I specialize in helping companies build exceptional development teams, establish R&D centers, and optimize operational costs. 

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Experience

Geniuses Recruiting | Founder & CEO | 2024 – 

Rakuten Viber | R&D Director of Offshore | 2021 – 2024

  • Established Rakuten Viber’s R&D site in Tbilisi, Georgia
  • Responsible for overseeing the compensation structures and salary management across all R&D centers in Belarus, Georgia, Poland and Ukraine
  • Acted as the primary contact between Rakuten Viber and government entities
  • Collaborated closely with HR and recruiting teams to drive talent acquisition

ePlane | VP R&D | 2019 – 2021

  • Lead company’s R&D site, recruiting and managing of 30+ developers, team leaders and QA
  • Managed the design, development and delivery of multiple features in B2B
  • Connected Product, BizDev, Customer Success and R&D
  • Responsible for the development of new processes and assimilation of Agile

ePlane | R&D Manager | 2016 – 2019

  • Managed company’s R&D site in Belarus – recruiting, training and management of 20+ developers and team leads
  • Supervised additional outsourced development teams
  • Hands-on development of automation and external services integrations

Music Lab | R&D Manager | 2013 – 2016

  • Responsible for managing 10+ web and automation developers in Belarus, architecture design and implementation, code reviews

Soluto | Automation Team Lead | 2008 – 2013

    Microsoft | QA Engineer | 2007 – 2008

      Education

          • The Open University of Israel | Computer Science | 2007 – 2009
          • Tel Aviv University | LL.B., Law | 1998 – 2002

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