Sagy Bar

Chief Operating Officer at Minute.ly

Sagy Bar has extensive work experience in various leadership roles. From 2019 to the present, Bar has worked at Minute.ly, first as the VP of Product Management and then as the Chief Operating Officer. In these positions, they have been responsible for leading operations, product, and sales groups, spearheading the company's strategy and business processes, and achieving consecutive YoY revenue growth.

Prior to Minute.ly, Bar worked at Papaya Global from 2017 to 2019, starting as the Director of Product Management and then becoming the Chief Commercial Officer. In these roles, they owned the business strategy, established key business partnerships, and led the company's first enterprise commercial contract and negotiations.

From 2014 to 2017, Bar worked at IBM Mobile as a Product Manager, where they managed the development of new, enterprise-focused capabilities into a mobile platform. Sagy led cross-functional teams during the development and successful release of multiple new features and presented at international conferences.

Before that, Bar was at HP, where they served as an R&D Group Manager from 2009 to 2013. In this role, they led R&D support for sales and services, provided market opportunities and competitive analysis to product management, and led a successful major release Beta program.

Bar also has experience at Mercury Interactive / HP, where they held multiple roles including Customer-Oriented R&D Manager, Java Developer, and QA Engineer. In these positions, they managed teams, owned the development and release of product service packs, and specialized in performance and load benchmark methodology.

Prior to their corporate experience, Bar co-founded and served as CEO of Taxi Motorcycles Inc. from 1996 to 2000. Sagy also has experience in the IDF as an ATC from 1991 to 1996.

Overall, Sagy Bar has a diverse and accomplished work history with a focus on leadership, product management, and business strategy.

Sagy Bar completed a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree in Marketing from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya - Arison School of Business from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, Sagy obtained a BSc degree in Computer Science from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya from 2000 to 2003. Sagy's education history also includes studying Electronics at Ort Singalovski, Tel Aviv, from 1987 to 1991, although no degree was specified.

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Timeline

  • Chief Operating Officer

    April, 2021 - present

  • VP Product Management

    April, 2019