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Yuval Amir
Founder and CEOIncrediLand
Hod HaSharon, Israel
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Professional Experience
Aug 2009 - Present
Founder and CEO
IncrediLand
IncrediLand
IncrediLand is a startup company in the field of social games.
1993 - 1998
(5 years)
(5 years)
Product Manager
Edunetics
Edunetics
Multimedia Product Manager and Instructional Designer. Designed, scripted and produced eight multimedia databases and simulations on CD-ROM, as educational software products for schools in the United States. Designed, scripted and produced 15 interactive mathematics lessons in the Rediscover Mathematics Series for grades 3-12, as part of educational software for product elementary schools in the United States Lectured at Ben-Gurion University and the Open University on “Technology and Education – Multimedia Production of Educational Software.”
1998 - 1999
(1 years)
(1 years)
Instruction and Implementation
PRAXIS INSTITUTE
PRAXIS INSTITUTE
PRAXIS is a leading provider of systemic Reframing Thinking (SRT )services, methods and tools. By enabling framing and reframing of policies and strategies and creation of new knowledge and ideas, SRT empowers organizations and individuals in achieving Excellence in Relevance to an ever changing world. www.praxis.co.il
Feb 1999 - Feb 2001
(2 years)
(2 years)
Product Manager
ICQ
ICQ
May 2001 - Dec 2001
(0 years, 7 Months)
(0 years, 7 Months)
iTV Manager
GamePlay
GamePlay
Co managed the iTV project. • Designed and managed the production of an iTV Games Portal. • Designed and produced multi platform, (iTV, cellular and web), single and multi player games (Client -Server applications). GamePlay headquarters was located in London; it had projects running all over Europe and Israel (Golden Channels).
2002 - 2003
(1 years)
(1 years)
Product Manager
GeoSim Systems
GeoSim Systems
GeoSim is at the cutting edge of 3D-city modeling, with its proprietary suite of hardware and software tools, providing photo realistic quality at a ten folds increase in operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.
GeoSim cities allow you to explore virtual worlds for a better understanding of the physical world. The position includes:
UI designing and managing the production of the company product, which is a web-enabled (client-server) application that offers users the opportunity to explore 3D models of major world cities, in an interactive, rich in content, multimedia environment. www.geosimcities.com
GeoSim cities allow you to explore virtual worlds for a better understanding of the physical world. The position includes:
UI designing and managing the production of the company product, which is a web-enabled (client-server) application that offers users the opportunity to explore 3D models of major world cities, in an interactive, rich in content, multimedia environment. www.geosimcities.com
Feb 2004 - Nov 2006
(2 years, 9 Months)
(2 years, 9 Months)
Head of Product/Project Department
Open TV Israel
Open TV Israel
OpenTV is one of the world’s leading providers of solutions for the delivery of digital and interactive television. Open TV Israel develops Participation Television solutions: OpenTV Participate is a fully integrated, transactional solution for consumer participation television and supports multiple platform interaction through devices such as mobile telephones, web/PC, TV remotes, and telephone/IVR. Participation TV modules include: Quiz, Vote, Prize Management, iEvent, iShow, Charity, Auction, Betting, Gaming, and Sales.
Dec 2006 - Feb 2008
(2 years)
(2 years)
VP Product
Knocka TV
Knocka TV
Can the internet community create professional TV? That’s the core question behind the Knocka TV project. Knocka TV offers a stage for creative content produced by the community, supporting individual producers and small production houses in their original creation. Knocka TV is a User Generated Professional Television Network. It’s a democratic, interactive, and collaborative social television
Mar 2008 - Nov 2008
(0 years, 8 Months)
(0 years, 8 Months)
VP Product
Taboola
Taboola
Taboola is the provider of the world's first Personalized Video Discovery Platform for publishers, marketers and users. The company’s breakthrough technology seamlessly analyzes professional and user-generated video content, and anonymously studies the viewing patterns and behavior of viewers. Taboola is then able to predict the best subsequent videos for the viewer to watch on the publisher’s website.
Nov 2008 - Aug 2009
(1 years)
(1 years)
VP Product
Conduit
Conduit
Conduit provides website syndication solutions for web publishers that increase site traffic, revenue, and brand loyalty while simplifying access to the content, communities and applications that subscribers care about most. By creating a direct, always-on connection between publishers and subscribers, Conduit opens new channels for real-time communication and commerce.
Education
1987
B.Sc., Universitat Ben Gurion Ba-Negev (High School)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1990
M.Sc., Weizmann Institute of Science (High School)
Brain Research
Led seminars for high-school students at the Center for Youth Activities, the Weizmann Institute of Science. Topic: "Vision and the Brain." Papers: Y Amir, M Harel and R Malach (1993). Cortical hierarchy reflected in the organization of intrinsic connections in Macaque monkey visual cortex. J Comp Neurol 334:19-46. www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/109693012/abstract R Malach , Y Amir, M Harel and A Grinvald (1993). Relationship between intrinsic connections and functional architecture revealed by optical imaging and in vivo targeted biocytin injections in primate striate cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 90:10469-10473. http://www.pnas.org/content/90/22/10469.full.pdf+html
Brain Research
Led seminars for high-school students at the Center for Youth Activities, the Weizmann Institute of Science. Topic: "Vision and the Brain." Papers: Y Amir, M Harel and R Malach (1993). Cortical hierarchy reflected in the organization of intrinsic connections in Macaque monkey visual cortex. J Comp Neurol 334:19-46. www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/109693012/abstract R Malach , Y Amir, M Harel and A Grinvald (1993). Relationship between intrinsic connections and functional architecture revealed by optical imaging and in vivo targeted biocytin injections in primate striate cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 90:10469-10473. http://www.pnas.org/content/90/22/10469.full.pdf+html
1993
Internship, University of Hawaii at Manoa (High School)
Dolphin Behavior Research
Department of Psychology
Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory (KBMML) www.dolphin-institute.org
Dolphin Behavior Research
Department of Psychology
Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory (KBMML) www.dolphin-institute.org
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