About

At a Glance

  • 🎓 4 degrees Because one was never enough
  • 🔬 10,000+ Research participants (voluntarily!)
  • 📈 40% Engagement boost (not a typo)
  • 🐍 15+ Courses taught (mostly Python, mostly awake)
  • 🤝 6+ Industry partners (Costco samples included)
  • 🏆 11 Awards (yes, I counted)
Education
2022
Ph.D., Computer & Information Science SUNY Albany HCI & MIS · "Sticky Words" · Distinguished Dissertation & Excellence in Research
2014
M.B.A., Marketing & Information Systems Baruch College, CUNY Summa cum laude
2011
B.A., Political Science & Journalism New York University Summa cum laude · Presidential Honor Program
2009
B.A., Social Sciences & Humanities Open University of Israel
Skills & Tools

Languages & Data

PythonJavaScriptSQLRMATLAB

AI & NLP

LLMsFine-tuningRLHFspaCyNLTKTensorFlow

UX & Research

Study DesignSurveysExperimentsUsability TestingQualtrics

Analytics

StataSPSSJASPMachine LearningStatistical Modeling

Design & Prototyping

FigmaAdobe XDUI/UX Prototyping

AI Tools

ChatGPTClaudeCopilotGemini
Career Journey
2025–

Lecturer

SUNY Albany, Massry School of Business

Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics

2021–2025

Visiting Assistant Professor

SUNY Albany, Massry School of Business

Teaching, research, and industry collaboration across HCI, analytics, and AI

2019–2020

Visiting Assistant Professor

Pratt Institute, NYC

Digital Product Design & Content Strategy

2015–2019

Research & Teaching Assistant

SUNY Albany

Ph.D. research on computational linguistics and information engagement

2014–2015

UX Researcher & Dev Manager

ClaimFame

Launched an e-learning platform; 70% retention lift

2012–2014

UX Researcher & Product Manager

WZO, NYC

CRM optimization and Israel Tech Challenge coordination

2009–2011

Chief Digital Content Strategist

Ma'ariv Media Group, Tel Aviv

Led 50+ media professionals in data-driven content strategy

Awards & Honors
Service Award SUNY Albany · 2025
Excellence in Research Project SUNY Albany · 2023
Distinguished Dissertation SUNY Albany · 2023
Full Academic Scholarship SUNY Albany · 2016–2022
Doctoral Consortium Award AMCIS · 2018
Superior Reviewer Award Informing Science Institute · 2017
Presidential Honor Scholarship NYU · 2011
Service & Affiliations
  • Impact Committee Member, Massry School of Business (2022–2026)
  • Climate Committee Member, Massry School of Business (2022–2027)
  • LGBTQ+ Student Club Initiator (2024)
  • ISBA Pre-Tenure Faculty Brown-Bag Meetings Organizer (2023–2024)
  • Program Committee, Israel Association for Information Systems (2023)
  • Reviewer, ICIS (2020–present), UXPA (2016–present), AMCIS, CHIIR
  • Member, Cengage Introductory Computing Advisory Board (2026–present)
  • Member, Association for Computational Creativity
  • Member, ASIS&T · AIS

Let's connect

Whether it's about research collaboration, speaking, or just nerding out about words — I'd love to hear from you.