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Industrial Automation & AI Expert | Industry 4.0 | Smart Manufacturing | 30+ Years

Cyprus
Worldwide
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Cyprus
Worldwide
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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About me

Electrical Engineer (Technion) with 30+ years in industrial automation, AI, and technology leadership. Former Siemens Engineering Manager, CTO, and entrepreneur. I combine deep industrial expertise with modern AI to solve complex challenges and deliver practical, measurable results.

InnovationArtificial IntelligenceEngineering ManagementIndustrial InstrumentationIndustry 4.0Generative AIIndustrial SoftwareIndustrial PlantIndustrial Planning
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, AI & SMART MANUFACTURING

30+ years of experience | Industry 4.0 | Industrial AI | Engineering Leadership

Senior industrial automation and AI consultant with 30+ years of international experience in control systems, manufacturing optimization, industrial technology and digital transformation. Former Engineering Manager at Siemens Automation & Drives, CTO and senior technology executive. Co-Founder of Decight Ltd., delivering industrial AI and intelligent automation solutions.

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION & CONTROL
• Automation architecture, system integration and modernization.
• Siemens PLC, HMI, SCADA, drives and industrial communications.
• OEM and machine-builder integration; multi-vendor environments.
• Production line optimization and industrial engineering.

INDUSTRY 4.0 & SMART MANUFACTURING
• IIoT, industrial data acquisition and real-time monitoring.
• Manufacturing analytics, MES connectivity and operational intelligence.
• Automated warehouses, intralogistics and smart factories.
• Digital transformation and production performance improvement.

INDUSTRIAL AI & AUTONOMOUS MANUFACTURING
• AI strategy and implementation in industrial environments.
• Machine learning, predictive maintenance and industrial analytics.
• AI-driven optimization and intelligent decision-support systems.
• Integration of AI with industrial automation platforms.

OT RELIABILITY & MSIGHT
• Configuration monitoring, change detection and recovery.
• Operational continuity, system reliability and downtime reduction.
• Multi-vendor OT systems: Siemens, Rockwell and Interroll.
• MSight: Self-Healing Layer for Operational Technology.

AI AGENTS & BUSINESS AUTOMATION
• AI agents, intelligent workflows and process automation.
• CRM automation, API integration and AI-based decision systems.
• Python, n8n and modern AI tools.

ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP & CONSULTING
• Technology strategy, solution architecture and feasibility studies.
• Engineering management and cross-functional team leadership.
• OEM partnerships, technical assessments and modernization.
• Translating engineering challenges into measurable business results.

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Siemens — Engineering management and industrial automation.
Industrial AI — Leadership of autonomous manufacturing initiatives.
MSight — OT configuration continuity and recovery.
Decight Ltd. — Co-Founder; industrial AI and intelligent automation.

Available for international consulting, industrial automation, AI implementation, Industry 4.0 and engineering leadership projects.

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2026

Languages

EnglishFluentHebrewNative speaker

Project history

Co-Founder

DECIGHT
Transforming manual, fragmented operations into intelligent, AI-driven processes that improve efficiency, accelerate decisions, and create measurable business value.

VP Business Development

SMARTECH (Hexion Company)
Strategically connecting emerging technologies (AI, IoT, Autonomous Systems) with core industrial goals, driving the full innovation-to-revenue lifecycle of AI-based solutions, spearheading design and commercialization of autonomous manufacturing tools, cultivating strategic partnerships with OEMs and global players, and scaling business operations through ecosystem-building and client acquisition.

AI / Autonomous Manufacturing Director

SMARTECH
Built and led a portfolio of AI-powered solutions for autonomous manufacturing systems, directed full product lifecycles from ideation to commercial success, managed multidisciplinary teams, transformed insights into actionable applications on production floors, secured strategic alliances with OEMs and machine builders, and championed data-driven decision making to optimize integration between industrial control systems and AI platforms.

CRP Domain Manager (AI & IIoT)

SMARTECH
Led the creation and commercialization of a cost-reduction platform powered by AI and Industrial IoT, transformed a greenfield idea into a deployable monetized product line, collaborated with academic partners, managed product-market fit analysis and business modeling, and successfully raised non-dilutive funding from Israel Innovation Authority.

Co-Founder & CEO

KDSignage Ltd.
Founded and scaled a 3D machine vision startup focused on real-time digital signage using AI algorithms, drove product innovation from idea to deployed solution resulting in multiple commercial installations, built strategic partnerships, and led fundraising activities positioning the company for acquisition discussions.

CTO - New Tech Strategy

BECHOR Electricity & Automation
Oversaw technological strategy across automation, drives, and emerging IoT applications in industrial settings, translated market trends into R&D roadmaps, led cross-functional initiatives across engineering, sales, and vendor ecosystems, and developed scalable control systems enhancing data visibility and real-time decision support.

Automation & Drive Engineering Manager

SIEMENS Israel - Automation Division
Led complex TIA projects with global OEMs and local integrators delivering end-to-end solutions, introduced advanced drive, motion control, and servo technologies to the Israeli market, served as key technical leader scaling Siemens automation business in Israel contributing to annual revenues exceeding 120M NIS, championed data-rich automation architectures, planned and oversaw production line setups, developed a national training program in industrial automation, and built and led Siemens Israel engineering team.

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