About

ephraim-profile-2015Ephraim Tabackman is an experienced CTO and an enthusiastic team player specializing in solving problems that require an understanding of both technology and creative media.

An advanced Full Stack software developer and UI/UX designer with decades of experience successfully managing projects and teams, he has created platforms, APIs, apps and digital media, including video, audio and animation.

Ephraim is passionate about product-market fit, user experience, maintainable code, documentation, efficient workflows, and great design.

He has extensive experience in the following areas of software development and interactive media:

 

Coding

  • Typescript / Javascript / ES6 / HTML5 / CSS3 / SVG / React
  • NodeJS / MongoDB / PHP / C# / MySQL
  • Functional programming

 

Creative

  • User interface design (UI/UX)
  • Branding / Identity / Logo design
  • Graphic and information design (digital and print)
  • Video, audio, music editing and production
  • Animation / 3D / Motion graphics

 

Tools

  • Creative suites, including Illustrator, Animator/Flash, Photoshop
  • Video editing software, including After Effects, Premiere and Final Cut Pro
  • DAW software, especially Cubase
  • Unity3D

 

 

Background

Ephraim earned a reputation for quality and creativity as Vice President of R&D at SuperStudio Multimedia Ltd., and then as Chief Technical Officer of Versaware Technologies, Inc., Jerusalem.

At SuperStudio, he led the largest multimedia studio in the Middle East and Asia in producing a collection of award-winning education, entertainment and reference products, including the internationally acclaimed CD-ROM “Leonardo the Inventor”.

As a founding executive of Versaware, Ephraim built and led teams that developed powerful e-book, e-commerce and online media technologies.

As Senior Front End Developer UI/UX at Viewbix (originally Qoof), a leading video advertising platform provider, he developed a user-friendly web application for creating interactive video advertising units. Customers included Verizon, Cuisinart, Paramount Pictures and Yankee Candle.

At Viewbix, Ephraim integrated dozens of third-party APIs and SDKs, including MailChimp, YouTube, eBay, Wix, and VPAID, architected and built custom SDKs and APIs, and led the UI/UX design of complex back-office features for managing the run-time behavior of cross-platform IAB-compliant HTML5 and Flash dynamic advertising units.

He has worked with a distinguished list of international clients, including:

  • Apple Computer
  • Answers.com
  • Bridgeman Archives
  • Compton’s New Media
  • Cuisinart
  • ICQ
  • The Israel Foreign Ministry
  • The Israel Museum
  • Israel Seed Partners
  • Jerusalem Capital
  • The Jerusalem Foundation
  • JuniorNet
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • The Learning Company
  • Microsoft
  • National Geographic
  • OptiPublish
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Pearson
  • Prentice-Hall
  • Primedia/Funk and Wagnalls
  • Simon and Schuster
  • SoftKey
  • Verizon
  • Visionix
  • Vringo
  • Zlango
  • ZOW Ltd.

Ephraim is always happy to brainstorm new ideas with potential partners / clients.

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Header photo credit: Alexandr Borecky