Resume November ****
Itay Erlich
E-Mail: **********@*****.***; Website: www.itayerlich.com ; Tel: +1-917-***-****
Employment History
****-**** ********* ***** ******* at Ripal Chemicals and Plastics (www.ripal.co.il ).
Conducted the Equipment Department as well as the company's stocks of equipment, materials, and spare parts.
Sold production machinery, equipment, and raw materials for the manufacturing industry in Israel (closing contracts of up
to 850k EUR).
Provided pre and post technical support for production machinery and equipment implementation as well as for material
selection for products in development.
Frequently visited clients at manufacturing plants.
Represented global suppliers. Among them are Kiefel Thermoforming, Afros Cannon, Rapid Granulators, Regloplas, and
Solvay Advanced Polymers.
2008- 2010 Technical Manager of a Polymer Engineering Laboratory (Dr. Lyons' lab) at the College of Staten Island
(CUNY).
Managed the operation and installation of the research equipment of the lab as well as assembled, calibrated, and
operated the instruments, tools, and materials.
Monitored undergraduate students in academic research projects as well as conducted industry research projects for the
Center for Engineered Polymeric Materials (CePM).
Developed in CAD customized tools produced in CNC for research projects in the lab.
2006-2008 Supervisor of a security control room at DHL storage Petach Tikva (a student job).
2000-2003 Aircraft Communication Systems Operator in the Israeli Air-force (military service).
Operated communication control systems in command rooms.
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Led a team of 8 IDF soldiers as well as supervised the operation of 6 underground command rooms (during my 3 year).
Education
University:
2012-present MBA in International Business at The Lubin School of Business of Pace University (NYC campus).
2004-2008 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Polymer Engineering at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design (Israel).
Diploma Studies:
2012 Import, Export, and International Trade at The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute (Tel -Aviv).
Electronic Technician studies diploma at Amal Bet P”T College (Israel).
1999-2000
Academic Positions
2009 Judge at the Preliminary Round of the 2009 New York City Science and
Engineering Fair held at City College, (CUNY).
2004-2008 Headed the Plastics Engineering Department in the Student Union at Shenkar.
•Represented the Plastics department at the student union board.
•Represented the Plastics department at the meetings with the dean.
•Organized the student events and reunions of the plastics department.
Research
2009-2010 Development of a Metal Micro-Textured Thermal Interface Material at the College of Staten Island
(primary investigator Dr. Alan M. Lyons).
2009 Hydrofluoric acid Resistant - Hard Coatings for Glass, industry project of the CePM, at the College of Staten Island
(primary investigator Dr. Alan M. Lyons).
2009-2010 Fabricating Super-hydrophobic Surfaces with Solid Freeform Fabrication Tools, at the College of Staten Island
(primary investigator Dr. Alan M. Lyons).
2007-2008 Toughening and Reduction of Shrinkage Polymerization of Dental nano-composites at B.J.M Laboratories Ltd.
(final project. of my B.Sc. Primary investigator Prof. Hanna Dodiuk).
Languages Skills
Hebrew: mother tongue.
English: well reading, writing and speaking skills.
Spanish: well reading, writing and speaking skills.
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Computer Skills
CAD: Solid W orks and Inventor. Scientific software: Sigma Plot.
CAE: Mold Flow. Programming language: C++.
Microsoft Office: W ord, Excel, Power point.