Jonathan Gan

Jonathan Gan

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As a seasoned leader in product and operations management, I've charted a career marked…

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Experience

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    London, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    United Kingdom

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Israel

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    Tel Aviv, Israel

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    Tel Aviv, Israel

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    Tel Aviv, Israel

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    Israel

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    Israel

Education

  • Tel Aviv University Graphic

    Tel Aviv University

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    Venture Capital and Private Equity course, As part of the MBA.

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    • Emphasis in Industrial Process Efficiency
    • Awarded best in class for graduation project with Aminah, Israel #1 mattress manufacturer,
    Aminah acted upon all our recommendation seeing substantial increase in utilization and productivity
    • Led only team to present its graduation project in 16th Annual Israeli Industrial Engineering Summit

Projects

  • Aminach Project

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    The project is carried out with industry within the firm of "Aminach", which is a member of - national leader in the field of sleep technology, furniture, hospitality and Medical Equipment.
    The project, divided into four areas of study:
    Domain A:Engineering analysis
    •Analysis of structure, investigations of engineering service laboratory internal arrangements
    •Production of engineering drawings and 3D imaging mode is proposed, while making the actual change
    •Characterization and…

    The project is carried out with industry within the firm of "Aminach", which is a member of - national leader in the field of sleep technology, furniture, hospitality and Medical Equipment.
    The project, divided into four areas of study:
    Domain A:Engineering analysis
    •Analysis of structure, investigations of engineering service laboratory internal arrangements
    •Production of engineering drawings and 3D imaging mode is proposed, while making the actual change
    •Characterization and production of new furniture and equipment for the Laboratory
    Domain B:Work measurement
    •Time study for 11 activities in the laboratory, products using "work sample" methodology
    •Setting time standards for products/services laboratory activities
    •Laboratory multi dimensional research (statistical analysis, graphs, multi dimensional & histograms)
    •Concentration insights and conclusions (improvements) - from the lab time study
    Domain C:Service technician
    •Investigate planning and definition & incentive pay
    •Excel-based software construction for studying and planning service technician's activities
    •Building a platform (Excel) D.B. Cross, calculation and presentation of incentive pay.
    •Incentive pay setting model, an "integrated model"
    •Production analysis and statistics - of outputs premium service technician
    Domain D:Organizational structure and principles of work processes
    •Improving and streamlining the organizational structure - technical service department
    •Re-setting responsibilities and authority in the department
    •Improving and streamlining procedures in the service department and service laboratory tasks
    •Concentration of recommendations and conclusions (improvements, configuration, work processes and principles)

    The project met all objectives and goals. All the recommendations and conclusions are listed in all four areas of the project - were implemented in practice Aminach. Furthermore, the project was a quality platform for further progress by leveraging board member.

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Honors & Awards

  • Winner of the Pitch@Palace 0.4 People’s Choice Award

    HRH The Duke of York

    Whichit is the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Pitch@Palace 0.4 by the Duke of York!

    Whichit was selected amongst 42 other startups to take part in the Pitch@Palace Boot Camp, at Imperial College London. The judges had a difficult decision selecting 15 companies that would actually progress to pitch at St James’s Palace in front of The Duke of York.

    At the main event took place at the St James´s Palace in London. With guests that included 300 business leaders…

    Whichit is the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Pitch@Palace 0.4 by the Duke of York!

    Whichit was selected amongst 42 other startups to take part in the Pitch@Palace Boot Camp, at Imperial College London. The judges had a difficult decision selecting 15 companies that would actually progress to pitch at St James’s Palace in front of The Duke of York.

    At the main event took place at the St James´s Palace in London. With guests that included 300 business leaders, celebrities, CEOs and mentors, Whichit was crowned as the winner of Pitch@Palace 4.0 People´s Choice Award.

    The Duke of York founded Pitch@Palace to support Entrepreneurs with the amplification and acceleration of their business ideas by connecting them with potential supporters including CEOs, Angels, Mentors, and key Business Partners.

  • Awarded Innovate UK Smart funding award

    Innovate UK

    Whichit was awarded the Innovate UK Smart funding award!

    Whichit has been awarded £246,426 in funding from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK as part of SMART 2015 scheme competition. The competition is aimed at SMEs carrying out R&D, which offers potentially significant rewards and could stimulate UK economic growth.

    Whichit’s received the funding award to develop its Dynamic Profiling for Targeted Communications programme. The funds will help Whichit continue to architect…

    Whichit was awarded the Innovate UK Smart funding award!

    Whichit has been awarded £246,426 in funding from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK as part of SMART 2015 scheme competition. The competition is aimed at SMEs carrying out R&D, which offers potentially significant rewards and could stimulate UK economic growth.

    Whichit’s received the funding award to develop its Dynamic Profiling for Targeted Communications programme. The funds will help Whichit continue to architect and build predictive models through analysing decision-making behaviours by age, gender and location.

    Innovate UK is the new name for the Technology Strategy Board – the UK’s innovation agency. Taking a new idea to market is a challenge. Innovate UK funds, supports and connects innovative businesses through a unique mix of people and programmes to accelerate sustainable economic growth.
    Managed by Innovate UK, the Smart scheme offers funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology, from which successful new products, processes and services could emerge.

  • Facebook Startup of the Year EMEA 2015

    Facebook

    Whichit is the winner of Facebook Startup of the Year EMEA 2015!

    FbStart Apps of the Year were selected from thousands of entries, narrowed down to the top five apps within the FbStart program. Apps were evaluated by a panel of experts in mobile development from within Facebook and the greater startup community. Entries were judged on four key properties: growth and engagement; expertise and design; efficiency at scale; and leveraging the Facebook platform. Whichit performed…

    Whichit is the winner of Facebook Startup of the Year EMEA 2015!

    FbStart Apps of the Year were selected from thousands of entries, narrowed down to the top five apps within the FbStart program. Apps were evaluated by a panel of experts in mobile development from within Facebook and the greater startup community. Entries were judged on four key properties: growth and engagement; expertise and design; efficiency at scale; and leveraging the Facebook platform. Whichit performed exceptionally well in all four areas and was ultimately chosen as the best app from EMEA.

    Businesses are using Whichit as a powerful marketing tool that helps brands engage with prospective customers in a whole new way. Not only does the app improve engagement within social media communities, but the real-time nature of Whichit provides a much more immediate path to conversion. As the user gains consensus and feedback from peers, Whichit enables users to purchase via the app either in the form of coupons or by linking directly to product pages. And even when a purchase is not made, brands gather important shopper insights and have the ability to drive traffic from social media directly to their websites.

  • Winner of the Sirius Programme

    UK Trade and Investment (UKTI)

    Whichit is the winner of the Sirius Programme by the UKTI!

    Over 2,000 gifted and ambitious individuals from 93 countries applied to the
    competition, 200 winners were selected, the majority of which have already relocated to
    cities around the UK, taking advantage of the country’s world-class business ecosystem.
    The Sirius Programme offers end to end support on the journey from start-up to
    successful business – from financial support for living costs, getting clients and…

    Whichit is the winner of the Sirius Programme by the UKTI!

    Over 2,000 gifted and ambitious individuals from 93 countries applied to the
    competition, 200 winners were selected, the majority of which have already relocated to
    cities around the UK, taking advantage of the country’s world-class business ecosystem.
    The Sirius Programme offers end to end support on the journey from start-up to
    successful business – from financial support for living costs, getting clients and other
    training. All teams have a place with one of five leading UK accelerators offering
    mentoring, expert advice and help to get investment.

Languages

  • Hebrew

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Professional working proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

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