Team
Mihai Florin Talpos Phd
- Phd in Strategic Management;
- + 15 years of entrepreneurial experience;
- multidisciplinary writer, holder of the title of: “author of the best management book of the year 2012”;
- 15 years in banking (middle & top management positions);
- co-founder of numerous companies and organizations, such as: Informal School of IT, Digital Stack, Informal Tech, Psychometric Systems, Statim Solutions, InteGreat, Smart Health Cluster, Press Cluster etc.
Gabriel Florea
- Finance executive with more than 25 years of proven experience at regional and global level in multi-billion corporations leaders in their industries;
- Serial entrepreneur with interest in technology, health and education;
- Independent director and senior advisor to start-ups and scale-ups;
- Associate lecturer in international finance at ICN Business School, Nancy, France;
- Founder and member of the Board of Directors of the “Romanian – Luxembourg Business Forum”, the bilateral chamber of commerce aiming to improve the economical exchanges between the two countries.
Florin Pop
- entrepreneur, investment specialist and business consultant with over 25 years of experience;
- over 200 business projects supported over the years, in various forms, from the position of Strategic Advisor to Business Mentor;
over 50 million euros attracted in the form of various investments in companies and assisted projects; - jury member in incubation and acceleration programs of national and international importance, such as Worth, Start-up Wise Guys, Venture Thrives, Reaktor and EIT Digital Venture Program, FIX Cluj, LevelUp, Start-up Weekend, Innovations Labs, EIT Urban Mobility, EduTech, ASMA, NASA Space Apps Challenge Romania (2023), Future of Food (2023), Cassini hackathon Romania (2023) etc.
Laurentiu Stan
financial consultant certified as Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) by The Exit Planning Institute (USA);
authorized appraiser for almost 20 years;
15 years in the valuation of businesses and intangible assets, such as licenses, patents, software, intellectual property rights, trademarks and last but not least: Value Growth Advisory;
ANEVAR Accredited Member (MAA) for the specialization Valuation of businesses and intangible assets, Certified Valuation Analyst – CVA™, by The European Association Of Certified Valuators And Analysts – EACVA™, Recognized European Valuer – REV®, by The European Group Of Valuers’ Associations – TEGoVA and member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – RICS.
Marius Razvan Bulgaru
entrepreneur, with 20 years of activity in the field of implementing projects financed with European funds;
coordinator and project manager of several projects aimed for Development Strategies at local, regional and national level;
General Manager of ABG Business Tools, a company whose mission is to support the development of the capacity of the Romanian public administration and private actors in the preparation and implementation of economic and social development projects;
Co-founder and member of the Smart Health Cluster.
Alexandra Jivan
Tech, Investment, Commercial and Data protection attorney, with nearly 15 years of experience in business consulting, for clients active in various fields of activity;
Providing legal advice to business angels and startups, in over 40 investment projects, especially in seed rounds Partner in Legal For;
Her passion and high involvement allowed her to become mentor for startups, speaker at VC events and business angel.
Cosmin Porumb Phd
- one of the Hypermedia co-founders, a fully dedicated IT specialist with 20+ years experience proven by his technical and managerial responsibilities assumed in 200+ R&D projects;
- he masters all the knowledge and skills on cutting-edge technologies such as video collaboration systems, mobile multimedia applications, interactive learning platforms, computer-supported collaborative learning environments, complex e-business solutions, and advanced human-computer interaction tools;
- he has been involved in many software development projects with Romanian partners, as well as foreign partners from USA, Korea, Germany, Italy, France, etc.
Andrei Nistor
- Entrepreneur in journalism, he owns the media platforms Știrile Transilvaniei, Digitalio and Local Agenda;
- PR and communication specialist with experience in multinational corporations;
- Trainer specialized in soft skills, sales and management, with a background in banking and FMCG companies;
- The President of the Press Cluster, the first cluster of media publishers and content creators in Romania.
Andrada Persu
- 10 years lawyer, specialized in Intellectual Property;
- 4 years experience at Acta Marque – IP agency;
- Board Member at European Young Bar Association.