Summary
Or Katz is a Head of Computer Vision with eight years of experience translating cutting-edge research into production AI products, from concept through deployment. He has led applied computer vision and deep learning work across healthcare, SLAM, synthetic data, and traditional tasks like detection, segmentation and image similarity while coaching innovation at NEC Labs Israel. A strong competitor on Kaggle (Competitions Master, top 0.1% and multiple top-25 finishes including 9th in Global Wheat Detection and 10th in RSNA PE Detection), he pairs practical ML engineering skills in Python/PyTorch/OpenCV with academic teaching experience. His background blends technical depth (MSc in Computer Software Engineering) with leadership developed as an IDF company commander, giving him a rare combination of research rigor, deployment focus and operational discipline.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Banking, Corporate, Finance, 86, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Banking, Corporate, Finance, 86 at Bar-Ilan University
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 86, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 86 at Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 94, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 94 at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev