Building the next generation of Tech Entrepreneurs in Romania

Cristin is the co-founder and CEO of Salt & Pepper, a full-service software development company, and Co-founder of #defineSchool. His passion for technology and passing on knowledge is already a trademark. 

Daniel Metz is the businessman who founded 18 years ago EBS Romania SA. At the moment, Daniel Metz is Chairman of the Board Directors at NTT DATA Romania.

Alin Pausan is the founder of Actable1000, whose mission is to help 100 startup and tech companies founders solve real-world problems.

Ligiu is the director and founder of AirportLabs. Ligiu contributed to large infrastructure projects in Europe and Middle East

Dragos is the Founder & CEO of Synaptiq which uses Artificial Intelligence to design software solutions that provide computer-aided treatment in oncology.

Technologist and communication expert engaged in social and disruptive innovation. She co-founded Simplon Romania and Cluj Makers. Today she is managing various web projects and mobile applications like Skin Vision.

Iulian Pădurariu is one of the most outstanding strategy consultants in Romania and he co-founded the first Car-Sharing service in Romania, based – Pony Car Sharing . Currently he is the Founder of Cruiser Aviation, a airplane sharing service.

Ana-Maria Udriște is not only an entrepreneur, but a lawyer as well. In 2016, she left founded Avocatoo, a platform for legal services where clients can find a specialized lawyers, molded to their needs and with a fixed cost.  

Cornel Amariei is a inventor, author, and entrepreneur, known as the founder and inventor of .lumen, a blind assisting system which partially regains the spatial awareness of the visually impaired.

Alexandru Bogdan is Co-founder at Linnify which is a dedicated development agency, based in the heart of Transylvania, who will turn your idea into a great product and get it on the market. 

Sandu Băbăşan, an entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in IT, he is currently CEO of Blugento, a SaaS eCommerce, launched in 2016.

Magnoliu Stan is currently a Senior Trainer and Manager of the Smart HR company.  

Vlad is the Co-founder of Techsylvania and Codiax. He is passionate about building events and communities. 

Poetry, 3 Exits, and 8 Companies launched and now building the most impactful app on your reading habit, Basmo.

Ronald is a serial entrepreneur whose first projects were in telecom and IT. He is a self-confessed creativity-nut hooked on creating awesome products and solving complex issues in unusual and novel ways. Currently he is founder at Secret Sauce and co-founder at Solver. 

Matei Pavel is a serial entrepreneur & investor, he founded several successful companies and built one of the world’s largest mobile app publishing companies. T-Me Studios, Konkurs, Cautareduceri are some of the successful businesses that make us think about him. 

Until turning 26 years old, he founded many business. Some of them failed, but the rest turned into successful companies with dozens of employees and millions of euros of turnover each year. In his current portfolio there are 13 companies and an impressive network. 

As founder and long-time CEO of iQuest Group, Cornelius has had a central role in shaping the company´s vision and direction for the first 16 years of its existence. 

Ștefan’s current position is being CEO at Prepino. In the past 15 years, he has built a few successful companies, and also failed with many more.  

Bogdan Herea is the founder and CEO of PITECHPLUS He has over ten years of experience leading his own group of digital consultancy companies.

Having over 15 years experience in business strategy, management, and entrepreneurship, Ciprian is passionate about technology. Currently he is co-founder at PropTech Romania.

Corina Stirbu is a Digital & Marketing Strategist based in Cluj Napoca. Helping tech products, SaaS companies, and startups grow to the next level through data-driven actions & optimization.

Keen on customer development and user acquisition, Mircea, co-founded 3 startups. He is driven to help startups and is active in the local tech startups community (AudioBrief.News, Cluj Startups and FreshBlood).

Tech enthusiast, out-of-shape developer and really funny guy. Paul is easily triggered by anything startup-related. He co-founded several startups, pitched, raised investment and graduated two acceleration programs.

After 20 years of banking, Andrei started a new life journey in 2018, willing to build new experiences, developing his skills and autonomy as an entrepreneur and support the innovation ecosystem.

Malina is currently the Global Head of Key Accounts Program for UiPath, being responsible for building and expanding the business engagements with UiPath most strategic customers across Americas, EMEA and APJ.

Having built software products all of his professional career and he realized (the hard way) that there is more to (successful) software products than just the software so he has been focusing on improving his business acumen.

He is now CEO at Tapptitude, a Product Building Studio that partners with funded startups and established brands to build interactive, mobile-first products that improve people’s lives at scale.  

Bogdan was CEO at Onyx Beacon, one of the leading ibeacon technology providers with customers and partners. Now he is working in business development and is helping companies translate their business goals to reality.