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Yakir Israel has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Yakir is currently the Head of Unreal Engine team at Ludeo since November 2022. Prior to that, they worked as a Lecturer of Interactive Storytelling and Unreal Engine at Tel Aviv University, teaching students the principles of building and designing three-dimensional worlds using Unreal Engine.

Yakir also has experience as the CEO, Director, Producer, Writer, Narrative Designer, Lead Programmer, and Development Manager at Adventure4Life Studios LLC, where they are currently working on a fantasy Point and Click adventure game called "Plot of the Druid." Yakir has also served as a Senior Development Manager and Team Leader at ARVR, where they recruited, led, and mentored teams working on VR projects for hospitals and colleges.

Additionally, Yakir has worked as a Unreal and Unity teacher & mentor at the Unreal Engine User Group, helping beginners become professional designers and programmers. Yakir has also worked as a Writer, Game Designer, and Game Programmer at Went2Play, and as a Senior Game Developer at V-Armed, specializing in VR game development.

Yakir's earlier work experience includes roles as a Real-Time Embedded Software Engineer at Crow Electronic Engineering Ltd., BIRD Aerosystems, and Motorola Solutions, where they worked on the development of real-time embedded systems, surveillance solutions, and speaker recognition projects.

Overall, Yakir Israel has a strong background in Unreal Engine, VR development, game design, and embedded software engineering.

Yakir Israel earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Computers Engineering from Ruppin Academic Center, where they studied from 2008 to 2012.