WHO'S BEHIND TECH-TAV
Founded in 1991, Tech-Tav has been instrumental in the development of professional technical writing in Israel and across the globe. Tech-Tav is proud of our existing client base of more than 300 international companies, with a management team that represents some of the most experienced and dedicated professionals in the industry.
Miriam Lottner, CEO
(BA, Economics and Political Science): Known as the single-sorceress of Israel, Miriam has been an advocate of smart, cost effective technical documentation solutions for more than 10 years. Miriam’s responsibilities at Tech-Tav include single source project development and management of the client services team. Miriam is a popular speaker at Israeli TTC, Author-it and Documentation Management Forum events and gives courses on project and documentation management and effective single sourcing means and methods. She has successfully managed more than 600 large-scale technical writing projects during her tenure at Tech-Tav. Miriam was formerly director of operations and staffing specialist for international media, banking, retail organizations; and was distribution and logistics manager for a large American corporation. Miriam immigrated to Israel from southern California and is still a beach girl at heart. On her days off, you can usually find her making sand castles on the Ashdod beach with her twin daughters.
"[Miriam] puts the customer first and exhibits an outstanding level of customer care and attention. Her extensive expert knowledge and industry experience, coupled with her vision and forward thinking, make her a trusted partner for the many writing projects we collaberate on."
-- Yoni Palmer, ECI Telecom
Rebecca Rachmany, CMO
Rebecca Rachmany has more than 20 years of marketing and management experience in the high-tech industry. She has held management positions for high tech companies such as Verint, Promisec, Telrad Networks, Zend and Omek Interactive. She has been a partner in two successful services businesses, founded her own startup and served as VP Marketing on Plicto, a startup which was sold to Bittorrent. Rebecca has extensive experience in online community building, including having served as chairperson and list moderator for Digital Eve Israel, among other community activities. Formerly the CEO of Tech-Tav, Rebecca has been providing marketing and business consulting and writing for Tech-Tav over the past decade, serving clients such as Comverse, Microsoft, Scopus (Harmonic), PortAuthority (Websense), Playtech, Orckit, Emblaze, Bezeq, Siliquent, Discretix and P-Cube (Cisco). Rebecca has extensive training as an interpersonal communications coach, holds a BA from Rutgers College and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
"Rebecca rapidly learned our technology and turned out high-quality marketing materials in a very short time frame. We were impressed by how quickly she understood our solution, which is fairly complex, as well as our market positioning and main messaging." -- Sasha Nykin, Racana
Shlomo Sagir, CTO
Shlomo is responsible for the deployment, training and implementation of Tech-Tav’s documentation products and services. With a BSc in Computer Science and more than nine years in IT positions such as software/web developer (including C, C#, VB, PHP, VBScript, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, CSS, HTML), systems administration (networking, Unix & MS Windows), and IT management, Shlomo is known for solving every problem our customers can throw his way. A former successful small business owner, Shlomo also developed and maintained the retail applications (including Customer Order Processing, Stock Control) used in his business and has hands-on experience with developing products for real world scenarios and business needs. Shlomo and his family moved to Israel from the UK in 2008.
“He’s smart, focused and picks things up very quickly. And he gets things done.”
--Jason Whitmarsh, Microsoft
Karen Americus, Client Services Manager
(BSc Industrial Psychology, Coursework in Business): A consummate customer service professional experienced in human resource management, writing and production of marketing materials, copy editing, meeting planning and general office administration.
Dvori Schupf, Finance Officer
(Coursework in Psychology, Education, and Criminology): Before coming to Tech-Tav in 2003, Dvori held a variety of positions in education, human resources, event planning, finance, and office management. Her breadth of experience, attention to detail and commitment to the highest level of customer service make her a tremendous asset to the company.
Sam Lottner, Chairman of the Board
(PhD dissertation on "The Diffusion of Innovation"; MBA, Finance and Production; MA, Economics; BSc, Mechanical Engineering): Formerly, Senior Marketing Research Analyst, Manager of Pricing and Forecasting, and Manager of Marketing Services at the Xerox Corporation. Following Aliya, Sam was manager of Motorola's Business Planning and Control Department. Before coming to Tech-Tav, he was a management consultant and directed large projects in several different industries.
