Areas of interests: SaaS, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Machine Learning, AWS, ITOA, DevOps, Monitoring, UI/UX, Visualization, Analytics and Early Stage Technologies. Specialties: - Product development and management - Product requirements assessment and roadmap definition - Leading product teams to successful product launch

Principal Product Manager @ Led team in building next generation application intelligence platform leveraging browser/mobile/transaction/log data. Conducted usability studies with customers and market analysis Increased analytics platform knowledge and visibility by evangelizing analytics platform in user group meetups, creating product demos and training worldwide sales org on new capabilities Initiated first advanced analytics module to reduce root cause analysis in application centric environments based on Elasticsearch. Defined strategy for API (search and custom events), machine learning (event correlation, anomaly detection and predictive analytics) in new competitive landscape From 2015 to Present (less than a year) San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Product Manager @ Sumo Logic is the next generation log management and analytics company that leverages Big Data for real-time IT insights. The company's cloud-based service provides customers with real-time interactive analytics at unprecedented petabyte scale Product owner for analytics - driving product roadmap including large scale log clustering, anomaly detection and content recommendation engine Supported sales and marketing by presenting product roadmap and demoing new capabilities Initiated and launched transaction analytics product, new entrant and industry differentiator in analyzing related sequences of machine data, leading to multiple customers switching from competitor Led team in building content library providing central location to share content between users and install applications Managed product integrations with New Relic (QuickStart and Windows plugins), Akamai (Cloud Monitor), ServiceNow and Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Led multiple successful launches of applications for analysis of AWS services log data based on user monitoring, security and operational use cases. Initiated new industry vertical focusing on click-fraud in mobile advertising From 2013 to 2015 (2 years) Young Entrepreneurs Program @ Identified and evaluated new investment opportunities, performed technology assessment, market sizing, customer and adoption strategy analysis of start-ups in Boston area for consumer Internet, big data, and cloud computing http://www.foundationcapital.com/people/yep/yep2013.php From 2011 to 2013 (2 years) Product Manager Intern @ Designed and analyzed survey data to identify causes for migration of leading customers between different switching technologies to better manage customers’ trends Created pricing model to boost sales of switches bundle in Cisco’s new power over Ethernet category Determined leading sales indicators of competitors’ products by analyzing $1.8B NPD market data From 2012 to 2012 (less than a year) Product Manager @ Initiated and led the development of the world's smallest medical video camera to enable a new medical imagery in minimally invasive procedures Managed 10-person multidisciplinary team to launch multinational expansion of camera and support integration process Established business partnership to develop next generation of single-use medical video camera based on wafer-level camera (WLC) technology Defined the annual research and development objectives for the Enabling Technologies committee in the Bio-Medical (BMP) consortium www.bmp.org.il From 2007 to 2011 (4 years) IsraelTeam Leader in Measurement and Signature Intelligence, Captain @ Directed team of eight engineers to develop portfolio of algorithms and systems for remote sensing applications Formed academic-military research team to develop anomaly detection tool in satellite images, which decreased analysis time by 25% Initiated new system to track and analyze intelligence sources leading to 40% decrease in processing time; monitored team of 20 technicians and engineers on project basis Led the implementation of first-in-class processing system based on unmanned airborne vehicle cameras for geospatial intelligence From 2002 to 2007 (5 years)

MBA @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of ManagementM.Sc @ Ben Gurion University Ariel Smoliar is skilled in: Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Start-ups, Product Development, R&D, Venture Capital, Product Marketing, Competitive Analysis, Business Strategy, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Big Data, Table Tennis, Application Performance Management, Strategic Planning, Integration