Visionary Leader. Skilled Manager. Creative Designer
Israel
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- Director of Interaction Design at Emara Design
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- C4I Enterprise Architect at IAF
- Head of Experimentation Center (Battle Lab) at IAF
- Test Engineer at IAF
- Education
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- Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
- Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
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Simon Reisman’s Summary
Multidisciplinary background includes engineering, industrial design, human factors, and software. Experience in user needs analysis, business process modeling, and system requirements definition. Vast experience in complex human-computer interaction, focused on computer-supported collaboration. Specialist in simulation based concept development (Serious Games). Has broad general knowledge in IT.
Led and managed R&D organization from a conceptual stage (of 2 people) to a productive experimentation center (of eventually 20 people). Managed portfolio of projects and IT assets.
Interested in product planning and management in an innovative company in areas of computer games, multimedia, internet or mobile, where I can leverage my multidisciplinary experience and background, and become a significant partner of company's success.
Simon Reisman’s Specialties:
- Organization & Team Leadership and Management
- Product Planning, Business Process Analysis & Modeling
- Project Management & Portfolio Management
- Promotion material planning and production, presentation skills
- Human Computer Interaction & Computer Supported Collaboration
- Implementation of Virtual Simulation (Serious Games) for Concept Design
- Applied Sociological & Technological experimentation and testing
- Conceptualization & Visualization of Complicated Abstract Ideas
Simon Reisman’s Experience
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Director of Interaction Design
Emara Design
(Design industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 month)
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C4I Enterprise Architect
IAF
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Led inter-organizational teams in processes of strategic planning of complex military IT architectures, including business, applications and technological architectures.
Guided solution architects and project managers to align their projects with the IAF enterprise architecture.
Co-led Integration of Enterprise Architecture approach into the IAF work processes. Co-led enterprise-wide efforts of migration to SOA. -
Head of Experimentation Center (Battle Lab)
IAF
(Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Research industry)
September 2001 — February 2007 (5 years 6 months)
Established and managed autonomous R&D organization serving multiple clients:
- Developed the organization from a start-up phase (of 2 people) to a full-scale organization (of 20). Was succeeded by a higher rank officer (Lieutenant Colonel).
- Recruited high-level executives’ support and a yearly investment of $1 million.
- Recruited, developed and managed analysts & software development staff.
- Managed portfolio of research projects & IT (simulation) assets.
- Managed multi-project work plans (in-house and out-sourced).
Developed innovative network centric military concepts with operational teams. e.g. Defined and directly influenced on operational requirements of multi-billion dollar UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) programs.
Implemented rapid prototypes (Serious Games) for concept development. Defined requirements for Agile (XP) software development teams. e.g. Led $0.25 million experiment which included more than 20 military operators in realistic war scenarios. -
Test Engineer
IAF
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Defense & Space industry)
January 1997 — September 2001 (4 years 9 months)
Planned, analyzed and reported tests of various types of munition (from bombs to high-energy missiles) in intense teamwork environment. Led the data analysis of various tests for the most funded (billions of dollars) strategic missile programs.
Developed software applications for data analysis. Implemented various technological and scientific fields (geodesy, aeronautics, radars, and electro-optics). Designed innovative weaponry testing methods, which reduced testing costs by 70%.
Led a marketing initiative to promote the test-range capabilities, including a production of a budgeted promotional film.
Simon Reisman’s Education
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Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
MSc, Industrial Design, 2000 — 2006
Graduated Cum Laude.
Focus on design management and human-computer interaction.
Led teams in various design projects. -
Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
BSc, Aerospace engineering, 1992 — 1996
Graduated Cum Laude.
Led a team of 10 students in an aircraft design project.
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Simon Reisman’s Interests:
Martial arts, Bicycle riding, Arts, 3D Modeling & Animation, Computer Games
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Israel Entrepreneur Network member -
Startup Specialists member
Simon Reisman’s Honors:
Prize for Exellence in Research for Final Paper in M.Sc. in Industrial Design at the Architecture Faculty, Technion, 2007, in the memory of Grahad Karplus
2nd Prize for Accomplishing Innovative Work during B.Sc. Studies at the Technion, 1996, Allen De Rothschild Institute contribution
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