lior frenkel M.A

 



Profile

 Multi-disciplinary technologist and MA educated with background in project and product management. Extensive experience in system engineering of software and hardware products, within complicated eco-systems. Leading matrix teams to enable product development in time-to-market limitations - engaged closely with R&D, post and pre-sales, customer service, PMs, operational and marketing teams based in Israel, US and China. Strong verbal and written communication skills, excellent social skills.

 

Experience

Bigband Networks, Dec-2007 to Present, Israel

System Engineer and Product Management at Bigband Networks

 Matrix team leader, designing and defining requirements for media services platforms, successfully marketed to the Cable and Telco, RFTV and IPTV industries. Writing system requirements for hardware, embedded and real-time software, RF and UI. Defining interfaces and protocols within the platform and with external products.

 Integrating Targeted Advertising, VOD, Time-shift TV and similar applications into new and existing products. Initiating end to end solutions which improved the Cable TV operators’ yield from targeted advertising per user.

 Led customers from idea conception to project completion, bugs resolving and implementing new versions. I’ve worked mostly with Verizon Communications and Comcast – building strategy, features roadmap, product requirements.

 Bigband’s representative in ‘Next Generation Access Network’ (NGAA) project workgroups led by Comcast with participants from all the big communication companies (Juniper, Cisco, Motorola, etc). Active participant in Face-to-Face meetings and writing the technical specs.

 Responsibility for face-lifting the company’s NMS and EMS products, presenting new UI and concepts to help the Cable operators with control-and-management of the devices. Build user- centric use-cases, design GUI prototype, initiate demo for ratifying with the customers.

 

 

Israeli C4I Corps, May 2006 – November 2007

Wireless & Fixed Networks Chief Architect (Captain Rank)

 Design and integrate IC4 wireless broadband networks (Satellite, WiMAX, Cellular, Mesh Networks) with fixed communication networks (IP/MPLS, SDH, PSTN).

 Converging security products into architecture solutions.

 Technological and Market Research for 4G wireless and NGN projects in IC4. Analyzing end-user needs and limitations in the operational environment.

 POC for the ‘Digital Army Program’. Weekly executive reviews of the project current status, short and long term roadmaps.

 Award for Excellence, 2007

Israeli C4I Corps, August 2004 – April 2006

Cellular Data Modem Product Manager and Senior System Engineer (Captain Rank)

 Lead the design and development of a cellular data modem built for military uses. Engaging closely with R&D, operations, testing, end-users – design the modem, build and present strategy, roadmap and features list. Responsibility for production-line in the US.

 Product integration with personal electronic devices.

 C4I Technological Expert for data communication over cellular. Enable and initiate the development of software applications for military uses such as maps navigation application, spatial-aware combat applications, etc.

 

Israeli C4I Corps, September 2001 – July 2004

Cellular Network System Engineer and Program Manager (Lieutenant Rank)

 

 

Education

 Tel-Aviv University, 2004-2007

MA, Philosophy and History of Science and Ideas, Graduated with Distinction

 Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel, 1997-2001

B.Sc, Electrical Engineering, specializing in Communication and Computer Networks

 

 

Languages

 Fluent English and Hebrew (mother tongue). A student for Spanish.

 

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