A bit about me

A bit about me

As humans, we love that high five or that smile, or that moment in traffic where someone lets you go in front of them. I love that I can have a positive effect as a human. To me, product design is an applied, scalable way for me to dole out those high fives to the people I design for.

A bit more:

I was born in Belgium, but actually grew up in a place called Newton, Massachusetts. It's a nice place with a lot of snow, and history, and actually at least three famous people (Matt Damon, Amy Poehler and Matt Leblanc). After high school I moved to Israel for a few years and then in 2009 my brother Omer, my dad Shimon, my sister Vered and I started a waffle restaurant in Oregon. This was a pretty wild ride. The business quickly expanded to three locations and 50+ employees, and I matured a lot in a very short amount of time.

What was also interesting about this time period is that this was when smartphones first came out (remember that?). I became really curious about digital products, and my first instinct was actually to fly to India (and grow a huge mustache), to travel but also to try and build my first digital product. I learned that I had a huge curiosity and I moved back to Israel to feed that curiosity. Since then, I have been learning non-stop about design and products; from data visualization to calligraphy, to the never ending nebula of AI tools and continuously changing ways to solve design problems.

So...this is the part of the story where you come in!
I'd love to hear what you're up to

In addition to work stuff, I'd love to chat about:

As humans, we love that high five or that smile, or that moment in traffic where someone lets you go in front of them. I love that I can have a positive effect as a human. To me, product design is an applied, scalable way for me to dole out those high fives to the people I design for.

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The sound of music

I play blues harmonica and a bit of drums. I love anything from gospel to the Grateful Dead.

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Travel shenanigans

I've had a lot of adventures including (not limited to) having kidney stones in a Bolivian jungle.

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Teaching design

I love to share the knowledge that I've learned so far with up and coming designers.

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Sport and spirit

I try to be present with my body and soul by running, snorkelling, swimming laps or just meditating.

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Book drinking

Mostly reading non-fiction and historical fiction. Right now I am reading Pillars of the Earth.

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Soil therapy

Parent of many plants. I anxiously wait for them to grow so that I can eat them and plant more.

Experience

Experience

2022-2026

Salesforce

Sr. Product Designer

Led large-scale design efforts in Field Service, within Service Cloud.

  • Owned UX for Data Capture, a feature used by 150k+ field technicians to reduce task completion time by ~50%

  • Co-designed Capacity Planning suite, the #2 most-requested capability across EMEA enterprise customers, influencing $52M+ in annual opportunity value

  • Shipped 30+ features across mobile and web; data visualization patterns adopted by 5 product teams

2019-2022

Designlab, CareerFoundry

Product Design Mentor

Mentored 25+ aspiring designers through Designlab and CareerFoundry UX programs.

  • 1:1 coaching and detailed project critique that guided students from fundamentals to job-ready portfolios

  • Provided structured written feedback and weekly video sessions across the full course, helping students strengthen design decisions, defend their work, and prepare for industry interviews

  • Coached career-changers on portfolio development and design process, supporting students through to program completion and job placement

2019-2021

Fiverr

Product Designer

Led design for native mobile apps, marketplace dashboards, and buyer/seller tools.

  • Orchestrated 20+ cross-functional projects across multiple product squads

  • Established and maintained design system contributions used across mobile and web surfaces

  • Lead designer for Fiverr's localization initiative; designing the experience for the company's expansion into international markets

2018-2019

Vonage R&D Center

Product Design Lead

I owned the UX/UI design for the R&D of Vonage. I designed apps on all platforms (iOS, Android, Web and Native Desktop).

  • Led product research, competitive analysis, and design for 30+ features across 10+ products serving 500k+ users

  • Maintained and contributed to a multi-platform design system used across the full product portfolio

  • Ran usability studies and translated findings directly into shipped product changes

2016-2018

Dave's Design

Designer & Front-End Developer

I teamed up with small startups while competing in hackathons in the US and in Israel.

  • Won first prize of $25,000 at a hackathon for a barber discovery app, where I designed the prototype, landing page, and promo video

  • Launched and maintained a white-label ATS platform from scratch for a Stealth startup

  • Conducted UX research for a barter app

Education

Education

2012-2015

Shenkar College

Data Visualization, Product Design, Mobile Applications

2016-2017

Elevation Academy

Front-End Development; Angular, React, Node.JS

2017

Netcraft Academy

User Experience Design

2009-2010

Lane Community College

Math, Spanish, Acting

2007-2008

De Anza College

Piano, Environmental Studies