Hello, I'm
Maya Sagalin
Building thoughtful products with technical depth and product judgment.
About
I started out writing code. Then I got curious about why we build things - and that changed everything.
My foundation is Computer Science and Bioinformatics from Ben Gurion University. But the question that kept pulling me forward wasn't technical - it was strategic. Why are we building this? Who does it actually serve? What should we build next?
That curiosity pushed me beyond execution and into shaping what gets built, why it matters, and how teams bring it to life. At Segoma, I grew into the person who owned the roadmap, made the hard trade-offs, and brought people together across three continents to build something they were proud of. At Lavie Engineers, the stakes shifted - enterprise clients, complex partners, high-pressure delivery - and I learned that the most expensive thing in any project isn't bad code. It's misalignment.
Now I'm at Cornell's SC Johnson College of Business as a Forte Fellow, adding the strategic layer to a foundation that's already technical, already cross-functional, and already proven. I'm here to do it at a bigger scale, on harder problems, with more impact.
Experience
2024 - 2025
Project Manager
Lavie Engineers S.B Ltd
Turnkey solutions in LPG, natural gas, and water purification.
- $2M+ annual revenue - directed strategic delivery for 12 enterprise clients using agile and risk management
- Boosted client satisfaction 10% by running stakeholder interviews and aligning execution with product strategy
- Closed $500K+ across 4 contracts with Intel, IEC & major hospitals through requirements translation and alignment
2021 - 2024
Product Manager, Software Development & R&D
Segoma
Cloud-based 3D imaging and SaaS solutions for the luxury gemstone trade.
- Scaled to 2,000+ DAU - owned end-to-end delivery of partner integrations and third-party API solutions
- Cut release cycles by 3 weeks through cross-functional ownership with QA and infrastructure
- Reduced production costs 20% by optimizing backend throughput and cutting latency by 200ms
- Shipped 6 major releases coordinating teams across New York, Hong Kong, and India
- Cut seller onboarding time 10% via UX redesign driven by user analytics and iterative testing
2017 - 2020
Lecturer
Kidumatica
Extracurricular math excellence program for gifted youth.
- 95% satisfaction - designed curriculum and delivered STEM programs to 1,000+ students; trained a 20-person staff
- Mentored 12 students to 5 national competition wins
Education
Cornell University
MBA - SC Johnson Graduate School of Business
Leadership
- HTC Club - VP of Trek
- VC Club - VP of Community
- JBA - President
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
B.Sc. - Computer Science & Bioinformatics
Projects
Pawfolio
A mobile-first dog care app built to help one owner manage routines, reminders, health history, and memories in one calm, trustworthy place. Designed around real daily use, Pawfolio combines warm companion-style UX with serious care organization, private backup and restore, and dependable operational structure.
Personal project - Product + engineering
RecruitOS
A personal recruiting operating system for MBA students pursuing internships. I am building it as an opinionated single-user web app designed to reduce recruiting chaos, preserve context, and make the next best action obvious across applications, networking, casing, and recruiting knowledge.
Personal project - Built independently
AI Customer-Service Prototype
Building an end-to-end agentic AI customer-service prototype as part of Cornell's Digital Technology Immersion. Developed the PR/FAQ, executive pitch deck, and live demo narrative - combining LLM tooling with structured product thinking to prototype a scalable support solution.
Cornell SC Johnson - Digital Tech Immersion - 2025-2026
RICA Cyber Program
Selected for the prestigious Ruhr-Israel Cyber Activator (RICA) program at Ben Gurion University. Collaborated on smart-lock data protection research and presented findings to senior academic and industry leaders in the cybersecurity space.
Ben Gurion University - 2021
Volunteering
Baby Brigade
Supported a community resource initiative for local parents, helping connect families with essential supplies and in-person support through a large-scale Ithaca resource fair.
Community impact initiative - Featured by Cornell Chronicle
Big Red Tech Strategy
Mentored Cornell Master of Engineering students through project work, helping them shape stronger business thinking around market research, strategic positioning, and how to evaluate technical ideas through a product and commercial lens.
Cornell community
MBA Mentorship Program
Co-leading a peer mentorship initiative for international MBA students navigating the U.S. job market. First-years get paired with second-years for recruiting guidance, pre-MBAs get support with applications and school selection, and the broader community benefits from speaker events and structured programming.
International MBA Community - Co-Lead, Mentorship Program
Code for Israel
Full-Stack Developer volunteer building nonprofit integration tools. Collaborated with design and dev teams to build features aligned with product vision, streamlining operations and expanding platform impact for social-sector organizations across Israel.
Code for Israel - Full-Stack Developer
Skills
Product Management路
Technical路
AI & Data路
Languages路
Interests
Salsa Dancing
Ten years in, and it still feels like flying. Salsa is where I stop thinking and just move.
Embroidery
Started during COVID as a creative escape, turned into a small business. Pattern by patient pattern.
Global Travel
Favorite city: Vienna. Something about the coffee, the architecture, and the unhurried pace gets me every time.
Writing a Book
A work in progress - fiction, for now. The words are coming. Slowly becoming real.
My Great Pyranees adventure buddy - equal parts fluff and fearless.
Thoughts
Contact
Let's talk.
Whether it's a role, a collaboration, or just a good conversation - I'm always open.