Nathan Zeldes

Current

Principal at www.nzeldes.com

Past

IT Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation
Research and Academic Relations manager, Israel site at Intel Corporation
Quality and Reliability Manager, Fab 8 wafer fabrication plant at Intel Corporation

QRE and Thin Films Process Engineer at Intel Corporation

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Education

The Hebrew University
The Hebrew University

Recommended

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Connections

296 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

My Company

Nathan Zeldes’s Summary

A physicist, engineer and IT expert combining out of the box thinking and the ability to reduce solutions to practice, notably at the intersection of technology and human behavior. After 26 years of doing this at Intel corporation, now consulting to organizations about improving Knowledge Worker effectiveness, and to technology startups about product design, user experience, business planning and workforce performance.

Nathan Zeldes’s Specialties:

Driving innovation, Knowledge Worker productivity, Information Overload, Email Overload, IT solutions, startup mentoring, public speaking.

Nathan Zeldes’s Experience

Principal

www.nzeldes.com

(Computer Software industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Specialist with proven experience in enhancing performance by solving core problems at the intersection of technology and human behavior.
Consulting to organizations about improving Knowledge Worker effectiveness, and to technology startups about product design, user experience, business planning and workforce performance.
IT Principal Engineer

Intel Corporation

(Public Company; INTC; Semiconductors industry)

1994 — 2008 (14 years )

R&D activity on knowledge worker productivity, with corporate scope.
Developed and deployed multiple solutions to problems of individual and team productivity, notably about information overload, virtual team collaboration, and adoption of new internet and messaging technologies.
Drove technical career development for Intel's IT community.
Formed collaborations with external companies and academia to further research and knowledge sharing.
Research and Academic Relations manager, Israel site

Intel Corporation

(Public Company; INTC; Semiconductors industry)

1991 — 1993 (2 years )

Started up and managed Intel’s External Research and Academic Relations in Israel.
Established new processes for managing academic grants, student grants, and extended education.
Served as Intel sponsor of a startup business incubator.
Carried out Artificial Neural Networks research.
Quality and Reliability Manager, Fab 8 wafer fabrication plant

Intel Corporation

(Public Company; INTC; Semiconductors industry)

1984 — 1990 (6 years )

Started up and managed Intel’s first In-house wafer fab Q&R department (25 people).
Established new processes for wafer fab Q&R at Intel, notably Process Qualification, Statistical Process Control and Self-audit.
Played an active role in Intel’s adoption of Total Quality (Deming) philosophy and methodology.
QRE and Thin Films Process Engineer

Intel Corporation

(Public Company; INTC; Semiconductors industry)

1982 — 1984 (2 years )

Solved process problems in a Wafer manufacturing line.
Managed reliability testing and qualification of manufacturing lines.

Nathan Zeldes’s Education

The Hebrew University

MSc , Applied Physics (Electro-optics) , 1976 — 1977
The Hebrew University

BSc , Physics & Mathematics , 1970 — 1975

Additional Information

Nathan Zeldes’s Websites:

My Company

Nathan Zeldes’s Interests:

Improving the life and effectiveness of knowledge workers, History of Computing (collecting and evangelizing), Recreational computer programming, reading (mainly Sci Fi and Natural Philosophy)