Mor Ram-On · Independent Consultant
Fifteen-plus years across defense, healthcare, pharma, and construction. R&D leadership, AI/ML systems, cloud architecture — built and shipped, not just advised.
Get in touchShort, focused engagements when you need a second opinion that can’t be wrong. Architecture reviews, AI/ML feasibility, technical due diligence, board prep, hiring calibration.
Hourly · four-hour minimum.
Scoped delivery from concept to production. R&D-organization buildout. AI/ML systems in regulated industries. Cloud-architecture migrations. Compliance-grade software for healthcare, pharma, and defense.
Fixed-price proposal after a discovery call.
Independent consulting practice — advising on R&D leadership, AI/ML systems, and cloud architecture across defense, healthcare, pharma, and industry. Currently engaged at DDR&D (MAFAT, Israeli Ministry of Defense), AMAN Research, and the IDF Operations Directorate.
Scaled engineering from 7 to 25 across in-house and offshore. Built a five-team-leader middle layer. Delivered 200% YoY revenue and 300% customer growth. Migrated the platform from EC2 to serverless, cut cloud spend 70%, reduced customer onboarding from 90 days to 5. Led tech and security due diligence for a $15M Series B.
Founded a rapid-response tech initiative in the days after October 7th. Scaled to 800+ engineers, later officially recognized as IDF tech reserves. Released 15+ mission-critical products as open source under MIT, spanning cyber defense, intelligence automation, and autonomous-drone firmware.
Took AI-for-construction-machinery from concept to deployed product. Built ADAS and autonomous solutions for cranes and heavy equipment, combining computer vision, AI, and IoT. Managed a $3M annual R&D budget, built university partnerships, oversaw pilots with international heavy-machinery OEMs.
Aerospace engineer by training (Technion). Started in missile guidance and control at Rafael, moved into AI/ML leadership across three startups, and now consult independently.
Before that — and ever since — an officer in Maglan, an Israeli special-forces reconnaissance unit. Still serving in IDF reserves with the Operations Directorate and AMAN Research.
What clients tend to get: someone who reads the code as well as the cap table, who’s actually shipped production AI in regulated industries, and who knows when not to use AI at all.
A short note about what you’re working on usually gets a same-day reply.
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