A former security consultant with more than three decades of experience in urban security and risk analysis, Yecutieli gained insight into Venezuela’s institutional transformation during the Chávez era. His work has included advising police departments, local governments, and private organizations, and delivering presentations at conferences in Israel, the United States, and Latin America. Yecutieli is also an author and genealogical researcher dedicated to preserving Jewish family history. He published A Story, Two Countries: The Yecutieli Cohen Family Saga and is completing The Jewish Children of Istanbul: The Biçaço Gershon Family Story, a study of Sephardic Jewish life in the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey based on archival documentation, oral histories, and scholarly research. His work combines personal narrative with historical analysis.

Yecutieli lives in Israel with his wife and three daughters. Two daughters serve in the Israel Defense Forces, and the youngest daughter is preparing for her upcoming service. He works as a real estate advisor with KW Keller Williams, advising buyers, sellers, and investors in the Israeli property market.

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