Yair Bennaim
Castle Rock,CO
Summary
Technical Product Manager with experience in Software Development and Data Analytics. Proven ability to take projects from inception to operation, scale engineering teams, and be a true liaison between business and technical stakeholders. My expertise in the aerospace and defense industry cover all aspects of an integrated satellite software system, supported by a solid foundation in data science and software engineering through my experience in the sports industry and education. I'm passionate about applying an analytical and pragmatic approach in everything I do, while always maintaining a positive environment for myself and my peers. Please feel free to reach out with any questions regarding my experience or areas of interest!
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Software Product Manager
York Space Systems
Lone Tree, CO
10.2023 - Current
- Technical Product Manager for multiple software departments, responsible for roadmap prioritization, team leadership, and timely delivery of quality software releases.
- Supported several government and commercial programs totaling over 120 Satellite Busses and 1.5 Billion USD in value
- Managed products for Simulation, Testbed, and Ground Software, with occasional support toward Systems Engineering, Verification & Validation, Site Reliability, and DevOps teams.
- Lead Agile software teams ranging in size from 5 to 30 engineers
- Main job functions include Roadmap Prioritization, Stakeholder Relationships, Designing Features from Requirements and Requests, Epic/Story Writing, Sprint Planning/Backlog Refinement, KPI Metrics, Scheduling, Acceptance Testing, and Release Management.
- Simulation products built include the full development lifecycle of advanced spacecraft simulation software, working closely with Flight Software (FSW), Assembly, Test, and Integration (AIT), and Mission Operations (MOPS) teams to deliver incremental value, supporting mission deliverables, test events, and operator training.
- Testbed and Automation products consist of internally developed scripting plug-ins, test execution UI/UX, and requirement traceability automation frameworks.
- Ground Software Infrastructure and UI/UX product leadership included a full-stack, web-based ground software platform, performing Command & Control, Mission Planning, Flight Dynamics Systems, and providing Customer Interface microservices. Lead the effort to integrate software into Mission Operation Centers, with efforts heavily focused on Site-to-Site Data Replication, Switchover/Failover, crypto device integration, load testing, and Operator UI/UX design.
- Systems Engineering and V&V responsibilities include defining, scheduling, and estimating test procedures, linking test cases to requirements, and deriving requirements into design using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Technical Skills Gained or Exhibited: Satellite Bus Development, Aerospace/Physics Models, Spacecraft Component Interfaces, Ground Software Networking, Cloud and Server-Based Environments, Security Scanning Tools, DevOps, and GitLab CI/CD Pipelines, Site Replication, Switchover/Failover, and Web-Based Applications with Integrated Microservices.
- Core Product Skills: JIRA, Confluence, Operation Deployment Strategies, wikiJS, Customer Presentations and Reviews, Developing Software Architecture Diagrams, Implementing Process Improvements (Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid), standing up and scaling development teams, supporting staffing/resourcing efforts, and collecting meaningful metrics on product status.
Technical Product Owner
Maxar
Westminster, CO
10.2022 - 10.2023
- Flight Software Technical Product Manager/Software Systems Engineer on a concurrent IRAD-funded framework program and a government sub-contracted 16-satellite bus program (180 million dollar value).
- Stood up and led a team of 30+ experienced software developers and test engineers.
- Technical skills gained or exhibited: Software Systems Engineering, Software Design/Architecture, Verification and Validation, Software Development, Code Reviews, and Demos.
- Project management skills gained or exhibited: Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid development, refining backlogs and roadmaps in JIRA, conducting quarterly planning, sprint planning, stand-ups, refining IMS, producing analytic-driven models for staffing, resources, schedule, cost estimates, and metrics, creating staffing plans, and handling a highly aggressive contract schedule on a project built from the ground up.
- People management skills gained or exhibited: conducting 1-on-1s, developer well-being checks, providing employee feedback, interfacing with functional managers for performance reviews, contract extensions/terminations; and interfacing with program leadership through company acquisition.
Product Owner
Lockheed Martin
Littleton, CO
05.2020 - 10.2022
- Technical Product Owner and software program lead on 5+ Satellite and IRAD contracts (valued at over 20M in total)
- Lead teams ranging between 2-10 engineers
- Lead developer and product owner on end-to-end, cube satellite program: LM’s first space-flight debut of new satellite software framework. Launched in January 2022
- Full product lifecycle: Software Design/Architecture, Proposal and Approval, Interfacing with Stakeholders, Roadmapping and Planning, Providing Status, Development, Testing, Integration with third-party providers, stakeholders, and internal teams, all the way through vehicle delivery and launch
- Product Management Skills gained of exhibited: Agile development planning, JIRA, progress analytics, interfacing with upper-level management, third party stakeholders, presenting demos, conducting reviews, creating work schedules/delivery dates, offering technical support to clients.
Software Engineer
Lockheed Martin
Littleton, CO
05.2020 - 10.2022
- Flight software (FSW) engineer on numerous rapid-paced development satellite programs, space technology demos, and Software Satellite Framework, grossing over 1B+ in value of programs contributed to
- Lead Software Engineer on 3+ Programs (valued at over 2.5M in total, including both IRADs and funded contracts)
- Developed reusable software applications for satellites and ground stations: Camera Controllers, Command Routing, Mission Management, Downlink and Telemetry Management, Hardware Controllers, and File System Management, Sequence Engine, and Fault Detection Applications.
- Worked on improving common satellite software framework product: Configurability, Self-Testing, Ground System Simulators
- Technical Skills gained or exhibited: Embedded Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS), Computer and Payload Hardware Integration (Cameras, Single Board CPUs, Radios, Electrical Wiring/Cabling), Image Processing, Ground/Spacecraft Commanding and Telemetry, DevOps, Agile Development
- Hardware Integration - Worked in a lab working with flight computers, Electrical Power Systems, and communication Radios, integrating embedded devices/firmware drivers for hardware/software IO
Data Scientist
University of Colorado Athletics
Boulder, CO
12.2019 - 10.2022
- Football Data Analytics: Created executive reports and conducted analytical research to assist head coach with scouting, decision-making, data-driven play design, and game preparation. Used creative analytical research projects to assist with talent search including coaching staff and player recruiting
- Utlized python notebooks to perform automated data analysis and generate analytics scouting reports. Sped up delivery time of weekly report, which took the previous analytics team 3-4 days to complete manually, to now be completed and sent to coaching staff within the morning after a game, giving the staff a full week of practice to prepare using data-driven strategy and more efficient film breakdowns, as opposed to the previous 2-3 days
- Ticketing Office Business Intelligence: Created and analyzed surveys, analyzed ticket sales and revenue, visualized and reported data to business executives and Athletic Director
- Full-time employee for for 1.5 years, then remained on as a seasonal/part time employee to support Football Scouting
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science
University of Colorado At Boulder
Boulder, COCertificate - Business of Sports
University of Colorado At Boulder
Boulder, COSkills
- Product Management Skills
- Release management
- Stakeholder communication
- User feedback & testing
- Sprint planning
- Agile, Scrum, and Kanban frameworks
- Data-driven decision making
- Quality assurance processes
- Project management
- Performance Metrics
- JIRA
- Business Intelligence
- Team Leadership
- Technical Skills
- Software development lifecycle
- CI/CD
- Requirements analysis
- System Integration & Architecture
- QA & Software Testing
- SQL
- Python
- C/C
- Linux
- Git
- IT/Network Infrastructure
- Hardware Integration
Certification
- Active Secret Security Clearance
- SAFe Scrum Master (2021)
- SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager (2023)
Community Involvement
- Special Olympics Basketball Coach (2010 - Present)
Timeline
Senior Software Product Manager
York Space Systems
10.2023 - Current
Technical Product Owner
Maxar
10.2022 - 10.2023
Product Owner
Lockheed Martin
05.2020 - 10.2022
Software Engineer
Lockheed Martin
05.2020 - 10.2022
Data Scientist
University of Colorado Athletics
12.2019 - 10.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science
University of Colorado At Boulder
Certificate - Business of Sports
University of Colorado At Boulder
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