Yair Altman

Current

• CEO at Octahedron

Past

• VP R&D at PicScout
• CTO at Simayof
• VP R&D at Insyst Ltd.

• Director of Merchant Technologies at Shopping.com / Dealtime
• Server Development Team Leader at Zootec
• Development Team Leader & Integrator at Elisra
• Software Development Team Leader at Israeli Air Force

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Education

• Bar-Ilan University
• Bar Ilan University

Connections

203 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Yair Altman’s Summary

Multi-disciplinary software development manager with experience in a wide variety of application types, environments, operating systems, programming languages and business contexts. Developed complex systems ranging from real-time aerospace applications, through embedded, database & client/server systems, to internet ecommerce & social media websites. Direct contacts are welcome: altmany at gmail.

Yair Altman’s Specialties:

Special ability to bridge the gap between business & technology, finding technical solutions for business needs and possessing a system-wide understanding while not loosing sight of technical details

Yair Altman’s Experience

• CEO

  Octahedron

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Founded company specializing in IT consulting services and turn-key software projects

• VP R&D

  PicScout

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 6 months)

  Responsible for developing cutting-edge image recognition and social media imagery applications; Managed internal and out-source teams of algorithmic research (Matlab/C++), web & application development (Dot-Net), DB (SQL Server 2005), QA

• CTO

  Simayof

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)

  November 2004 — July 2007 (2 years 9 months)

  Responsible for all technology including IT, ERP integration, ecommerce websites, backoffice & sales systems, and investments in external technology ventures. Technologies: LAMP, Java

• VP R&D

  Insyst Ltd.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2004 — October 2004 (8 months)

  Responsible for developing products for industrial process control, optimization & alerting (C++, C#, SCADA)

• Director of Merchant Technologies

  Shopping.com / Dealtime

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; EBAY; Internet industry)

  July 2001 — February 2004 (2 years 8 months)

  Responsible for all back-end development, as well as development of the billing interfaces, merchant extranet and operational admin website (LAMP, Oracle DBs, C++)

• Server Development Team Leader

  Zootec

  (Internet industry)

  May 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 3 months)

  Responsible for developing the server side of an instant-messaging system for the casual-gaming segment (Java, Oracle DB)

• Development Team Leader & Integrator

  Elisra

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  January 1998 — May 2000 (2 years 5 months)

  Participated in developing several novel airborne sensors (Matlab, C++)

• Software Development Team Leader

  Israeli Air Force

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; IAF; Military industry)

  July 1991 — October 1997 (6 years 4 months)

  Responsible for developing real-time radar applications. One of the systems was nominated for the Air Force Award. Technologies: C++, Fortran, Unix/POSIX

Yair Altman’s Education

• Bar-Ilan University

  M.Sc. , Computer Science , 1995 — 1998

  Summa cum Laude

• Bar Ilan University

  B.Sc. , Physics , 1985 — 1991

  Magna cum Laude

Additional Information

Yair Altman’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Yair Altman’s Interests:

Science, Technology & Software, Internet & Social Media, swimming, skiing

Yair Altman’s Groups:

•    Job Networking in Israel
•    Israel High Tech (10,000+ members)
•    The Israeli Web & .Net Professional Forum
•    The Israeli Executive Professional Forum
•    Shopping.com Alumni Group
•    Bar Ilan University Alumni
•    Mamdas Alumni
•    Search & Find a Job in Israel
•    IT/ IS Manager in Israel
•    Internet Enterpreneurs and Angels:Partnership and Investment

Yair Altman’s Honors:

1998: M.Sc. (Computer Science) Summa Cum Laude
1997: System developed nominated for annual Israeli Air Force Award
1996: Bar Ilan University Computer Science Dept. Excellence Award
1995: Bar Ilan University Computer Science Dept. Excellence Award
1994: Auto Schwartz Excellence Award
1991: B.Sc. (Extended Physics) Magna Cum Laude
1991: Bar Ilan University Physics Dept. Bernard Locker Excellence Award
1991: Bar Ilan University Exact Sciences Faculty Dean's List
1990: Bar Ilan University Physics Dept. Bernard Locker Excellence Award
1990: Bar Ilan University Exact Sciences Faculty Dean's List

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