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

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Off The CV

A few human details

Not everything worth knowing belongs in a formal bio. Yes, I am a proud father of Jeffery the Chameleon. No, he does not help with grading. He mostly supervises from a branch and judges color palettes.

Proud father of Jeffery the Chameleon, who takes his role as household color critic very seriously.
Believes a strong research question and a good cup of coffee solve most things faster than panic does.
Will happily overthink wording, interface labels, and dinner menus with the same level of rigor.

Animated collage of Jeffery the Chameleon from photos and short video clips. — Jeffery The Chameleon, morale officer, branch philosopher, and occasional UX reviewer.