Level Up Your Team
Into The Spotlight
Your teams are building great things – but is it being seen?
When their work stays hidden, you lose recognition, talent, growth, and the chance to strengthen your company’s brand.
It's time to unlock your team's voice.
At R&D Brand Academy, we help companies empower their tech employees by equipping them with the skills to share their expertise, build personal brands, and gain industry recognition.
Our services - Workshops & lectures
Mastering Tech Blog
Transform your team's expertise into engaging blog content that boosts your R&D brand's visibility.
This workshop will help you craft impactful posts to establish your company as a tech leader.
From Idea to Stage
Learn how to craft winning conference proposals. Walk away with a polished, ready-to-submit Call for Papers (CFP) to boost your people's visibility on tech stages.
The Tech Persona Formula: Craft Your R&D Brand
Learn how to craft your team's unique tech personas, grow visibility on social media, and engage the wider tech community to strengthen their personal team brand.
Tailor-Made For Your Needs
Challenge us with your goals, we’ll tailor the right solution, from custom lectures to full workshops.
"The workshop was insightful. Thanks to Omer and Raviv, I found the right formula for writing and publishing my blog."
Gil Lupu, Senior R&D Team Lead - Platform Infra, Elementor
What our participants say
Our workshops' participants include
professionals from leading companies such as:
Meet the team
Omer Chen
Specializes in R&D branding, guiding tech companies, teams, and leaders to gain visibility and recognition. Works with engineers and managers to turn complex technology into engaging content — from tech blogs and conference talks to meetups, webinars, and podcasts. Passionate about helping hidden experts share their insights and hard work, with deep familiarity with Israel’s tech and software communities.
Raviv Gurtensten
Raviv is the founder of Astra, where he collaborates with R&D teams to strengthen their engineering and technical brands through tech blogs, events, tech PR, and educational initiatives. Before founding Astra, Raviv built Riskified’s Tech sub-brand and established the company’s DevRel domain, while also leading a group as Director of People Brand & Experience. Previously, at Wix, he led the Be’er Sheva R&D site and later managed the company’s Global Frontend Operations. Raviv is also the organizer behind two leading tech conferences hayaData and PlatforMa. In his free time, he enjoys playing the bass guitar and expanding his Funko POP collection.
