AYAmnon Yacov
@amnonyacov
Strategic R&D and AI executive driving GenAI, scalable systems, and high-performing engineering teams.
IsraelWhat I'm looking for
I am a strategic R&D and AI executive with over 15 years leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations across Amazon, startups, and the Israeli Air Force. I combine hands-on technical depth in GenAI, NLP, and computer vision with proven experience scaling teams and aligning R&D to business goals.
At Amazon I led engineering groups building GenAI automation and computer-vision sensor-fusion solutions, focusing on reliability, latency, and scalable deployment. As VP R&D at Revuze I managed AI/NLP and SaaS teams, delivered a BERT-based sentiment and topic-extraction model, and reduced release cycles by 30% through CI/CD and agile practices.
In the Israeli Air Force I directed large R&D organizations delivering mission-critical real-time, embedded, and data systems, unifying data infrastructure, improving reliability, and fostering engineering excellence. I am available for fractional CTO, VP R&D, or AI advisory roles where technology strategy, GenAI adoption, and scaling global remote teams are priorities.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
AMLead engineering group within AWS Agentic AI building GenAI-based automation solutions and previously led AI algorithm group for Amazon Go focusing on computer vision and sensor fusion; owned architecture-to-deployment lifecycle to optimize reliability, latency, and scalability.
VP R&D
Revuze
Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 (2 years)
Led R&D department of 15 engineers across AI/NLP, SaaS, and DevOps; developed BERT-based sentiment and topic-extraction models and introduced CI/CD and agile practices that reduced release cycle time by 30%.
R&D Group Manager
Ofek 324 (IAF)
Jan 2013 - Jan 2020 (7 years)
Managed three R&D groups (30–40 engineers each) delivering mission-critical real-time, AI, and data systems for the Israeli Air Force, unifying data infrastructure and improving system reliability across C2, BI, and avionics domains.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
TIThe Open University of Israel
Master of Science, Computer Science
Grade: With honors
Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science with honors, focusing on advanced topics in computing and AI.
BNBen-Gurion University of the Negev
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics & Computer Science
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science with coursework combining theoretical mathematics and software engineering.
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