Gil Goldman

Founder

GMC helps startups and scale-ups refine GTM, find product market fit, scale effectively, and streamline operations. I founded GMC to empower startups to achieve their goals by supporting them as an experienced product development manager and leadership consultant. I also provide strategic guidance and mentorship to founders and product teams.

• Conducted 37 user interviews for Soul, leading to a 38% increase in customer satisfaction by leveraging data-driven decision-making and user advocacy to develop a targeted marketing strategy for an overlooked niche market.
• Drove Nyota.AI’s product design, discovery process, and outreach, increasing MoM revenue by 82% using extensive market research and user-centered design to revamp Nyota’s brand image, onboarding, and target market.
• Landed two new clients for 0-Mission by scaling their GTM strategy using customer journey mapping to develop a custom AI-powered marketing engine to onboard new users and empower customer advocacy.

Product Unit Manager

Lead three cross functional feature teams to deliver value. Support engineering department operations.
In the scope of this position, I have:

• Led 30 engineers and 2 engineering managers; was hired as youngest Unit Manager (manager II) in Wrike's history at 31
• Trained 63 managers and high performing ICs from Sales, Support, Engineering, and Product organisations through Wrike's Leadership Development program
• Conducted extensive research into expert estimations best practices and overhauled internal estimation process, enhancing estimation accuracy by 37% and saving 20 staff hours per month

Agile Engineering Manager

Lead three cross functional feature teams to deliver value. Support engineering department operations.
In the scope of this position, I have:

• Trained and promoted two managers
• Increased team velocity by 50% within the first 6 months
• Improved internal metrics (CVD) by 15%
• Improved L&D outcomes by 87% by developing - and successfully implementing - an agile-inspired learning and development program
• Resolved 11 strategic risks by working with top management and establishing the engineering Strategic Red Team
• Improved satisfaction with performance evaluation process by 27% by developing, standardizing, and training fellow managers on using an agile-inspired performance evaluation process
• Noted by onboarding director for establishing the best onboarding process at Socialbakers
• Noted by CEO for improving department culture by establishing a monthly “Game night”, which had the highest attendance of non-mandatory events for the Czech Republic offices

Co-founder

Close the gap between technical and non-technical people

• Organized diverse workshops about technology and humanities
• Organized PraHaX2019, the largest student-led hackathon in Prague

Scrum Master/Associate Producer

Support multiple cross-functional teams to best deliver value. Remove impediments to streamline releases. Guide teams to adopt Scrum best practices
In the scope of this position, I have:

• Saved 78 monthly PO hours by automating the project-Jira update process
• Improved project estimation accuracy by 6%
• Established new onboarding procedures in my teams to improve onboarding
• Streamlined Jira project processes and provided project progress transparency

Development Engineer/Agile Specialist

Develop the firmware and software for the Receiver side of the Sitrans-TDL sensor, the successor to the Sitrans-SL diode laser gas analyzer, as well as inspire, motivate and educate Siemens employees from all departments - from R&D to HR - on agile workflows.
In the scope of this position, I have:

• Wrote Embedded firmware in C++, as well as various diverse utilities in Python
• Inspired HR teams to try Agile and assist them with implementing it
• Organized and facilitated workshops about Agile and Lean
• Coached individual team leaders on agile workflows and leadership

Founder

Founded a student association for the foreign student of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The association was an NPO, which ran with no budget or official support from the university itself.
During my time leading the FSA, the association has:

• Reduced student drop-out rate by 4.7% in one year of operations
• Increased student satisfaction with studies and social program by 7%
• Increased average grade of students who continuously participated in study programs by up to 17%

Customer Success Consultant

Attended to clients investing with the Markets.com platform, and assured their success and continued profit. The position involved supporting customers choosing to invest in the stockmarket using the Markets.com platform, as well as inspire new customers to enjoy the benefits of the platform.

Armed Medic

Provide armed support and medical assistance to travel groups around Israel. The position involved highly client-centric interaction, working well under pressure, and a team-oriented approach

Shift Manager

Lead a small staff and managed the logistics of a cafe patisserie in Haifa, Israel. The position involved coordinating with suppliers, assuring service to customers, and supporting a diverse team of cooks, bartenders, and waitresses
As part of the position, I handled:

• Logistics management
• Small team Leadership (~20 people)
• Customer relations oriented
• Frequent negotiations with suppliers

Gelato Sous-Chef

Assist Nocciola's gelato chef with preparation and creation of new flavors, interact with customers, and manage all in-house operations in the absence of the chef

Electro-optronics Squad Sergeant, First class

Lead and support the Electro-optronics squad in daily operations, a position for which I have been awarded an IDF Battalion commander Decoration and a Medal.
The position scope included:

• Mentor and assist new recruits
• Maintained a 99.4% equipment operational capacity, the highest in the IDF's Southern Command at the time
• Maintain, repair, and modify as needed electro-optronics equipment wherever necessary

Master of Business Administration

An extensive, intensive, accelerated MBA program in the top 5 globaly.

• Founded the Ivy club
• VP Growth at INSEAD Student Impact Fund in collaborating with Loyal VC
• VP at INSEAD Private Equity and Venture Capital club

Bachelor of Science

Specialized in Measurements and Process Automation
Program included: Computer micro-architecture, Programming and algorithms, Control Theory, Signal analysis, Mathematical modeling, Machine Learning, and more.

Agile Requirements Engineering

Analyze requirements and extract coherent, concise, and effective user stories. Convey tasks effectively to teams, and support during deployment process. Dig into best practice and recommended procedure for the role of agile Product Owner

C++ Language Certification

Understand Object Oriented Programming principles, handle memory managment, and deploy code in C++ programming language.