Erez Yerushalmi

Business development and Creative direction around the globe have been the focus of Erez's extensive professional experience, including North America, Italy, England and Israel. Managing start-up teams has been under his responsibility, from the formation of the business plan, through the complete fund-raising process until the post-rollout of a full-fledge interactive cross-platform product.

Erez possess distinctive management and creative attributes with multi-disciplinary knowledge in technology, methodology and business, along with multi-language skills in English, Italian and Hebrew. He applied Pre-sale techniques and effective communication skills to network various companies in fast developing markets.

Erez possess an extensive educational background including a Master’s Degree in Industrial Design from Italy, with specialization in product development and GUI design, as well as postgraduate work in team management.

Experience

2006-2008 President/Development manager. Start-up founder. “Inter-Canel” (Toronto, Canada). The company provided interactive role playing platforms to the north American and European mass-market. The position included numerous activities: Business plan development, fund raising (from Angel to Venture capital), web-based software development from conceptualization to launch, Developers and Art/Content team management, content development in various segments (Fashion, Dating, Culture, Gaming, etc’), GUI design, Third party integration, business development (Broadcasters such as Global and city TV), pre-sale and marketing activities.

2004-2005 CEO, “Momento ltd.”, Industrial design studio, Tel-Aviv/Bologna. The position included: Mass produced product lines, entrepreneurship and fund raising, product and GUI designs (with international prizes), development of marketing lay-outs, development of content and sale-kits, business development, mediation with industrial factors and secondary suppliers, team management (3), production, profit and loss reports. Among Momento's clients: Zeon (London), the giant accessory corporation.


2003 Art director, Studio “Carlini”, Faenza, Italy. Advanced ceramic products. The position included the design and launch of industrial and hand-made products into the Italian markets.

Education

Masters Degree from the High Academy of Design, Faenza, Italy (ISIA, Faenza). 4 years of Distinction.
2004-2005 Masters degree, Technological and Industrial Design (Specialization: Management and GUI)
2004 Exeter, England, University of Design
2001-2003 Bachelors degree, Industrial design (Specialization: Industrial products and technological materials)