1. Resume
Personal Information:
Name: Benny Hillman
Date of birth: 19/3/74
Country of birth: U.S.A Year of Aliya: 1974
Address: Pinchi 6/23 Petach Tikvah
Phone numbers: Home: 03-9089151. Mobile: 054-7757780.
E-mail: Bennyhi@gmail.com
Army service: Fighter in the Nach”al (8/92 – 12/95)
Education:
2002-2003: MBA in Marketing & Advertising- Hakirya ha’academit, An extension of
the University of Manchester in Israel.
1996-1999: B.A. in Logistics and Economics from Bar-Ilan University.
Attended Courses & Seminars:
03/04: Course in Product Management- Pilat
02/04: Course in UMTS Technologies- Logtel Computer Communications Ldt.
03/03: Course in GPRS/GSM Technologies- Logtel Computer Communications Ldt.
02/01: Seminar The Next Generation Wireless Technology (EDGE/GPRS, Bluetooth,
UMTS, CDMA2000)-Agilent Technologies.
02/00 Course in Cellular Data Communications- Pelephone.
Professional experience summary:
− Professional solution-based selling and account management skills
− Linkedin power user: Proven ability to generate new global business leads: find,
connect, call/E-mail and sell
− Experience selling products and services to different company departments: Senior
management, Marketing & Sales, Engineering, IT and Operations
− Knowledge of various industry sectors such as Telecom, Mobile phones, IT, Financial,
Solar, clean tech, Engineering, Water technologies, Energy plants, White products,
Automotive, Aerospace, Defense and HLS
− Notable technical knowledge of the following: Mobile phones and applications, cloud IT
services, SaaS, Information security, Social network branding, CRM & ERP, Battle
management and HLS systems
− Planning and carrying out comprehensive marketing support: PR, Internet site, Social
networks, Sales technical training, POS, Special promotions and advertising
− Proficient in creating and presenting presentations in conferences and events
− A confident, articulate manager and team player with strong planning and project
management skills
− Highly organized and extremely capable at handling multiple assignments
− Experienced in budgeting and financial control
− A thorough communicator with good interpersonal skills and creative ability. Highly
computer literate, Self-motivated and results-orientated
2. Prior experience:
November 2010-May 2011: Business development manager and Head of the Projects
Department at Tik Tak Translations Ltd.
− Introduced the Across Translation memory system to the Israeli market (Across is
considered as one of the of the top leading translation software in the world).
• Managing the negotiations for becoming an official Across Service Provider
• Representing Across in the ITA 2011 conference
• Producing training material and marketing Brochures
• Training sessions for the marketing staff,
projects department and customers
− Trained the sales department on how to sale new Services and technology.
− Implemented a translation workflow management server that improved the
overall workflow of the company.
− Management of the Projects department.
− Wrote quotes for complicated projects and managed strategic customer accounts.
− Delivered System/solution sales within large Enterprise accounts
June 2006- November 2010: Marketing & Project Manager in Milim, a Localization
and Translation Company.
− Successful track record of increasing company revenue through well executed
marketing and Business plans.
− Strategy and planning: Defined the target markets, formulated key marketing
messages and competitive positioning, establishing sales objectives, strategies and
measurement criteria's.
− Recruited new business clients in assigned global territories through prospecting,
cold calling, networking and generating leads and referrals
− Established data quality management strategy & processes across the company.
− Budgeting and financial control: Planned detailed budgets for all projects and
marketing plans.
− Management of multi-national localization projects: Translating Technical &
Marketing material into several languages & localizing software using state of the
art technologies.
− Technology management:
− Technological point of contact: Learning the customers software & Hardware
systems with conjunction to their engineers and project managers, and then
conveying the information back to whom is involved in the project
− Integration of new software: Translation software & Servers, Graphic
programs, ERP, CRM, and more
− Management of 8 in-house employees and the outsourcing suppliers.
2005-2006: SAMSUNG MP3 Product line manager:
− Led the vision, strategy and business planning process.
− Managed the PR relationship for the product line up.
− POS: Adapting the "Dinamika" mobile phones & accessories retail stores for the
sale of SAMSUNG MP3 products: Designing interactive listening posts at the
stores, product leaflets and special 3D window labels.
3. − Training of the Store and Sales managers: instruction of the MP3 technology, the
competition, and best ways to sale them.
− Performing Sales promotion in strategic points.
− Management and initiation of sales via major internet stores as: wallashops,
olsale, Nanashops, P1000, getit etc.
− Management of a 200,000NIS advertising campaign: interactive internet banners
leading to mini sites, magazines and newspapers.
− Building an interactive flash mini site: www.samsungmp3.co.il .
− Managing a team of 4 employees.
2003-2006: SAMSUNG Mobile phones - Technical & Marketing writer (Management
of the localization process):
− Localizing SAMSUNG mobile phones for the Israeli market on behalf of Suny-
Electronics engineering department- Launching more than 40 Mobile Phones in 3
different networks.
− Development of the phones software interface (GUI, MMI) with Conjunction to
the Korean Engineers & Programmers of the Manufacture.
− Managing the Outsourcing projects of the Department.
− Responsible for the Technical & Marketing Materials: RFP, SAR, Packaging, User
Manuals, Product leaflets, marketing & technical Presentations (Working with A
graphic Studio and advertising companies).
− Data Mining.
− Building and maintaining the company’s web site www.samsungmobile.co.il.
1999-2002: Software tester:
− Testing the MMI and GUI of the Samsung mobile phones for the CDMA and GSM
networks and the sync' software. Writing test procedures, RFP reports and finding
solutions to the "bugs" found with conjunction of the Samsung Korean engineers.
2002-2003: MBA Student Council Representative
− Representation of the students before the university Board and assisting them
with their problems.
− Helping & Advising in setting up the student Council Interactive internet site.
− Setting up & managing the MBA Internet forum.
1997-1999 Senior software instructor at M.L.L.M.; a computer Software Learning
Center.
Languages:
Hebrew: Mother tongue (reading, writing and typing).
English: Mother tongue (reading, writing and typing).
Knowledge of Eastern Cultures.
Extensive knowledge of the following software and tools:
Windows, Microsoft Office, MS Project, InDesign, Acrobat Writer, Linkedin, Salesforce,
Jigsaw, Nimble social CRM and CAT tools