Kosta holds a B.Sc and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Ben Gurion Universirty (Summa Cum Laude both). He won several academic awards and scholarships, and has published multiple research papers in academic journals, including best paper of 2018 in IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. Kosta is also a Certified Scrum Master and Project Management Professional (PMP).
In his role as Product Analytics Lead at Waze, Kosta uses data to improve every aspect of Waze - one of most popular navigation apps in the world.
Before joining Waze, Kosta worked as a Data Scientist at Intel and as a Lecturer at Ben Gurion University.