CV · 2013 → now
Ben Serota
Product manager, strategist, builder — rigorous with data. Cognitive science by training, conversational AI by trade. Madrid · EN / ES / HE.
benatores@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/benserota · github.com/BenSerota
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2013–2016
Teacher · Access for All · Anshe Emet, Israel · Chicago
Psychology for adults from disadvantaged backgrounds, then curriculum design — teaching was the first job, and it never left.
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2016–2018
Graduate researcher · Computational Psychiatry Lab, BGU, Be’er Sheva EEG complexity measures for disorders of consciousness — 600+ recordings, 256 electrodes, 65 GB; thesis graded 96/100. Also taught Logic for Cognitive Sciences to 100+ students a week. · the thesis →
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2018–2019
Tech & business development · Koolulam, Tel Aviv New revenue streams from independent market research; KPIs and revenue reports over 100+ digital music platforms; built the CRM, data and web infrastructure.
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2019–2022
Technical product manager · Mobileye, Jerusalem Full ownership of B2B2C computer-vision products: personas, MRDs and PRDs, roadmap from MVP to mature product; the focal point for international OEMs and Tier-1s.
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2023–2025
Senior product manager · SeQura, Madrid Growth & Conversion, then Data Intelligence — leading a team of ten data engineers and scientists on ML products across Risk, Customer Service, Growth and Sales.
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2025 →
Founder · Idiograma, Madrid
Spanish tense and aspect made visible — an original product for language teachers, in its second phase of user testing. · the product →
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2025–2026
Senior product manager · Smartcat, Remote Document translation with Smartcat Co-Pilot — helping people translate their files with unprecedented ease.
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2026 →
Group product manager · Landbot, Madrid Cooking agents to drive your business.
Education
MSc Computational Neuroscience (2016–2018) · BA Cognitive Science & Psychology, program for excellent students (2013–2015) — Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Certifications
Diploma de Español C1 · Agentic AI · Design Thinking · Prompt Engineering for Developers · Project Management Fundamentals
Honors
Champion of the first Israeli Improvisation League · Scholarship for Academic Excellence and Interdisciplinary Research
Publication
A Vibrotactile Vest for Remote Human-Dog Communication
Languages
English and Hebrew native · Spanish professional (C1) · German working