Itay Zerah

Itay Zerah has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Itay began their career as an Environmental Engineer in a student position with Intel Corporation in 2010. From there, they progressed to become a Manufacturing Group Leader and then a Thin Films Process Engineer within the same company. In 2017, Itay transitioned into the role of a Senior Process Engineer, focusing on data analysis and engineering, and also took on responsibilities as a module team leader, trainer, and coacher for other process engineers.

In 2018, they added the role of Data Scientist to their repertoire at Intel Corporation, where they worked on using data mining and exploratory data analysis techniques to address equipment and integrative process issues. Itay remained in this position until 2021, when they joined Riskified as a Machine Learning Engineer and Data Scientist.

Itay's earlier work experience includes serving as a Naval Officer in the Israeli Navy from 2002 to 2006. Overall, Itay Zerah's work experience showcases their expertise in process engineering, data analysis, and data science across their tenure at Intel Corporation and Riskified.

Itay Zerah's education history includes a Master of Science (MSc) in Biotechnology Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, obtained from 2011 to 2013. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biotechnology Engineering from the same university, which they pursued from 2007 to 2010.

In addition to their formal education, Itay Zerah has obtained several certifications. These include certifications in "Relational Database Design" from Udemy in May 2021, "Learning R" from LinkedIn in March 2021, "R Programming in Data Science: Setup and Start" from LinkedIn in March 2021, "Advanced SQL for Data Scientists" from LinkedIn in January 2021, "Learning SQL Programming" from LinkedIn in January 2021, "SQL Essential Training" from LinkedIn in January 2021, "15 Mistakes to Avoid in Data Science" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "Applied AI for Human Resources" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "Learning Python" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "OpenCV for Python Developers" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "Python Essential Training" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "Python Parallel and Concurrent Programming Part 1" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "Python Parallel and Concurrent Programming Part 2" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "Python Statistics Essential Training" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "Python for Data Science Essential Training Part 1" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "Python for Data Science Essential Training Part 2" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "Python for Data Visualization" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "SQL Essential Training (2018)" from LinkedIn in December 2020, "More Python Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Data Science" from LinkedIn in November 2020, and "Introduction to Deep Learning with OpenCV" from LinkedIn in November 2020.