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Rom Cohen

Co-founder and COO at Hyro

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Overview

Rom Cohen is co-founder and COO at Hyro[1][3]. Cohen holds a Master of Engineering in Computer Science from Cornell University[9] and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem[10]. Prior to founding Hyro in May 2018[3], Cohen was a graduate student at Cornell Tech from August 2017 to May 2018[4] and worked as a software engineer at Turbonomic from August 2016 to August 2017[5], having previously interned there from August 2014 to August 2016[6]. Cohen's earlier experience includes serving as a squad commander and flight instructor in the Israel Defense Forces from November 2008 to 2011[8] and as a GES Program Manager at the Foreign Trade Administration under Israel's Ministry of Economy and Industry from June to December 2012[7]. Cohen has expressed focus on natural language processing and customer experience design[2].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

An engineer at heart, I’m always on the hunt for a good problem to solve. For example, understanding a person's intent from their natural language input, or figuring out how to turn complex information into simple dialogue. I've been obsessed with customer experience for as long as I can remember. So naturally, I got pretty excited when chatbots first came on to the scene, only to be mildly disappointed. The chatbots that we’re used to typically follow a flow chart of logic that points the bot towards specific answers, allowing very little room for a personalized experience for the user. Wha…

Career history

  1. Co-founder and COOMay 2018 to presentHyro
  2. Graduate StudentAug 2017 to May 2018Cornell Tech
  3. Software EngineerAug 2016 to Aug 2017Turbonomic
  4. Software Engineer InternAug 2014 to Aug 2016Turbonomic
  5. GES Program ManagerJun 2012 to Dec 2012Foreign Trade Administration - Ministry of Economy and Industry, Israel
  6. Squad Commander and Flight InstructorNov 2008 to 2011Israel Defense Forces

Education

  1. Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science2017 - 2018Cornell University
  2. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science2013 - 2016The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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