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Amitai Kanarik

Amitai Kanarik

Coaching & NLP
Hod Hasharon

Summary

  • 20 years of experience, leading system & software teams, from product definitions, throughout architecture, design, implementation & deployment pipelines, all the way to customer engagement with the product.
  • Proven ability to drive and lead software team with high delivery orientation combined with constant learning and applying new technologies.
  • In depth knowledge in cloud based application development on AWS and GCP.
  • Entrepreneurial leadership style with highly effective planning, & communication skills, and an innovative approach to problem solving.
  • Software skills: Architecture & Design, Backend, Dev-Ops, Python, Django, SQL, Node, JS, AI/ML, AWS (Amazon Web Services). System skills: Architecture & Design, System Requirement, Full system Integration.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

SW Team Manager

SCiO
08.2022 - Current
  • Leading Backend & DevOps developemnt

Relationship Coaching & NLP

B'Way
01.2016 - Current
  • Relationship coach specializing in blended families relationships
  • Professional coacher and Supervisor in ILCC
  • Teaching coaching & NLP in Ambition school during 2018 - 2020
  • Over 15 years of coaching experience

R&D Manager

Okapi AI
03.2018 - 08.2022
  • Leading multidisciplinary SW team, developing AI Product on AWS environment with Full-Stack Web Application and all its backend services:
  • Collecting near real time public & proprietary data from public websites (Web Scraping) and from private data suppliers (API), containing hundreds of structured and unstructured data points.
  • Integrating complex ML models using varied algorithms to perform: Segmentation, Sentiment, Prediction, Causation, Anomaly Detection
  • Exporting API for integrating Okapi data with external applications
  • Building strong collaboration with Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Analysis, and Customer Success teams
  • Integrating backend for Okapi Mobile application requirements
  • Adopting DevOps methods and tools

Delivery team Leader

Okapi AI
08.2016 - 03.2018
  • My team was in charge for 3 aspects of Okapi product:

System Lead in WCS - Product Testing & Methodology

Intel Corporation
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • System technical lead for Product Testing and Methodology (PTM) team, in Wireless.
  • Technical analysis of testing and validation aspects for new technologies
  • Driving new automation testing standards in PTM
  • Defining the system requirements for testing multidisciplinary features like MTBF, KPI and Interoperability

Connectivity HW&SW Program manager (WLAN, Bluetooth & GPS)

Texas Instruments
10.2007 - 01.2013
  • Leading worldwide project team in both execution and technical aspects. The project consists of chip development in 65nm technology, including WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, and FM cores, FW development of WLAN core & reference design for the mobile terminal market
  • Product definitions
  • Building and tracking the program execution plans (design, validation, integration, PE and SW teams)
  • Multi-disciplinary system knowledge such as HW, Power management, FW, Driver, PHY & RF
  • Mass production (Involved with CZ, DS, Si. Qual)
  • Customer support (pre-sale, design, production ramp)

Bluetooth system Team leader and chief engineer

Texas Instruments
01.2006 - 10.2007
  • Leading a team of 6 engineers, in charge of all System aspects, Bluetooth IP as well as Top, Power management and Host interfaces. from System architecture
  • Leading worldwide System Top level
  • System architecture
  • Pre-Silicon validation for HW and FW (Modelsim + Specman & FPGA, Seamless)
  • Post-Silicon validation and characterization (Boards design, MAC, Host IF, PM, Clocks and Top)
  • System requirements and definitions for SW features (Adaptive TX Power control, BTH-WLAN coexistence, AFH)
  • Customers Host platform integration

Bluetooth system Engineer

Texas Instruments
01.2001 - 01.2006
  • Part of the core system team, designing and building the first production Bluetooth version for cellular
  • Leading new System HW verification environment (Specman + Modelsim)
  • FPGA design for HW validation and FW integration
  • Deep knowledge in Bluetooth specification
  • Involve in development of Silicon production test (ATE)

Fiter Pilot

Israeli Defence Force
01.1991 - 01.1997

Education

BSc - Electronic Engineering

Tel Aviv University
01.2001

Skills

  • Coaching Supervisor
  • Personal Coaching
  • Blended families relationships
  • Backend: Expert
  • AWS & GCP cloud development: Advanced
  • Project Management: Expert
  • System Engineering: Expert
  • Full-Stack: Competent

References

Refrences would be given in person

Timeline

SW Team Manager

SCiO
08.2022 - Current

R&D Manager

Okapi AI
03.2018 - 08.2022

Delivery team Leader

Okapi AI
08.2016 - 03.2018

Relationship Coaching & NLP

B'Way
01.2016 - Current

System Lead in WCS - Product Testing & Methodology

Intel Corporation
01.2013 - 01.2016

Connectivity HW&SW Program manager (WLAN, Bluetooth & GPS)

Texas Instruments
10.2007 - 01.2013

Bluetooth system Team leader and chief engineer

Texas Instruments
01.2006 - 10.2007

Bluetooth system Engineer

Texas Instruments
01.2001 - 01.2006

Fiter Pilot

Israeli Defence Force
01.1991 - 01.1997

BSc - Electronic Engineering

Tel Aviv University
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