In the Spotlight | with Andreea Pipernea (NN Private Pensions Fund)
Andreea Pipernea is the CEO of NN Private Pensions Fund, being a professional with 20+ years of experience in banking, asset management, and insurance within European and global institutions. She is passionate about business strategy and committed to supporting the growth and development of Romanian entrepreneurial companies. Andreea Pipernea shared with us what does the process… Read more »
In the Spotlight | with Laura Ștefan (Mastercard Romania)
Laura Ștefan is the Director, Commercial and Nontraditional Business Development at Mastercard Romania. Being a finance professional with more than 10 years of experience in the banking sector, Laura also works closely with lean practices and processes. She revealed her thoughts about the state of innovation within the payment sector, how does Mastercard integrate innovation in… Read more »
In the Spotlight | with Lavinia Neagoe and Daniel Rizea (Fitbit)
Lavinia Neagoe is a Senior Engineering Manager & Bucharest Technology Site Lead at Fitbit, with 15 years of experience in leading global engineering teams. Her mission is to drive excellence in building new technology for businesses and customers. The ultimate goal is to impact people’s lives in a positive way through technology and innovation. Lavinia… Read more »
In the Spotlight | with Bogdan Axinia (eMAG Ventures)
Bogdan Axinia is a senior leader with 16 years of experience in tech companies, currently working as advisor with C-level executives and their teams to drive business growth through technology. He revealed to us his perspective about a good relationship between investors and founders, the strengths and weaknesses of entrepreneurs and the potential of the… Read more »
In the Spotlight | with René Schöb (KPMG Romania)
René Schöb is the Head of Tax & Legal at KPMG Romania and coordinator of the KPMG Romania Startup Grow Pad Program, aimed to help startups find the right resources and financing they need to develop and grow. René Schöb helps companies to create value by expanding in new territories and embracing new technologies. He shared… Read more »
In the Spotlight | with Horia Velicu (BRD – Groupe Société Générale)
Horia Velicu is the Head of Innovation Lab at BRD, responsible for sustaining bank’s innovation initiatives. He joined the company in 2003 and performed various roles in the financial markets perimeter. As a former investment banking operations manager, in this innovation related role, Horia Velicu is exploring new kind of solutions and partnerships, with a… Read more »
In the Spotlight | with Gabriel Diaconescu (BearingPoint Romania)
Gabriel Diaconescu is a Senior Manager at BearingPoint Romania, responsible for the BearingPoint Business Services Unit in Romania. He joined the company in 2014, focusing on digital innovation in various industries. A former entrepreneur, in his role, Gabriel Diaconescu is combining his business knowledge with technology expertise, integrating innovative digital solutions into the business processes… Read more »
5 Questions with April Dunford (author and product positioning expert) – Part 2
April Dunford (CEO Ambient Strategy) is an executive consultant, speaker and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. She is a globally recognized expert in positioning and market strategy, and has launched 16 products into market across her 25-year career as VP of marketing at a series… Read more »
5 Questions with Bob Moesta (co-architect of the Jobs-to-be-Done framework)
Bob Moesta is a leading product specialist, co-architect and promoter of the Jobs To Be Done theory, a set of principles that later turned into a framework for improving the marketing and innovative business processes. Jobs To Be Done is built on the simple yet essential perspective that people “hire” products and services to get… Read more »
5 Questions with Laurentiu Ghenciu (VP of EMEA Sales – 2Checkout)
Laurentiu Ghenciu is a senior sales leader, with 10+ years expertise in building sales teams, processes and customer success. As VP of EMEA sales at 2Checkout, Laurentiu’s main responsibilities are coordinating the sales team in this region, as well as the relationship management with the main customers. He started his career as a product manager… Read more »
5 Questions with April Dunford (author and product positioning expert) – Part 1
April Dunford (CEO Ambient Strategy) is an executive consultant, speaker and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. She is a globally recognized expert in positioning and market strategy, and has launched 16 products into market across her 25-year career as VP of marketing at a series… Read more »
5 Questions with Michael Perry (Shopify) – Part 2
Michael Perry is Director of Product, Marketing Technology at Shopify. In his role, he specializes on product development for SMBs as it relates to tools that would simplify marketing. As an entrepreneur himself, Perry founded Kit, the virtual employee app for small businesses, which was acquired by Shopify in 2016. Previously, Michael founded GVING, which… Read more »