Cristian Dina

Tekpon

CEO @ Tekpon AI Summit & Tekpon Awards

Co-Founder

Chief Revenue Officer

Chief of Staff

Account Executive

Website Manager

Social Media Manager

Forbes

Forbes 30 under 30

SaaStock Local

City Leader

SaaStock

I was a jury at the SaaStock Global Pitch Competition, where the winning startup got an investment of $500.000.

It was an opportunity to show off your up-and-coming SaaS in front of the region’s most influential VCs and funds and the wider SaaS community.

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Startup Wise Guys

Alumni SaaS Batch

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Affiliate Marketing

Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Tekpon | City Leader @ SaaStock | SaaS Podcast Host

We rise by lifting others!

Cristian Dina is the Co-Founder of Tekpon and the CEO of Tekpon AI Summit.

His work has positioned Tekpon as a trusted software buying platform used by thousands of companies worldwide.

As the CEO of Tekpon AI Summit, he's bringing together over 1,000 B2B SaaS and AI leaders, solidifying his impact on the artificial intelligence and software community.

Cristian has personally interviewed 300+ industry leaders and authored the best-selling book King of Networking, establishing himself as one of the most connected and respected voices in the ecosystem.

At just 23 years old, Cristian was named Forbes 30 Under 30 2025, representing a new generation of tech builders, bold thinkers who move fast, build with purpose, and create real impact.

Founding Member - Right Hand to CEO

> Strategic support
> Building and nurturing relationships

⚠ This will be our last event in Romania.

Tekpon AI Summit 2026 will be hosted in London.

If you ever planned to join us in Romania, this is the moment.

One last chance to feel the atmosphere that shaped everything we built.

See you all in 7 days 👋

CEO @ Tekpon AI Summit | Forbes 30 under 30 | Co-Founder @ Tekpon

It doesn’t matter if you land at 2 AM

If you’re flying in for Tekpon AI Summit, we take care of you ✈️

At Tekpon, leadership is service, not status.

When brilliant minds travel thousands of kilometers to join us, we show up

In person. No matter the hour.

👉 Flying in and need a ride? Drop a comment or DM.

👉 Are you a Romanian founder or executive and want to help bring global SaaS and AI legends to Romania?

🤝 This is your chance to welcome them and connect before the summit even begins.

This is how we do things at Tekpon AI Summit, together, from the very first step off the plane ✈️

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We just hired Cezar on Monday, and what does he do in his first day off?

It's Saturday and he's picking up guests from the airport, arriving for Tekpon AI Summit 

Not because someone asked or because it was expected

But because this is what leadership looks like at Tekpon 

You serve first. You take initiative.

Most companies wait months to see if someone is a cultural fit. We saw it in five days :)

Cezar turned a simple airport pickup
into a powerful first impression of Romania
and a meaningful connection with one of our speakers, Angeley Mullins

This is the standard we operate on. This is the culture we protect

And this is why Tekpon keeps growing as a global community

Bcause people like him don’t wait for titles to lead

If there's something that I learned about hiring is that the most important trait is hunger

As Cristiano Ronaldo says it, 'hunger is the most difficult'

See you all in 4 days at Tekpon AI Summit

🚨 New Speakers Just Dropped

Tom Hunt, Founder & CEO @ Fame 
Angeley Mullins, CEO @ Aetheris Ventures
Oren Greenberg, GTM Advisor
Mike Korba, Co-founder & CCO @ User.com by Positive  
Alex Baldovin, Founder & CEO @ Authbound  
Valentin Radu, Founder & CEO @ Omniconvert 

At Tekpon AI Summit, we bring together the people shaping the future of SaaS & AI

They’ve built brands, led teams, and reshaped the SaaS & AI landscape

And now, they’re bringing their expertise to our stage

We can’t wait to hear their stories at Tekpon AI Summit 🚀

Our unofficial "Chief Compliance Officer" has inspected all Tekpon AI Summit badges

He concluded they are extremely comfortable

If you’re joining us, please know:

Your badge has been rigorously tested for softness, durability, and nap-compatibility

We work hard. But this guy clearly works smarter

Big news for us at Tekpon

We’re welcoming Cezar Nitulescu, our new Strategic Partnership Manager to the team

Yes, he is only 21 years old

He comes in with a strong drive, a sharp mind, and a focus on performance.

Partnership growth.
Relationship building.
Market understanding.

Being the youngest in most rooms never stopped him

From sales meetings to events, he gets the same question:

“How old are you?”
“I’m 21.”
Silence. Then he lets the work talk.

I see a lot of my own early journey in him. The same hunger. The same energy. The same drive to prove yourself through action

Can't believe we're only 2 weeks away from Tekpon AI Summit 🤯

From the bottom of my heart, thank you everyone for joining Tekpon AI Summit  

Still need to process everything that happened

Yesterday we announced Tekpon AI Summit London, June 2026

Will you be joining us?

Thank you for believing in our mission and supporting us ❤️

Why we keep a Business Formal dress code at Tekpon AI Summit

Some people ask why the summit follows a business formal dress code

The short answer is that we are hosting global AI leaders, investors, and operators who fly in from all over the world.

A formal look helps us:

→ Set the tone for meaningful exchanges
→ Keep a focused and respectful environment
→ Build a sense of occasion for speakers and attendees

Step into a room full of people who are here to build the future

See you all in 5 days. And be ready for the pictures 📸

Look for these beautiful flags when coming to Tekpon AI Summit

See you in a few hours

Tomorrow you can listen to my podcast on Radio France Internationale Romania

93.5 FM in Bucharest, from 17:30 to 18:00, and again on Saturday after the 11:00 news

I’ll be sharing more about Tekpon AI Summit 2025, the story behind Tekpon, and how we’re bringing 1,000 AI and SaaS leaders from around the world to Bucharest this November

At 23, being part of the Forbes 30 Under 30 community and leading one of the most exclusive AI events in Europe is both humbling and inspiring

A big thank you to Mirel Bran and the RFI Romania team for the invitation and the inspiring conversation about technology, community, and the power of authentic networking 🙏

If you want to scale without hiring fast, this is the session you watch.

Vincent Jong, Founder @ Poolside Ventures, brings the AI-First Playbook to Tekpon AI Summit

He’ll walk through how AI reshapes product, GTM, sales strategy, and operations for extreme efficiency

With real examples from Poolside companies, you’ll see how high-traction startups operate with minimal headcount

A must-attend for anyone building lean, profitable, AI-driven companies

The most competitive companies in the next decade will be AI-first by design.

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Read the latest Tekpon Magazine tomorrow

Featuring Jeko Kolev, the founder and CEO of Nextoria 

See you all in 16 hours

A mentor sees the version of you that you can’t yet see yourself.

For me, that mentor has been Alexandru Stan

My co-founder, partner, and guide through every challenge of building Tekpon.

His insight, belief, and leadership have shaped not just the company, but the way I lead and think every day.

Being included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list is a milestone I’ll always be proud of,but it’s also a reminder that no achievement stands alone.

Behind every step forward, there are people who push you, challenge you, and inspire you to aim higher.

Thank you, Alex, for your mentorship, guidance, and partnership. This recognition is as much yours as it is mine.

We’re partnering with BizzyNow as the Official Networking App for the Tekpon AI Summit

All participants will be able to connect, match, and collaborate directly through the BizzyNow app

This will create real opportunities for meaningful conversations and partnerships in the AI ecosystem

Download the app using the link below 👇

This guy is the reason why we’re doing Tekpon AI Summit

Last year, Kazik kept pushing me to let him speak.

I told him Tekpon Awards doesn’t have speakers.

He didn’t accept that. For a month, he kept insisting.

He even said he wouldn’t attend unless he could teach something real.

Because of that persistence, we added Day 3 at the UiPath office, our first-ever workshop day.

It was experimental. It wasn’t planned.

And his session became a turning point.

He taught people how to build and use AI agents, and everyone walked out with their mindset changed.

That moment made everything clear. This is what the ecosystem actually needs.

And that’s why Tekpon AI Summit exists today.

This year, Kazik is coming back with The Human - AI Collaboration Playbook.

You’ll learn how to eliminate frustrating AI interactions, compress weeks of research into hours, and know when predictable workflows outperform autonomous agents.

Kazik Pietka. The person who pushed us to raise the bar. And the perfect person to take this summit’s stage.

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Todd Paris is flying all the way from the US to teach how AI search visibility really works

He will show why top Google pages rarely appear in AI answers. Less than ten percent overlap.

The gap is real and it is reshaping how brands get noticed.

What we'll learn tomorrow:

✅ How AI engines pick their sources
✅ Why GEO and SEO tell different stories
✅ What brands must change to stay visible

Thank you IQRush.ai for supporting the event. You can head to IQRush.ai to take their AI Readiness quiz 🚀

💸 56% savings. One smart move.

When Clym, a fast-growing digital compliance SaaS, decided to scale through partnerships, they needed a reliable affiliate marketing platform to power their new program

They found the perfect one, an enterprise-grade solution used by global brands.

But the annual cost? $30,000 👀

Instead of compromising on quality or settling for a cheaper tool, they turned to Tekpon’s procurement service for help.

✅ We ran a full discovery call to understand the needs and goals
✅ Saved them $16,800 and weeks of back-and-forth
✅ Negotiated the price down to $13,200 /year

Today Clym’s affiliate program is live and thriving, without burning through their budget.

This is what smart software buying looks like.

Real companies. Real savings. Real results.

👇 Full story by Ana-Maria Stanciuc below

Opening the stage at Tekpon AI Summit,

Sara Maldon sets the tone for Artificial Intelligence

As Head of Business Automation & AI at Make, she knows what it takes to scale AI

It all starts with one question, what actually works?

She will share the playbook on how they built scalable agentic systems that deliver real outcomes

Expect lessons from real-world experiments, failures, and successes that turn AI into action

Don't miss this rare session for anyone serious about operationalizing AI 🚀

Shwetank Tamer

Founder / CEO at Cooee® - AI that converts more of the 97% visitors in Ecommerce | Podcast host "Brewing Ecommerce" | Shopify Conversion Optimization

Endorsed Exceptional Talent in Digital Technology by the Govt of UK.

Building Cooee to solve the #1 problem in eCommerce - miserable conversion rates.
With all the advancement in AI/Tech, conversion rates globally for D2C digital brands havent changed in a decade. 90% of brands are unable to convert enough visitors to break even and survive. Cooee is on a mission to change this 1 store at a time. Our revolutionary deep-tech platform engages website visitors based on their real time intent rather than historic segmentation and personalises engagement for each, uniquely. Laser focused on Shopify ecosystem as the moment with plans to launch native/API based solution soon.

Background of developing, deploying and selling digital products in 80+ countries ,both in B2B & D2C model. 

With experience in solution sales, business development, partnerships, CXO management, project & service delivery for large digital transformation projects. Managed business upwards of $50 million annually. A significant contributor in scaling a start-up on to a global scale, now operating in 100+ countries. 

Mentoring and consulting 3 companies in India & UK. Lived and worked in 5 countries.

At a personal level am passionate to make people aware of their digital footprint and how it impacts their entire life. Determined to make internet safer for our younger generation.

CEO & Founder

If I made a list of dream companies to work with, Durex would be on top ⭐️

Known for their innovation and creative ad’s, they sure know how to ignite the passion.

At Cooee, we are super pumped to be partnering with the amazing team for their D2C website personalization and conversion optimization.

Now that’s what I say, delivering an experience onsite and beyond🔥🛍️

Shashank Agrawal, Shikhar Jain, Jyotii Sharma, Pooja Jadhav, David Berry, Kunaal B, Viraj Choudhary, Anishka Ashtankar, Jayesh Deshmukh, Karthik Naidu, Yashashwini Lahoti, Amogh Waghunde ✪

Founder / CEO at Cooee® - AI that converts more of the 97% visitors in Ecommerce | Shopify Conversion Optimisation

Smart personalisation isn’t spammy, it’s about helping your visitors find what they are looking for faster.

Most brands spend so much time and money on social media channels for acquiring targetted traffic but they end us showing the same post click experience on their Shopify website.

#AI now allows us to analyse realtime website analytics + behavioural events to understand the stage of buying journey each visitor is at to deliver a 1-to-1 personalised onsite experience.

Cooee 🛍️

Did you see the Mous viral dam jump ??


Although I absolutely loved the video, am glad I didn't have to do anything like that to have partnered with them at Cooee 🛍️ 

Thank you to the amazing team Issy Foot, Emma Holmes, Ben Alun-Jones, Hugh Williams.

We wont be able to jump the mountains for you but would definitely A/B test the heck out of those funnels to deliver improved conversions 📈 

Link to the viral video in comments.

Shashank Agrawal, Shikhar Jain, David Berry, Kunaal B, Anishka Ashtankar

So it begins.... 🚨 Black Friday Sales 🚨

If you had to pick just one strategy to guarantee improved conversions it should be to .......

Not treating each landing visitor the same.

Every one coming to your shopify store is in a different stage of buying journey. 

Ecommerce brands need to analyse the onsite behaviour to understand this and then personalise the Homepage > Collections > Product > Cart to achieve a full funnel conversion optimisation.

For this #BFCM, may the margins be with you 📈 🛍️ 

Cooee, Shikhar Jain, Shashank Agrawal, David Berry, Jyotii Sharma, Pooja Jadhav, Kunaal B, Viraj Choudhary, Anishka Ashtankar, Jayesh Deshmukh, Karthik Naidu, Yashashwini Lahoti, Amogh Waghunde ✪, Krishna Dhondgé, Omkar Kandke, Aryan Thube, Abhishek Taparia, Ashish Gaikwad, Rahul Dewangan

Shoppers have started looking for Black Friday offers 🛍️

Ecommerce brands, make the most of every 💲you spend on acquiring traffic by engaging with each visitor as per the stage of buying journey they are at.

1-to-1 personalisation, in realtime.

Cooee

Black Friday fever is taking over my home as well 😂 🛍️ 

My 8 year old hears me talking to different ecommerce brands all the time and in the past weeks it's all been about BFCM offers.

So she created a phone and now demands for an iPhone, given it will be on discount in the coming weeks ......

D2C brands, most of your prospective customers have been doing their research. Visiting different website and explore the kind of savings they can make.

Ensure you don't treat all visitors the same when they land on your Shopify store. Engage with them as per the stage of buying journey they are at to boost conversions and fuel revenues 📈 🚀 

Cooee

Kicking off ecommerce shopping season with an amazing customer review.

Superkicks is no doubt the place where one can find the most premium and desirable sneakers. To witness their phenomenal growth has been such a pleasure 🛍️ 

If I can let you in on the secret, it's because the way Dheeraj Kashyap & Sibbi Pillai look, analyse and obsess on data. 

Thank you for your support and partnership team, Team Cooee loves being part of your 🚀🚀🚀  

Shashank Agrawal, Shikhar Jain, Viraj Choudhary, Kunaal B, Jyotii Sharma, Pooja Jadhav, David Berry, Jayesh Deshmukh, Anishka Ashtankar

Hard truth is most traditional A/B tests are glorified button-color experiments, Here's what's broken .......

We work with 000's of ecommerce brands on Shopify to say 99% of them think of conversion optimisation is about a change in button colour, text or messaging.

But they don't understand 👇 

❌ Showing two different button colours might have an impact on click through rates but a visitor don't make a purchase decision only on that.

❌ A visitor journey includes browsing across Homepage > Collections > Product page > Cart but A/B tests are run only on a single page.

❌ It's take an average 3.2 sessions for an visitor to converts but traditional A/B test approach divides the traffic is 50%-50% split not taking into account the number of visits or stage of buying journey they are at.

At Cooee, we strongly advocate these two pillars for conversion optimisation:

1️⃣ A/B tests are not CRO but just a small part of it

2️⃣ Our platform has capabilities to run full funnel A/B tests that allows brands to deliver a 1-to-1 personalised experience across the buying journey based on clicks done on previous pages.

Here's the impact we delivered for a D2C jewellery brand just in 1 week📈 

Shikhar Jain, Shashank Agrawal, Jyotii Sharma, Pooja Jadhav, David Berry, Kunaal B, Viraj Choudhary, Anishka Ashtankar, Jayesh Deshmukh

#BFCM ➡️ How to deliver Collections page personalisation !!

Multi SKU D2C brands bring a decent % of their paid traffic onto collections page. Aim is for visitors to discover the range of products they offer so it sparks interest and these impressions lead visitors to a particular product page as they move ahead in the conversion funnel.

Visitors landing can be clubbed majorly on the following segments:
👉 1st time visitors(Organic, via ad's)
👉 Repeat visitors that have not made a purchase
👉 Visitors with abandoned carts
👉 Repeat customers

Messaging across the scroll needs to be personalised to each visitor, taking into account the stage of buying journey they are at.

Doing this will ensure you make the most of every $$ spend and fuel your conversions.

Cooee 🛍️

Jyotii Sharma, Pooja Jadhav, David Berry, Shashank Agrawal, Shikhar Jain, Kunaal B, Viraj Choudhary, Anishka Ashtankar, Jayesh Deshmukh

#BFCM ➡️ How to deliver Homepage personalisation !!

Visitors landing can be clubbed majorly on the following segments:
👉 1st time visitors(Organic, via ad's)
👉 Repeat visitors that have not made a purchase
👉 Visitors with abandoned carts
👉 Repeat customers

Messaging across the scroll needs to be personalised to each visitor, taking into account the stage of buying journey they are at.

Doing this will ensure you make the most of every $$ spend and fuel your conversions.

Cooee 🛍️ 

Jyotii Sharma, Pooja Jadhav, David Berry, Shashank Agrawal, Shikhar Jain, Kunaal B, Viraj Choudhary, Anishka Ashtankar, Jayesh Deshmukh

#BFCM ➡️ How to deliver personalisation on product page !!

80% plus traffic via paid channels is directed towards specific pdp's during Black Friday sale. Arriving visitors are in different stage of buying journey and D2C brands should customise their website experience based on this in real time.

Important factors  for product page personalisation:
👉 1st time visitors/repeat visitor/repeat customer
👉 Number of sessions to purchase
👉 Buying intent
👉 UTM source/channel where they are coming from

For example on 1st session try to highlight product benefits, on 2nd session offer a bundle and on 3rd a FOMO with stock counter.

Aim of product page personalisation is to remove all doubts in the mind of the buyer so they move forward with conversion.

Cooee 🛍️

Jyotii Sharma, Pooja Jadhav, David Berry, Shashank Agrawal, Shikhar Jain, Kunaal B, Viraj Choudhary, Anishka Ashtankar, Jayesh Deshmukh

Black Friday is just a few days away & we are giving away our strategy playbook !!

This week, we will showcase the parts/blocks of your website to personalise for maximise impact and conversions.

First one - Homepage coming tomorrow.

Cooee 🛍️ 

Jyotii Sharma, Pooja Jadhav, David Berry, Shikhar Jain, Shashank Agrawal, Viraj Choudhary, Kunaal B

Gearing up for #BFCM 📈 

Launched a new feature for Shopify merchants to be able to see daily SKU sales and zoom in on which strategy lead to it. Organic discovery or via onsite personalisation 🎯 

Your website is the your most priced real estate, engaging with each visitor in realtime as per stage of buying journey boost conversion like no other.

Cooee 🛍️

🛍️ Black Friday came, hooray hooray,

The cart conversions went flying every way!

Mom got a deal on socks, Dad couponed a chair,

And Grandma’s running for half-price hair! 🤑

Cooee 📈 

#blackfriday #discounts #ecommerce

#BFCM ➡️ How to deliver data driven personalisation on the Cart 🛒 

The last checkpoint before the final conversion. 

Intent of visitors is very high, they want to move ahead until there is something that makes them unsure to change their mind. Also this is the place where upsells/cross sells works like magic, the critical AOV boosters.

Important factors for cart personalisation:
👉 1st time visitors/repeat visitor/repeat customer
👉 Number of products on the cart
👉 Strategy to be used to push AOV - Free Shipping, Free Gift, Subscriptions etc
👉 Buying intent

We have seen adding product specific reviews and also BOGO's can prove to be very effective.

Go, rock this Black Friday !!

Cooee 🛍️

Jyotii Sharma, Pooja Jadhav, David Berry, Shashank Agrawal, Shikhar Jain, Kunaal B, Viraj Choudhary, Anishka Ashtankar, Jayesh Deshmukh

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