Mendy Seldowitz is a Director of Technology based in New York with 12 years of experience blending product design, creative leadership, and technical execution across startups, agencies, and mission-driven organizations. He has led product and design teams at Yelp and JSwipe, co-founded creative and AI-driven ventures (mllnnl, Audience ID), and now oversees technology strategy at Merkos 302 - Chabad World Headquarters. Mendy’s background uniquely spans creative advertising, UX/UI, and hands-on web development training from Flatiron and Codecademy, enabling him to translate bold creative ideas into pragmatic digital products. He’s built teams and campaigns that have been highlighted by Facebook and has a history of applying emerging tech—VR, AI, and early Google Glass storytelling—to deepen user empathy and community engagement. Comfortable toggling between high-level strategy and tactical delivery, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with nonprofit and community-centered sensibilities. Notably, his career blends documentary filmmaking and immersive tech experiments with product leadership, reflecting a rare mix of narrative-driven design and technical fluency.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
VR Design and Development VR, VR Design and Development VR at UploadVR
MITx Data Economics, MITx Data Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Touro College
Web development Computer Science, Web development Computer Science at Flatiron School
Talmudic, Talmudic at Yeshivas Levi Yitchak. Tzfas, Israel.
Advertising and Marketing communication Advertising, Advertising and Marketing communication Advertising at Fashion Institute of Technology
Product Management, Product Management at General Assembly
Computer science Computer Science, Computer science Computer Science at Codecadamy
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