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As a fractional CTO, I offer strategic technology leadership and expertise tailored to various organizational needs. Whether assisting smaller companies that benefit from part-time CTO services or partnering with existing CTOs in larger organizations to define and execute their vision, I provide world-class know-how across the spectrum. I support companies in succeeding in their digital transformation objectives by improving the value they deliver to their clients. I organize technology departments around better interactions and workflows that help companies achieve more with fewer investments. 

My main achievements:

➝ Audit & Consulting. Conducted audits of multiple companies' product and technology departments, identifying improvement areas, providing actionable recommendations that increased efficiency, and leading those transformations.
➝ Technical Advisory & Benchmarking. Part of a team that developed and implemented a standardized benchmarking system for technology departments, enabling more accurate performance tracking and promoting best practices across the industry. 
➝ Due Diligence. Streamlined the due diligence process for multiple M&A deals, auditing and delivering the conclusions in under 5 days.
➝ Mentoring. Part of the team that developed a comprehensive assessment and mentoring program tailored to individual CTO needs. I successfully guided, helped self-assess, or mentored multiple CTOs in the program above.

CTO as a Service; fractional CTO

I am leading a department of more than 40 people that manages an information system containing 250+ solutions ranging from SaaS to custom, internally developed products. We support the group's operations and, most importantly, our hyper-growth. 

I have two primary responsibilities:
1. Ensuring the effectiveness of our platform
2. Having the right people in the right places, which most of all includes their growth

My main achievements for that period:
➝ Growth. Evolving our information system to support the company's yearly growth of over 20%
➝ Delivery & Governance. Creating the appropriate governance for delivering great value all these years
➝ (re)Organization. Constantly adapting to our stakeholder requirements, ensuring our teams are self-organized around value delivery
➝ Modern System Architecture. Multiple modern evolutions of the system architecture. Migration to Azure, data architecture, data lake, data warehouse and speed layers, micro-services, smart micro monoliths, low-code solutions
➝ Recruiting and staffing. Creation and consolidation of teams
➝ Professional Growth for Everyone. Maintaining the proper focus on each person's professional growth

VP of Engineering / Head of Development

During this period I was responsible for the biggest client of our group, a multi-million yearly contract. I led a team of 40+ people with various software development roles and was also part of the client's organization as a Delivery Manager. 

My main achievements for that period:
➝ High Customer Satisfaction. Successfully managed this multi-million contract for a period of 2+ years.
➝ Delivery Management. Coordination of delivery across 8 teams which included activities from roadmap creation to architecture to implementation and delivery of customer value.
➝ Team Creation & Staffing. 8 teams, 40+ people.
➝ Maintenance & Innovation. Delivery of new applications and products while maintaining the right focus on previous generation products
➝ Coaching. Inspired and coached internal and external roles.
➝ Training. Trained 200+ persons on different agile topics (Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, Conflict Management)

Agile Coach / Delivery Manager

Delivering high-quality training sessions to professionals in the software industry. Over this period, I trained more than 800 individuals on various technical and agile topics, helping them enhance their skill sets and grow in their careers. Since 2020 I have been an ICAgile Authorized Instructor.

My main achievements:
➝ Technical Training: Training for over 300 professionals on various technical subjects, such as microservices and API design, clean code, clean architecture, TDD, web development, testing strategies, data strategies and governance and more.
➝ Agile Training: Delivered comprehensive training sessions to over 500 individuals, focusing on the agile mindset, frameworks and methodologies, scrum, kanban, agile at scale, facilitation, conflict management, and more.
➝ Curriculum Development: Designed and continuously updated a robust training curriculum, ensuring that the content remained relevant and engaging to meet the evolving needs of the industry. Proficient in both classroom and online training.
➝ Measurable Impact: Achieved a 4.8/5 satisfaction rate among training participants, with many reporting significant improvements in their job performance and career growth following the training sessions.

Agile and Technical Trainer

Eurofins Group

➝ Building Teams. I recruited and formed an out-of-the-ordinary development team in Paris and I supported the recruitment of team members in our Luxembourg development team. 
➝ Team Leading, I was the Scrum Master of multiple teams in different geographical locations: Paris, Nantes, Luxembourg. I supported the evolution and growth of those teams through 2 years of intense refactoring and evolution of an existing system.
➝ Developing Solutions. Re-writing our orders module that processed millions of test orders per year.

Development Team Lead / Scrum Master

Trace One

➝ Team Leading. For multiple teams of 3-7 people.
➝ Technical Innovation. Implemented an UI architecture transition to AngularJS, MVC4, and WebApi for the vNext solution that Traceone was building at that moment.

Lead .NET Developer. Technical Lead

Digital Data Services SRL

➝ Team Leading. Agricultural Census of 2010 and the Population Census of 2011.
➝ Software Development. Data Collection System for ANCOM (the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communication of Romania).

Lead .NET Developer

➝ Software Development. eSOP, the biggest system of statistical data collection for the National Statistics Institute.
➝ Software Development. First CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing) solution for the National Statistics Institute.

.NET Developer

Accenture Technology Solutions

➝ Software Development. FR-RO .NET team, SharePoint solution
➝ Software Development. IT-RO .NET team, WPF Media Player / Music Store Solution for a big Italian Telecom client

I help software companies and their teams get what they want by doing more things with less effort and better quality. I do this by consolidating, improving, and reconstructing areas like governance, organization, and delivery and focusing on what matters. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞.

I am a CTO, Technical Advisor, Agile Coach, and Mentor. I am part of two worlds that create winning conditions - knowing the appropriate steps to succeed and doing them. 

Over the years, I delivered great products, led tens of teams, and managed multi-million yearly budgets.

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