Builder first, then CTO.
12+ years in CTO and founder roles. I started Symphony Apps in Bucharest in 2017 and have been shipping products through it since — mobility, fintech, regulated instruments, marketplaces, and lately a lot of AI that has to survive contact with real users.
CTO at Waave in New York and Boston from 2019 to 2025, CTO at HipCar and Citylink from 2018 to 2025, Concept Apps from 2012 to 2023, and full-stack engineering for Romania's Ministry of Health from 2021 to 2023. Forbes 30 Under 30 Romania in 2014.
MSc in Advanced Automation, UPG Ploiești. Bilingual Romanian and English. Based in Bucharest, working remote across the EU and US.
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Taxi dispatch platform
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Public transport app
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MVP delivery
iOS + Android + backend
Principles
How I work
- 01Automate before hiring.
- 02Free tools until they cost more than paid ones.
- 03Every decision has a written trade-off.
- 04Concrete over abstract.
- 05Ship daily.
Regulated industries
If you're in fintech or insurance and your first question is "have you done compliance work?" — yes. Production KYC at Citylink and HipCar, including external verification of vehicles, documents and licences. NTEP certification of a taxi meter app in the US at Waave, with measurement error under 0.1%. Public health sector engineering for Romania's Ministry of Health.
Got a product that needs to go further?
Fixed-price scope in the first call. No discovery phase invoice.