Rafi Dabush
V.P Innovation, Technologies & Digital Transformation
Inspiring and generating a significant business values by seeing things differently with no respect for the status quo
• Digital Transformation
• Innovation management
• IT Management
• Business development
• Business and IT Strategy
• Team Leadership
• Cloud Computing
• Cyber Security
• Entrepreneurship
• Project management
• Big Data & Analytics
• AI
• SAAS
• Design Thinking
“Innovation and creativity is seeing what others see, and thinking what no one else ever thought”.
Albert Einstein
Innovation, people, loyalty and professionalism are the key factors for success and growth
My Career story
V.P Innovation, Technologies & Digital Transformation.
Constantly aiming to generate significant business values and competitive advantages for organizations that create inspiration among the organization’s customers and employees through a winning combination of extensive experience and demonstrated skills in the field of technologies, innovation, business development and strategy.
I believe in people and teamwork, honesty, creativity, innovation, and achieving consistently high results, encouraging personal growth and high levels of professionalism.
Extensive experience in digital transformation, technology management, business development and strategy, in private and public companies in Israel and in other regions around the world in the fields of Travel tech, HR tech, Health tech, Aviation and aerospace, Cyber security, Fintech and Manufacturing.
Expert in value creation by managing technologies and leading top strategic projects
with millions of dollars in budget. Conducting innovation and entrepreneurship processes to reach the business goals and empower employees. Performing market research and analytics, implementing innovative concepts and startup initiatives that solve key business problems in organizations.
Demonstrates a high level of initiative, exceptional creativity, strong interpersonal skills, analytical qualities, and high degree of accuracy.
Methodical in planning and performing tasks, effectively solving problems that cross organizational boundaries, and driven by an endless motivation and passion to succeed and fulfill myself.
Work Experience
• Identifying challenges and pain points and examining innovative concepts that meet the needs and requirements of the group.
• Evaluating feasibility of new technologies and solutions and identifying disruptive startups that are solving key business pain points.
• Performing business intelligence, analytics and research for insights and decisions support.
• Responsibility on defining the innovation strategy and implementation of innovative technologies in the medical centers.
• Identifying challenges and pain points and examining innovative concepts that meet the needs and requirements of the medical centers.
• Leading the digital transformation to cloud computing project to the government medical centers (As part of a government “Nimbus” tender).
• Managing and monitoring the projects progress (From A-Z).
CompuTech provides a wide range of end-to-end integration, IT project management, Cloud platform services, and Cyber-security consulting for organizations.
Circles helps large organizations/communities empower innovation and foster collaboration around new ideas and challenges.
• Managing and leading multiple top strategic projects in parallel in the areas of corporate innovation, digital transformation, Information technology and business development.
• Developing models and processes for implementing start-ups projects and innovative concepts within the organization (From proof of concept to commercial agreement).
• Evaluating feasibility of new technologies and solutions and identifying disruptive startups that are solving key business pain points.
• Implementing innovative concepts which involved working with the latest technologies, including startups companies to lower costs and increase profit margins.
• Creating strategic cooperation’s with technology giants to leverage capabilities.
• Performing due diligence on startups in the technological, legal and business fields.
• Managing millions of dollars in budget and defining strict KPI’s and goals.
FreightX is a startup company that is developing the next generation of Air freight operations based on AI, VR and 3D technologies.
Cockpit is a corporate innovation arm with the mission to support and invest in startups with disruptive technologies.
Cockpit startups get a first-class opportunity to pilot ideas, and a chance to introduce products to EL AL and its partners around the world.
Under my responsibility:
• Defining the strategy and the main goals of the Innovation Hub
• Managing the Startups recruitment process (Screening, examination and documentation).
• Managing the startup implementation process within EL AL core systems.
• Managing a team of 10 employees, ensuring all projects are within time & budget.
• Leading various IT & Cloud based platform projects within all EL AL offices around the world.
• Delivery for complex projects that required high technical skills.
• Building and maintaining relations and partnerships with IT software vendors.
• Proposing strategic solutions and recommending new platforms and concepts.
• Managing and maintaining the IT operations.
• Defining software architecture, network topology and implementation plans.
• Leading various IT & cyber-security projects within all EL AL offices around the world.
• Responsibility on ongoing availability and maintenance to various systems within the entire organization.
• Proposing strategic solutions and recommending new platforms and concepts.
• Managing a team of 6 employees, ensuring all projects are within time & budget.
• Chance to make an impact
• Learn something new
• Work with great people
• To be challenged
A team player and loyal person with an entrepreneur spirit. Constantly aiming to be creative. very thorough in what I do. Passionate and have an endless motivation about scaling innovative concepts that create a significant impact to the business.
• Richard Branson (entrepreneur, and business magnate)
• Simon Sinek (an American author, leadership guru and inspirational speaker).
• Elyezer Shkedi (former commander of the Israeli Air Force).
• Srikant Datar (the Dean of Harvard Business School).
Education
Education
2021- 2022– Innovation Strategy & Design thinking program for executive leaders by Harvard Business School.
2012-2014 – Master of Business Administration (EMBA Program), Bar-Ilan University.
2005-2008– B.A and Information Systems, Ono Academic College.
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