Assaf Yablon

Product Manager

Los Angeles, California, United States12 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Led initiatives at Amazon to optimize customer engagement.
  • Developed a price wars simulation model enhancing market strategy.
  • Diverse experience across top tech companies and military leadership.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data-Driven Product Manager with expertise in Cloud Gaming and Machine Learning.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementData ScienceCloud GamingMachine LearningResearchDigital StrategyData VisualizationData AnalyticsProgram ManagementStrategyCompetitive AnalysisManagement

Other Skills

Cloud ComputingBig DataPythonData AnalysisBlockchainNon-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)Policy AnalysisReinforcement LearningDeep LearningBusiness AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Natural Language Processing (NLP)Team LeadershipBusiness StrategyBusiness Development

About

Assaf is a data-informed product manager with a passion for solving complex problems through the creation of innovative technologies and engaging product experiences. His experience spans all scales, from being an ML engineer at a small MIT startup to serving as a technical product manager at top global companies such as Microsoft and Amazon. An outside-the-box thinker, Assaf has honed his vast leadership skills during his time in the Navy, where he was deputy commander of a submarine. His diverse professional background encompasses areas such as data science, cloud gaming, big data systems, and ML/AI systems. He is guided by a commitment to customer service, exceptional craftsmanship, and modern UX and engineering practices. At Amazon, Assaf has driven initiatives to optimize the customer funnel from content discovery to consumption. This role requires extensive deep diving, proficiency in A/B testing, and strong influencing skills, all while working with a highly cross-functional team comprised of designers, BI, Data Science, SDE/SDMs, and Marketing colleagues

Experience

Amazon

2 roles

Senior Technical Product Manager

Promoted

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · California, United States

Data ScienceData VisualizationMachine LearningProduct Management

Senior Product Manager - Technical, Amazon Luna, Cloud Gaming

Jan 2022Jan 2023 · 1 yr · California, United States

  • Amazon's cloud gaming service
Cloud GamingCloud ComputingProduct ManagementData AnalyticsBig Data

Microsoft

2 roles

Technical Product Manager - Azure Machine Learning

Jan 2021Jan 2022 · 1 yr · Bellevue, Washington, United States

  • Azure Machine Learning
Product ManagementMachine LearningPythonData AnalyticsData Analysis

Product Manager - Azure Machine Learning

Jun 2020Sep 2020 · 3 mos · Bellevue, Washington, United States

  • PM intern at Azure Machine Learning
Data AnalyticsProgram Management

Harvard kennedy school

2 roles

Course Assistant

Promoted

Jan 2021Jan 2022 · 1 yr · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  • DPI-662: Digital Government: Technology, Policy, and Public Service Innovation
  • Digital Assets researcher (blockchain-based digital assets)
  • Professor David Eaves
ResearchDigital StrategyBig DataBlockchainNon-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

Student at the Harvard Kennedy School

Sep 2020May 2021 · 8 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  • MPA Candidate
Data VisualizationPolicy AnalysisResearchData Analysis

Dilemma

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Jan 2021Jan 2021 · 0 mo · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  • Developed an agent-based model for simulating price wars, resulting in a deeper understanding of market dynamics and strategies for competitive pricing.
Machine LearningData AnalyticsReinforcement LearningDeep Learning

Baker tilly international

3 roles

Management Consultant

Promoted

Jan 2019Dec 2019 · 11 mos

  • Designed and developed financial valuation tool for client using Python; iterated through multiple versions while implementing client feedback; new product decreased project length by 13%
StrategyCompetitive Analysis

Data Analyst

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr

  • Identified new market for client based on global trends; client senior executives fully adopted recommendations to enter the Mobile Ticketing space; company is expected to attain 60% market share by 2020
Competitive Analysis

Data Analyst Intern

Sep 2017Dec 2017 · 3 mos

  • Conducting market analyses, analyzing company portfolios and economic trends, implementing corporate strategy plans
Data Analytics

Mit sloan school of management

MBA Candidate (MIT)

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr · Greater Boston Area

Data ScienceBusiness AnalyticsProduct ManagementStrategyCompetitive Analysis

Technion - israel institute of technology

Product Manager

Apr 2017Apr 2018 · 1 yr · Tel Aviv Area, Israel

  • Collaborated with Fintech Robo-Advisor startup by interviewing 40 users, identifying user pain points and competitive differentiation for the company

Israeli navy

Deputy Submarine Commander (Major), Israeli Navy

Jan 2012Jan 2017 · 5 yrs · Haifa, Haifa District, Israel

  • Managed crew of 50; Led implementation process for a technological project, liaising between various stakeholders including engineers, submarine staff and HQ, Navy officials, and manufacturers; reduced operational costs by 20%
Management

Education

Harvard University

Master's degree — Public Policy and Data Analysis

University of Pennsylvania

Master of Science in Engineering — Data Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Data Analytics

University of Pennsylvania

Master's degree — Computer Science

University of Haifa

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Jan 2009Jan 2012

Israeli Naval Academy

Jan 2009Jan 2012

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