Erez Cohen
Co-Founder at August Health
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolErez Cohen is a founder and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building data-driven platforms and mapping infrastructure, now focused on technology to improve elder care as Co-Founder of August Health in San Francisco. He previously co-founded and led MapSense through venture funding and acquisition by Apple, then served as DRI for Apple’s primary map creation tool, overseeing teams that produced core map data. Trained in operations research at UC Berkeley and Columbia, Erez combines rigorous optimization and probabilistic modeling with product-first execution, a skillset honed across startups, finance, and large-scale engineering organizations. His background includes applied work in quantitative trading, air-traffic scheduling, and biopharmaceutical process simulation, reflecting an ability to translate complex models into operational systems. Comfortable both shipping product and steering technical strategy, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a deep quantitative toolkit to mission-driven healthcare technology.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BS Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, BS Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at University of California, BerkeleyPhD Candidate Operations Research, PhD Candidate Operations Research at Columbia Engineering
Hebrew
Github Skills (15)
venn-diagram9
chartjs-plugin8
d3js7
charts5
javascript5
graph5
maps5
graph-drawing4
data-visualization3
react2
modular2
typescript2
visualization2
svg2
plottable1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mapsense/embedded-maps
Jul 2014 - Jul 2014
Contributions:8 commits in 1 day
erex78/mtv
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 2 days
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