Job Experiences

Iul 2021 – Mar 2023

IT expert in the project „Advanced identity management and authentication solution using converged technologies and providing higher levels of security for access to critical applications and platforms ” – My SMIS 129617, Beneficiary – LegitimID Cluster

·       Integrate the authentication solution with INPPA platforms (National Institute for the Training and Improvement of Lawyers)

·       The project was present at the Romanian stand, at Expo 2020 Dubai

Iul 2021 – Dec 2021

IT expert in the project ” Specialization guide for judiciary technical expertise” – SIPOCA 639, Beneficiary – Ministry of Justice

Feb 2021 – Jul 2023

IT expert in the project „Development of analysis and intervention tools at community level for the programming period 2021-2027” – SIPOCA 862, Beneficiary – Ministry of Labor

·       Data collection and publication of maps with marginalized areas in Romania on the Ministry of Labor portal

Mar 2020 – Dec 2020

National Expert in the project ”Review of Industrial Transition of Romania; Digitalisation in Agri-food, Smart Cities, and Healthcare”.

The aim of the national expert is to provide dedicated support to the analysis of factors influencing industrial transition in Romania and on that basis, contribute to the preparation of a country review of industrial transition.

The national expert support this process by liaising with JRC, UMIT and actively engaging with key stakeholders in Romania, collecting and analysing evidence through desk research, and by contributing to the final review report, together with the international expert appointed to that purpose.

The position of national expert meant the accomplishment of the following activities:

▪ Collection of appropriate evidence on industrial transition in the field(s) proposed by the Romania: “Digitalisation (especially integrated solutions) for the fields of agri-food (smart farming and food traceability), urban development (smart and energy efficiency) and health (high quality services)” by desk research and interviews with key stakeholders during the project kick-off meeting.

▪ Analysis of evidence and stakeholder inputs and preparation of a draft review report that will have the structure described in the Annex. The draft report will include a mapping of the current production and consumption systems related to the theme under review, will identify desirable future directions for a guided transition and will provide actionable recommendations for the country.

▪ Discussion and validation of the draft review report with key stakeholders in Romania

▪ Preparation of the final review report, in close collaboration with the international expert, the UMIT WG Chair and Rapporteur, and the JRC.

Aug 2019 – Present

IT expert in the project „Increasing the administrative capacity of the Ministry of Economy to monitor, evaluate and coordinate public policies in the field of economic competitiveness” – SIPOCA 605

·       Consultant for the writing of the Terms of Reference for the procurement of services for the implementation of the Portal of the Economic Atlas of Romania.

Dec 2016 – May 2022

IT Expert in the project „Development of the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Economy – SIPOCA 7”

▪ Design and implementation of the technical solution necessary to create and publish the platform: the Economic Atlas of Romania;

Feb 2019 – Aug 2019

IT Expert within the UNESCO chair

Dec 2016 – Jun 2017

▪ IT Expert during the monitoring visit from the Superior Council of Magistracy, for the Financing Program RO24: „Strengthening the judicial capacity and cooperation”

Jan 2016 – Jun 2016

▪ advisor to the Minister of Labor, Family, Social Protection

Mar 2004 – Present

ElfNet is a software development and IT consulting company that offers customized solutions to help companies simplify their business process and increase their efficiency. The solutions offered help our clients gain competitive advantage over their colleagues. ElfNet offers web design, web optimization and promotion services, online store creation, photo and video editing, web applications, photography, VoIP, DTP, IT&C solutions integrator, a wide range of customized solutions for companies from different industries.

Participation as an IT Expert, in projects such as:

▪ creation, development and configuration of call centers for various industries (Samsung and Blue Air sales call center, Zift Solutions and Zinfi pre-sales call center)

▪ creating an electronic voting application for the election of the governing bodies of Ilfov Bar;

▪ creation of web pages for UNBR and INPPA;

▪ creating an e-learning platform for INPPA and uploading course materials for many modules; Civil law, Civil procedure law, Criminal law, Criminal procedure law, European Union law, European human law, European labor law (http://elearning.inppacentral.ro/).

Sep 2007 – Apr 2011

Strauss (Elite) Romania, is one of the greatest player on coffee market in Romania, with more than 350 employee.

▪ I coordinate the IT Department (a team of 12 people) by managing on a permanent base:

▪ The administration and the support of the ERP systems of the company (MFG Pro, Charisma, Wiztop);

▪ The administration and the support of SFA (Sales Force Automation) System (more than 100 PDA’s);

▪ Maintenance and administration of the IT infrastructure (around 200 workstations and 40 servers);

▪ Training programs dedicated to the IT people;

▪ Maintaining periodical evaluation of the work results of the employees, permanent tasks assessment;

▪ Building and following the processes and procedures in order to sustain a permanent backup to each position in the team;

▪ Implementation of a security solution and linking Access Control System with Payroll Application;

▪ Building and implementing data security system based on Windows AD;

▪ Implementation of a BGP (Border Gate Protocol) with 3 internet providers; the Strauss AS Number is declared at RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens);

▪ Development of a national VPN in 6 location (using PPTP) with 2 providers in each location;

▪ Local Area Network, based on Managed Switches with different VLANs;

▪ Implementation of IP telephony, with 2 redundant servers (Asterisk) in 2 different locations; I manage the relationship with 5 telephony providers; for IP telephony I use the same Managed Switches with PoE;

▪ Installation of 2 redundant Exchange 2007 servers with a Linux mail-scanner in front;

▪ Projection and implementation of a disaster recovery plan and a backup solution (BrightStor ARCserve Backup);

▪ Implementation of new modules in company’s ERP (MFG Pro);

▪ Development of new facilities in SFA Application and in BI Application; for SFA system, I’ve implemented Strauss own APN with Orange Romania;

▪ Implementation of managing network tools as: Nagios (for services availability of the servers), Cacti (traffic monitoring), LANSweeper (inventory of the computers from network);

▪ Project Manager of the project of SAP implementation (go live in Jan. 2011);

▪ Building and implementing the IT and telecom solutions, processes and procedures of a new company satellite of Strauss-Elite (start-up mode), FMG Elite (ERP, SFA, BI, IT infrastructure, networking, telecom)

▪ Been in the position of managing and controlling an annual budget over than 1 million € allocated to the IT network infrastructure and software development.

Nov 2005 – Sep 2007

▪ Romanel International Group S.A., a group of companies with more than 1.400 employees, 7 locations all over the country and 3 business lines: wood (timber and furniture), electronics and real estate;

▪ Coordinate the IT Departments of all group companies;

▪ As main project, I’ve managed to build the guidelines of the implementation of a new ERP; for that I create a VPN in all RIG’s locations and I managed the project for developing the Tender Dossier for ERP implementation having as a guideline PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge); the PMBOK is an internationally recognized standard (IEEE Std 1490-1998) and includes five basic Project Management processes; Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing;

▪ Been in charge with the implementation of ISO 17799 Security Standard in all RGI companies by covering it’s 10 major sections: Business Continuity Planning, System Access Control, System Development and Maintenance, Physical and Environmental Security, Compliance, Personnel Security, Security Organisation, Computer & Network Management, Asset Classification and Control, Security Policy;

▪ Designed the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) for the RGI network compounded from more than 200 workstations;

▪ Other important project was to define terms of reference for a Payroll software acquisition; the main requirement for this software was the future integration with the ERP;

▪ Been in the position of managing and controlling an annual budget of 800,000$ allocated to the IT network infrastructure and software implementation.

Oct 2002 – Nov 2005

E.D.I. Romania S.A., the biggest media group companies, which consists in Europa FM, Radio21 and Regie Radio Music;

▪ Coordinated the IT Department with all that means: local area network (LAN), internet access and servers, broadcasting software and equipments, audio editing software, copiers, telephony; negotiate maintenance contracts for printers, copiers, security system, software, UPS; I maintain the whole

network consists in more than 50 computers with 2 NT servers for broadcast: primary and back-up domain controllers with a Centura SQL database which have a replication system between the 2 servers, one Windows 2003 server for the office network, one server for streaming, two Linux servers – one for internet access and e-mail and one for traffic;

▪ Handled the designing process of the IT infrastructure for all departments, by installing/configuring the network, maintaining the network and installed software, minimizing the damages from security incidents and malfunctions;

▪ Responsible with the purchase and implementation of data security system and back-up solution in order to minimize the risk of systems failures, to protect the integrity of software and information;

▪ Responsible for elaboration of solutions and procedures in order to optimize the activity and prevent damage to assets and interruptions to business activities.

Sep 2000 – Oct 2002

SingularLogic is one of the biggest Greek software companies which produce ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems;

▪ Coordinated and I supported, especially from technical point of view, a team of consultants which implemented an ERP application in few big Romanian companies like: Germanos Telecom Romania SA, Marks&Spencer, Inscut SA, Girom Color SRL , Balafas SRL , Oxford Educational Center, Alexandrion Group, Alpha Insurance, Alpha Bank, ID Salierri;

▪ As CTO the main responsibilities were:

▪ assign human and material resources in order to start the project;

▪ elaborate the reference materials for every member of the team;

▪ supervise the Oracle server installation;

▪ supervise the implementation and importing data into ERP;

▪ regarding the localization, my responsibility was to create new screens and reports according to the Romanian legislation.

Feb 2000 – Sep 2000

▪ Developed an IT strategy and the IT Department itself;

▪ Installed and maintained a stock management application in the stores, warehouse and Central Office in order to supply to Logistic Department the reports needed for implementing the warehousing strategy and inventory controls;

▪ Installed and maintained a business management application, a payroll application and an accounting application linked together in a system; I implemented and I wrote software modules for export/import data between these applications(Novell 5.0 and Windows NT 4.0);

▪ Participated in business development analysis activities including feasibility studies, presentation, system design, implementation and development;

▪ Coordinated the implementation of the new applications and I maintained up-to-date knowledge of business issues, related to the project system design, methodologies and features of commercial and accounting software packages; for that I participated to post system implementation reviews and I provided recommendations for system improvements according with the company interests;

Mar 1997 – Feb 2000

▪ Wrote a software application for:

▪ Dealer Channels (in collaboration with Dealer Channel Managers I developed a stock strategy for dealers by creating reports required by the development of the dealers network)

▪ Legal Department who used the databases from all the teleshops in the country, Billing and Commercial Departments;

▪ after January 1999 I became System Support Engineer so I implemented, developed, maintained and troubleshoot a complex Network of Local Area Networks within IT Regional Administrators in order to operate and maintain Wide Area Network Inter-Regional Links. I supervised the Network Services Administrator in order to provide coherent Intranet and Extranet Network Services to the company users. I coordinated, together with the Metropolitan Area Network Administrator, the purveyance of a strict and coherent security and access system to the company general public resources.

▪ Installed Cisco 2500 routers at Telefónica agencies.

1995–1996

▪ analysis and programming software for the following departments: billing, financial accounting, commercial – FoxPro 2.6, network;

▪ linked that programs with a software in Pascal (this software used Brieve Files) for hotels administration (LANMark, LPOS) – FoxPro 2.6, Pascal, network;

▪ wrote protection against unauthorised copy of the programs – Assembler (80×86), Pascal.

1993–1995

▪ analysis and programming software product for the following departments: billing, financial, accounting, commercial – FoxPro2.6, network;

▪ system support: computers, printers, fax-machines, copiers and Cable TV.

Education

1989-1994

Computer Science Department

Thesis of the examination: “Expert System to Diagnose Renal Disease”

▪ Average mark of the years of studies: 9.22 (of 10);

▪ License examination mark: 10 (of 10);

March 1999

▪ Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Course 803)

▪ Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 – Core Technologies (Course 922)

▪ Internetworking Microsoft TCP/IP on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Course 688)

▪ Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 – Enterprise Technologies (Course 689)

1999 – 2000

▪ Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Administration

▪ Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Administration

▪ Programmer/Analyst Aptitude

▪ Computer Technical Support

▪ Microsoft Windows 95 Administration

▪ Microsoft Windows 98 Administration

▪ Microsoft Windows 98 Navigation

▪ Microsoft Windows 95 Navigation

▪ Math Fundamentals

2000

2002

▪ English training course

2003

▪ Professional Improvement Course in Labour Security and Health Field

Personal skill

Spanish

Operating Systems (Microsoft, Linux)

Programming languages (Pascal/Delphi, HTML, PHP)

Web administration