Yagil Engel

Yagil Engel has a diverse work experience, starting with their current role as Director of Global Optimization at Via since August 2019. Prior to that, they worked as a Sr. Analytics Researcher at Ford Motor Company from 2017 to 2019. Yagil also held the position of Head of Personalization Research at Whipclip from 2014 to 2016, where they focused on building and tuning search and personalization capabilities using machine-learning techniques. Before that, they worked as a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research from 2012 to 2014, where they focused on designing advanced, data-driven mechanisms for electronic commerce. Yagil also worked as a Research Scientist at IBM Research from 2010 to 2012, where they worked on automatic tools for combined decision making capabilities based on event recognition and prediction. Prior to their research roles, Yagil worked as an Adjunct Lecturer and a Postdoctoral Researcher at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, focusing on topics like multi-agent planning and Cooperative Game Theory. Yagil also worked as a Technical Lead at Ariba - Trading Dynamics from 1999 to 2003, a Software Engineer at Orad in 1998, and a Software Engineer at Agentsoft from 1996 to 1998.

Yagil Engel obtained a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1992 to 1995. Yagil then pursued a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Michigan, completing it from 2003 to 2008. Additionally, they attended Leyada from 1985 to 1988, although no degree or specific field of study was provided.