Thursday, August 24, 2023

Microsoft VP Yitzhak Kesselman set to become a rabbi

From big tech to faith! Lots of success in his new career! A man with a lot of soft skills I suppose. 😊

"... who is two rungs below the CEO on Microsoft's management ladder. ...
Kesselman, 39, married with five children was born in Riga, Latvia (then in the Soviet Union). Aged six he immigrated to Israel with his parents. He grew up in Ramla and says he was drawn to technology at a young age, infatuated by computers and software in elementary school. He became religious at the in high school in Tel Aviv, after which he enrolled in the pre-army Atuda academic program. "In the mornings I studied calculus and data structure at Tel Aviv University, and in the evenings I studied Talmudic tractates and Hasidic literature at yeshiva." After completing a bachelor's degree in computer science, he served as an officer in the computing unit of the IDF Intelligence Corps. ..."

Microsoft VP set to become a rabbi - Globes Microsoft VP Messaging and Real-Time Analytics Platform Yitzhak Kesselman tells "Globes" about the revolutionary data product he has helped develop and Haredi integration into the tech work force.




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