed a four month beta-test program
* Demonstrated the products at fairs and seminars
* Trained sales personnel and other staff in the product features and sales techniques
* Tracked bugs and interfaced between customers and development staff on feature requests from customers
IT positions

Intel Electronics (Jerusalem, Israel)

(Public Company; Computer Hardware industry)

December 1984 — February 1992 (7 years 3 months)

Micro Manager (internal PC's)
COMETS Administrator/Analyst
CEAMS Administrator / HP Systems Manager
Customer and Product Support

Focus Computer Store (Brooklyn, New York)

(Retail industry)

November 1983 — August 1984 (10 months)

Assisted customers with technical information regarding hardware and software selection for microcomputers ranging from the Commodore 64 to the IBM PC. Responsible for the follow up of software and hardware difficulties.
EDP Manager

Apex Technical School (NYC)

(Information Services industry)

July 1980 — October 1983 (3 years 4 months)

Managed and coordinated all activities relating to the computer department. Supervised four consultant/programmers, three data entry personnel, one computer operator and two word processors. Acted as liaison/consultant to all school departments, and trained personnel to utilize complete resources of the computer.

Additional Position: System Analyst

Responsible for hardware and software planning. Designed, developed, and implemented (with an outside consulting firm) the entire vocational school database system being marketed under the name EASE (Effective Administrative Systems for Education). This system, written in Basic Plus Two for a PDP 11/44 running under RSTS/E, encompasses all information processing within all departments of the school.

Jacob Richman’s Education

City University of New York-Brooklyn College

BS , Computer Science , 1976 — 1980

Activities and Societies:

Student Mobilization for Israel (SMI)
Israel Hotline
Yeshiva of Flatbush High School

1972 — 1976

Additional Information

Jacob Richman’s Websites:

Jacob Richman’s Interests:

educational websites, Jewish websites, Jewish, aliyah, Israel, Internet, Internet marketing, I publish online the biweekly (free) CJI report (1993-present), Computer Jobs in Israel, www.CJI.co.il