Company
About BoldIQBoldIQ provides on-demand scheduling in real-time at a large scale for dynamic customers whose complex operations change on a daily basis. Built on a strong foundation of Operations Research science and operational AI, BoldIQ’s Solver is an advanced planning and scheduling platform delivering safe, quick and cost-effective technology for true on-demand operations at scale.
Vision
At BoldIQ, we work towards an entirely demand-driven world, uninhibited by the constraints of supply, timing and disruption: a world where everything is available when and where the customers want it.
Mission
We strive to provide organizations with state-of-the-art technology to operate at greater utilization and maximum efficiency in real-time so that they can grow, be profitable and scale to keep pace with disruption and increasing customer demand.
Values
The BoldIQ team operates with simple core values that underlie our professional and personal lives: while maintaining the highest standards of dignity and integrity, we create the future today by striving to exceed in:
- Customer Partnership
- Proactive Adaptation to Change
- Continuous Innovation
Eyal Levy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Eyal has been the Executive Chairman of BoldIQ since its inception in 2008. He is a managing partner at GTD Capital LLC, the largest investor at BoldIQ. He was a founding Partner of AIG Orion, a technology venture fund focused on Israeli companies, and was COO of Pi Corp. (sold to EMC). Eyal served as President & CEO of Pelephone Communications, Israel’s first and leading cellular carrier, and served as VP of Personal Communication Products at Motorola. Eyal was a co-founder and CEO of Medicom Computers which merged with Ready Systems (acquired by Mentor Graphics) where he served as General Manager and VP of Engineering. He was on the Faculty of the Tel Aviv University Computer Science department specializing in Database Management Systems and Software Engineering.
Alex Khmelnisky
Chief Scientist
As one of the original members of BoldIQ, Alex’s contribution as the Chief Scientist over the past 10+ years has been invaluable as we continue to evolve our core platform engine. Alex holds a PhD from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
Eugene Taits
Vice President, Product Engineering
Eugene is also one of the original members of BoldIQ. He brings a wealth of industry knowledge and an extensive background in Physics and Engineering, which have led to the successful development of our sophisticated software platform. Eugene holds a PhD in Physics from Belarusian State Technological University.
Shelly Freeman
Vice President and General Manager
Shelly has led a number of strategic teams as a Vice President across Customer Success, Account Management, Sales, Marketing and Professional Services. Shelly has had the unique experience of helping multiple start-ups exit successfully through acquisitions and transitioning to leadership positions at large companies. She holds an Executive MBA from the University of Washington and a Business/Corporate Communications degree from Pacific Lutheran University.
Jan Schonander
Vice President, Business Development
As a former VP of Sales & Business Development at Ericsson and Amdocs Jan brings deep experience in establishing win-win relationships with new customers and positioning new products. Before joining BoldIQ Jan partnered with some of the most innovative companies today to help them establish business in the USA. He holds an MSc in Operations Research from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.
Miki Yarkoni
Vice President, Product Management
Miki is drawing on an extensive background in product management, customer success and partner relations to envision the BoldIQ roadmap. He has 30+ years of successful experience in information technologies, from small startups to tech giants like Microsoft, Telstra, VMWare, EMC, and Amdocs.
Eyal Levy
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Eyal has been the Executive Chairman of BoldIQ since its inception in 2008. He is a managing partner at GTD Capital LLC, the largest investor at BoldIQ. He was a founding Partner of AIG Orion, a technology venture fund focused on Israeli companies, and was COO of Pi Corp. (sold to EMC). Eyal served as President & CEO of Pelephone Communications, Israel’s first and leading cellular carrier, and served as VP of Personal Communication Products at Motorola. Eyal was a co-founder and CEO of Medicom Computers which merged with Ready Systems (acquired by Mentor Graphics) where he served as General Manager and VP of Engineering. He was on the Faculty of the Tel Aviv University Computer Science department specializing in Database Management Systems and Software Engineering.
Michael Brown
Mike held a number of roles at Microsoft Corporation, including as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Microsoft Corporation. Prior to Microsoft, he spent 18 years with Deloitte & Touche LLP in various positions including Managing Partner. He also served as the Chairman of Nasdaq, Inc. (alternate name, The Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc.). He has been an Independent Director at VMware, Inc. and continues to serve on a number of boards today.
Paul Maritz
Paul served as the Chief Strategist at Dell EMC. He also served as the CEO of VMWare. Prior to joining VMware, he was President of Dell EMC’s Cloud Infrastructure and Services Division after Dell EMC acquired Pi Corporation, where he was a founder and served as its Chief Executive Officer. Before founding Pi, Paul spent 14 years working at Microsoft Corporation, where he served as a member of the five-person Executive Committee that managed the company.
Yakov Friedman
Yakov has served as an investment analyst and fixed income/credit derivatives trader for the Friedberg Mercantile Group Ltd. in Toronto, Canada since 2001. In addition, he has negotiated numerous transactions on behalf of affiliates of FMGL and continues to represent these entities. Yakov holds an MBA, a BAS and an LLB from York University. He was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of BiolineRx Ltd. and serves on several charitable foundation boards.
Ed Iacobucci, the former founder and CEO of Citrix and a software industry veteran decided to evolve his passion for aviation. En-route, he assembled a group of versatile and diverse software professionals and mathematicians that developed a sophisticated platform, providing an extremely efficient solution to manage on-demand scheduling for an air taxi service. The core components of the technology were a state-of-the-art operations management system and an integrated resource scheduling system.
When market conditions became more challenging in 2008, a group of investors lead by GTD Capital and United Technologies identified the opportunity to take the original on-demand scheduling software, and the value it provided, to other business aviation operators and into other vertical markets, which resulted in the founding of BoldIQ in September of 2008.
Over the course of the first six years of operations, BoldIQ productized its technology and acquired its first six business aviation customers in the USA and Europe. In 2014, the company signed an agreement with Jeppesen (a Boeing Company) to distribute its Astro Operations Manager and the Solver Realtime Resources Scheduling products in the Business Aviation market. At the same time, the company acquired its first customers for on-demand scheduling in the transportation, mobile workforce, utilities and distribution markets.
Currently, BoldIQ is bringing its real-time, on-demand scheduling solutions to new industries such as healthcare, logistics, construction and telecom.
These industries are continuously faced with demands to do more with the same or even less resources than previously. Solver delivers a proven way to unlock hidden value, with users reporting they free up to 30% of their resources and reduce operating costs by up to 25%, resulting in an increase in profitability of up to 20%.
With BoldIQ, our customers make informed and integrated decisions in real-time – all the time – and free up to 30% of their resources while reducing their operating costs by up to 25%. Bottom line? We push the limits of technology to provide real-time, on-demand scheduling, delivering great value for our customers. If you join us, you will help drive real-world operational change in aviation, transportation, logistics, healthcare and more.
Currently open positions include:
Technical Program Manager
Operations Research Scientist
VP Engineering
Software Engineer
A place you like to work
We enjoy being a small, action-oriented team. Customers are our focus, and adding value to them every day is our number one goal. At BoldIQ, every employee counts and is deeply involved in our entire operation. We act with full transparency, in all directions.
We still call ourselves a start-up because we continue to grow and expand into new markets and industries, and we like the cultural element that the start-up mentality fosters. We take risks, move rapidly, and yes, sometimes make mistakes – and correct them. It is all part of our journey.
We have fun at work – the kind of fun that naturally stems from the drive and passion of a top-notch team who collaborates on a daily basis to add significant value to customers. We enjoy our time together solving challenging customer problems, even over a glass of wine on a Friday afternoon!
We invite the best and brightest to join our team and do everything we can collectively to make them feel at home.
Pushing the limits of technology
We are a customer-centric, delivery-focused team, and work each day to take our action-oriented optimization software to the next level of performance, delivery, and customer usefulness.
At BoldIQ you will not be working in a small silo figuring out part of a solution to part of a problem. Some days you may be working to enhance an existing solution, and other days you may be designing and developing a new solution for a new market. BoldIQ is a hands-on company, and team members – despite title or role – work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Cool and relaxed environment
For the most part, we work in an open floor plan. Employees all have the latest sit/stand automated desks (with memory) and dual monitor setups and high-end PCs. With sustainability in mind, made of either recycled wood or fast growth rubberwood, each desk is as unique as the person using it.
Here at the office, you’ll kick off your week with Monday morning baked goods, enjoy Friday company lunches, and unwind with Friday afternoon wine and cheese. We also enjoy turning the occasional Friday afternoon into cultural experience, with employees bringing some of their ‘home town’ delicacies. We thrive on diversity and we celebrate it.
We also enjoy family gatherings. From a mini-golf outing to a year end celebration, employees’ families are a welcome part of our culture.
Comprehensive benefits that add value
When working with BoldIQ, you will enjoy a comprehensive set of benefits beyond salary. These include:
- Stock Options
- Healthcare benefits, including vision and dental with NO paycheck deductions for employees and their family
- Pre-tax retirement savings plan (SIMPLE IRA) with company matching 3% of salary managed by Fidelity Investments (vested immediately when deposited)
- Vacations: We offer an open vacation policy. Employees take vacation days as needed in coordination with their manager
- Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance, and long-term disability insurance
- Employee discount card (Passport)
- Free legal services (with LegalShield)
- Free identity protection (with IDShield)
- Participation in an annual bonus that includes cash and options
- We put family first with 12 weeks of paid maternity leave. We also have a comfortable privacy room in our office for nursing mothers
“We have an incredibly well-rounded and diverse team that work well together in a fast-paced environment. We understand our customers and focus on partnering with them as we grow together. We know how to work hard and have fun together!!”
Employee review from GlassDoor
Today we create the future by striving to exceed in:
- Customer Partnership: We work together with our customers, on an ongoing basis, to ensure our technology continues to add value to their operation, ensuring our mutual success.
- Proactive Adaptation to Change: We listen to our customers, and to the markets we are in, as well as watch for trends, impacts and changes, to foresee, embrace, and help to shape what is to come. We stay ahead of the curve.
- Continuous Innovation: We strive to provide ongoing upgrades and enhancements to our technologies. We do not fundamentally change the dynamics of our end users, but rather provide them superior value in their ongoing operations.
All while maintaining the highest standards of:
- Dignity: We speak, write, and overall behave with self-respect and appreciation of the formality or gravity of a situation – no matter how hard or stressful – both internally and externally.
- Integrity: We are honest and act with strong moral principles and uprightness. We do so in all of our relationships with coworkers, customers and stakeholders. We always behave with, and in turn assume positive intent.
BoldIQ supports a well balanced family and work schedule. Company promotes adapting to changes internally if desired or necessary without compromising one’s professional growth.
Employee Review from GlassDoor