Bucharest, Romania
High-performing digital innovation strategist recognized for delivering game-changing approach while fostering a culture of collaboration, inspiring multi-functional teams to generate groundbreaking solutions to complex technology challenges. As a strategic advisor and champion of emerging technologies, I partnered with start-ups, global corporations, and tech universities, enabling them to leverage 5G, IoT, cloud-native applications, AI/ML and cybersecurity tech to get deeper insights from data, make intelligent business decisions and deliver personalized and trusted customer experiences. I pride myself in being an influential manager who works with local leaders, companies, and technical teams to develop thriving ecosystems, facilitate knowledge transfer, build scalable digital infrastructures, and disseminate best practices. Innovation Labs pre-accelerator and Orange Fab startup accelerator programs provided me with the opportunity to educate start-up market, identify new market trends and subsequently work with mature tech companies to develop new products. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲: ▪️ Hand-picked 36 start-ups from a pool of 600+ participants to partner with Orange, providing technical leadership, establishing a competitive entrepreneurial environment and developing 90 commercial projects across various industries. ▪️ Coordinated delivery of 14 EU-funded leading-edge research projects, as part of Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, Digital Europe Programme and Connecting Europe Facility Programme, working with 10 top universities in Romania to gain strategic insight on tech topics. ▪️ Awarded twice for orchestrating Smart City initiatives in all major Romanian cities, enabling better public services for citizens, effective resource use and less environmental impact. ▪️ Managed the first 5G Lab in Romania and first outside of France – a 2021 award-winning initiative of Orange Romania in collaboration with CAMPUS Research Institute of University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, aiming to support researchers, start-ups, and companies to innovate and test 5G-based solutions. Key competencies: ▪️ 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 ▪️ 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 ▪️ 𝗜𝗼𝗧 & 𝟱𝗚 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 ▪️ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ▪️ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ▪️ 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 ▪️ 𝗘𝗨-𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 ▪️ 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 ▪️ 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
▪️ Providing forward-thinking guidance and feedback on business strategy, digital products, and IT security, using in-depth understanding of current market trends. ▪️ Acting as a strategic advisor for two start-ups providing innovative services in cybersecurity and online healthcare, contributing to accelerated business development. ▪️ Undertaking the Security Advisory Board Member role for an EU-funded reaserch project, focusing on developing new and improved cybersecurity and threat management solutions.
Managing a top-performing team and a €multi-million yearly budget to develop innovative digital products and maintain company’s position as IT&C innovation leader. 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 ▪️ Developed a team of experts specialized in applied research, focusing on monetizing new architecture for 5G, IoT, cloud-native applications and cybersecurity. ▪️ Supported, as facilitator, the Romanian team at European Cyber Security Challenge 2019 that won 1st place. ▪️ Received 2016 and 2017 the Smart City Award from Romanian Association for Mobility and Smart City. ▪️ Deciphered open data and triggerable insights, leveraging network assets, technical resources, and expertise to co-create an outstanding service experience. 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩-𝙪𝙥 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 ▪️ Pioneered launch of Orange Fab Romania accelerator, selecting startups with disruptive potential in infrastructure development, energy, agritech, smart cities, cybersecurity, environmental monitoring, and retail. ▪️ Generating new sources of value and outperforming competition by securing access to technical expertise and validating MVPs while creating a vibrant community of professionals. 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙨 ▪️ Integrating Orange Romania into higher education projects while demonstrating inter-dependency of knowledge triangle components: higher education, research & technology, and business & innovation. 𝙀𝙐-𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 ▪️ Managed 14 EU-funded projects as part of different key funding programmes, including Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, Digital Europe Programme and Connecting Europe Facility. ▪️ Building sustainable partnerships, sharing know-how, testing new approaches and integrating disruptive technologies into business products to achieve market success. ▪️ Security Advisory Board Member, providing expert support on cybersecurity preparedness, risk mitigation and incident response.
Selected Contributions: ▪️ Cross-managed company’s strategic programs and partnerships while providing benchmarking reports about competitors’ technologies and infrastructure assets. ▪️ Supported strategic partnerships, tactical decision-making, and process optimization to reduce impact of global economic crisis, minimize cost, create competitive advantages, protect cash flow and maintain profitability. ▪️ Contributed to set-up of Orange Services company, defining organizational structure, scope of work and job descriptions, mapping corporate functionalities and benchmarking local integrators providing similar services.