Technology, Complex Systems & Business Operations Executive
Leading complex, high‑value technology operations across rail, traffic and critical infrastructure.
Senior executive with a software and control engineering foundation. Leads high‑value technology operations and programs — strategy, significant commercial and financial responsibility, multidisciplinary teams, suppliers, risk and end-to-end delivery quality.
Yaniv Frenkel
Technology, Complex Systems & Business Operations Executive
20+ Years
Software, control, SCADA and complex systems leadership.
Executive Scope
Strategy, commercial and financial responsibility, teams, suppliers and risk.
Global → Local
Technology partnerships from scouting and evaluation to local operational adoption.
End to End
Planning, development, QA, deployment and adoption.
Executive Profile
Software and control engineering background, shaped into senior delivery leadership.
Hands-on engineering depth plus executive management — departments built, standards defined, multidisciplinary teams led.
Delivery Model
Executive leadership across planning, development and implementation.
One leader from first operational definition to long-term maintenance.
Plan & Define
Need and constraints turned into clear scope.
- Stakeholder alignment
- Operational process mapping
- Technical and cyber boundaries
- Acceptance criteria
Design & Develop
Requirements turned into working architecture.
- PLC, SCADA and HMI standards
- Interfaces and data flow
- Secure access logic
- Maintainable software modules
Validate & Deploy
Structured QA and commissioning discipline.
- Functional QA
- Cyber and access review
- Field and integration tests
- Operational readiness
Operate & Improve
Measurable and maintainable after go-live.
- Maintenance procedures
- Management reporting
- Operational analysis
- Training and knowledge transfer
Systems Experience
Technology projects where rail, traffic, control and data meet.
Rail, traffic, SCADA, communications, cybersecurity, WIM and operational applications.
Operational System Architecture
A reliable chain from field event to management decision.
Field Layer
Sensors, detectors, controllers and edge devices.
Control Layer
PLC/OT logic, SCADA, OPC UA, commands and alarms.
Secure Comms
Segmentation, permissions and secure data transport.
Management Layer
Dashboards, reports, audit and accountability.
Railway Systems Delivery
Control interfaces, integration risk, acceptance and operational readiness.
Movement & Priority Control
Detection, timing, controllers and field validation in urban infrastructure.
Roadside Controller Interface
OPC UA monitoring, configuration, NodeId mapping and write commands.
Secure Operational Networks
Software, hardware and network controls for critical SCADA environments.
Operational Applications
Work diaries, approvals, reporting, billing preparation and traceability.
Fuel, Water & Wastewater Systems
Fuel transport and storage, leak detection, water, wastewater and process control environments.
Professional Expertise
Deep technical vocabulary with management ownership.
Years of process-control delivery, now applied to rail, traffic and cybersecurity initiatives.
Control & SCADA
Specification, design, PLC software, HMI and operator training.
Cybersecurity & Communications
Secure software, hardware and networks for critical control environments.
Standards & Engineering Discipline
Modular control design, PLC programming and HMI standards in practice.
Operational Information Systems
Production, maintenance, reporting, approvals and management visibility.
Rail & Traffic Domains
Railway systems, movement logic, priority, interfaces and acceptance.
Executive Delivery
Department building, standards, coordination and risk control.
Executive Leadership
Senior leadership of complex, high‑value technology operations.
Strategy, commercial responsibility, teams, suppliers and risk — managed as one accountable delivery system, from global solution to local capability.
Executive Operations
High‑value operations and programs: strategy, budget and commercial interfaces, schedules, risk and delivery quality.
Global Technology Partnerships & Local Adoption
Work with global manufacturers and solution providers — technology scouting, evaluation, partnership development, localization, knowledge transfer, team enablement and operational adoption.
Implementation Ownership
QA, cyber readiness, field integration, operational outcomes and post-launch improvement.
Career Path
From engineering execution to executive ownership of mission-critical systems.
Control engineering, critical infrastructure, executive management and rail systems delivery.
VP Railway Systems & Control Systems
Senior executive responsibility for complex, high‑value technology operations — strategy, commercial interfaces, teams, suppliers and risk — and for global technology partnerships from scouting and evaluation to local operational adoption.
VP Projects & Quality Assurance, Exelerate
Delivery quality, implementation control and operational readiness.
VP Process Control, Major Contracting Group
Process control activity, engineering standards and execution frameworks.
Head of Control Systems Department, Critical Energy Infrastructure
Built the department's standards across design, development, maintenance and training.
Engineering Projects & Control Systems
Control system projects in national fuel and energy infrastructure.
“Complex systems succeed when engineering, cybersecurity, field operations and management discipline are designed as one operating model.”
Executive rail, traffic and critical systems profile
Leading complex, high‑value technology operations and global technology partnerships — from strategy to operational outcomes.