Summary
Hanan Shteingart is a Distinguished Applied ML Researcher with 11 years of experience building and productizing machine learning systems that drive measurable business impact across industries from cybersecurity to gaming and enterprise SaaS. She has repeatedly created data science centers of excellence and led teams at NVIDIA, Vianai, Playtika, Gong, Microsoft and BioCatch, translating complex business problems into deployable causal, uplift and experimentation-driven solutions. Her technical depth spans reinforcement learning, contextual bandits, causal inference, deep learning and large-scale signal processing, grounded in a PhD in computational neuroscience and dual MSc/BSc degrees in electrical engineering and physics. Hanan combines hands-on modeling with product and go-to-market responsibility—she led projects that improved KPIs by as much as 80% and seeded design partnerships. Colleagues describe her as creatively curious and strategically minded, able to move from low-level signal features to executive product narratives. Based in Herzliya, Israel, she also advises startups on ML-driven sales and optimization, bringing both research rigor and operational savvy.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computation Neuroscience, PhD Computation Neuroscience at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
MSC Electrical Engineering, MSC Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv University
high school physics chemistry and computer science, high school physics chemistry and computer science at Aleh High School for Art and Science
Hebrew, English