Experience

Techsylvania

• Romania
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & Executive Producer

  • Nov 2013 - Present

  Cluj County, Romania Techsylvania started in 2014 with 380 attendees and grew to more than 1500 attendees in 2017. The conference is an educational course for people that want to learn about the steps of building a technology companies (hence the tagline Code.Product.Funding) and attracted speakers such as: Apart from this, the event features a connected devices hackathon where developers build creative projects, as well as a startup competition that featured early stage companies from 9… Show more Techsylvania started in 2014 with 380 attendees and grew to more than 1500 attendees in 2017. The conference is an educational course for people that want to learn about the steps of building a technology companies (hence the tagline Code.Product.Funding) and attracted speakers such as: Apart from this, the event features a connected devices hackathon where developers build creative projects, as well as a startup competition that featured early stage companies from 9 countries. Previous Speakers: Tim Draper (Founder of DFJ), Gentry Underwood (Co-Founder of Mailbox), Johannes Reck (CEO GetYourGuide), Peter Halacsy (CTO & Co-Founder at Prezi), Mark Shuttleworth (Founder of Ubuntu & Canonical), Steffi Czerny (Managing Director at DLD Media), Florin Talpes (CEO at Bitdefender), Marcus Segal (Senior VP of Operations at Zynga), Peter Yared (CTO at Sapho, Former CTO CBS Interactive), Frank Meehan (Former Siri & Spotify Board Member), David Bettner (Creator of Words With Friends), Joyce Shen (Director, Emerging Technology Partnerships and Investments at Thomson Reuters), HP Jin (CEO at Telenav) Previous Partners: Riverbed, Twitter, Telekom, Bitdefender, Twilio, PayPal, Accenture, Telenav, Red to Blue, GetYourGuide, 3Pillar Global, SDL, iMedicare Media Coverage: Tech.eu, Forbes Romania, Adevarul, Business Review, Gandul, HotNews, Mediafax, Capital, Evenimentul Zilei, Libertatea, Business Magazin, Digi 24, ProTV, Agerpres, Inventures.eu Show less



On Deck

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Founder Fellowship

  • Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

  On Deck is where the world's top talent comes to connect. The On Deck Founder Fellowship (ODF) brings together an incredible group of founders who are in the early stages of building their next startup. They combine the power of community, world-class speakers, and customized support to help you build the next unicorn.



Yopeso

• Romania
• Information Technology & Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• VP Business Development

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2017



Telenav

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Product Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Nov 2015

  Cluj County, Romania - Write product requirement specifications and collaborate with product owner, development, design and QA teams - Participating in design phase of the user interface and in creating of use case scenarios - Provide continuous feedback and improvements on implemented features - Take part in the process of planning, designing and developing new products/functionalities - Identify and facilitate areas of improvement in current processes and functionality - Crafting concepts, user… Show more - Write product requirement specifications and collaborate with product owner, development, design and QA teams - Participating in design phase of the user interface and in creating of use case scenarios - Provide continuous feedback and improvements on implemented features - Take part in the process of planning, designing and developing new products/functionalities - Identify and facilitate areas of improvement in current processes and functionality - Crafting concepts, user flows, wireframes and mockups - Use of Scrum, Agile methodologies - Led efforts for integration of Foursquare local search, mobile analytics platform (Localytics), purchase pushers - Coordinated beta user programs and actively engaged to receive feedback Show less



Techstars Startup Weekend

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Organiser & Facilitator

  • Jul 2011 - Apr 2015

  Lead organizer for the Startup Weekend Cluj 2012 & 2013. Highlights of these events: - Keynote speakers: Chistoph Raethke (Founder/ CEO at Berlin Startup Academy), Ibrahim Evsan (Serial Entrepreneur and Web Evangelist) and Daniel Enache (Business angel and entrepreneur) - 40 CEO's, Investors, and business experts to become mentors at both events - 45 teams demoing startups they built in less than 54hrs My role consisted of: - Strategic project management -… Show more Lead organizer for the Startup Weekend Cluj 2012 & 2013. Highlights of these events: - Keynote speakers: Chistoph Raethke (Founder/ CEO at Berlin Startup Academy), Ibrahim Evsan (Serial Entrepreneur and Web Evangelist) and Daniel Enache (Business angel and entrepreneur) - 40 CEO's, Investors, and business experts to become mentors at both events - 45 teams demoing startups they built in less than 54hrs My role consisted of: - Strategic project management - Designing marketing campaigns to attract over 250 attendees (both events) - Designed various innovative contests to create buzz and draw interest - Raised over 10k in sponsorships and had prizes worth 15k - Led PR & marketing efforts having over 100 press articles, invitations to various TV and radio shows - National record of audience at the first event, set standard even higher at the second event - Facilitated and finalized multiple media partnerships - Raised sponsorships from: Microsoft, Vodafone, iQuest, Evozon, Fortech - Managed all finances to ensure we built an event within our monetary budget restrictions Facilitator at: Mures 2013 - The first event in Targu-Mures Organiser at: Cluj 2012 - The first event in Transylvania Romania 2012 - The third event in Bucharest Attended/supported/mentored/judged: Romania 2011 Timisoara 2014 https://www.enternships.com/en/blog/2012/5/14/more-than-dracula-entrepreneurship-in-transylvania http://www.eastist.com/2012/04/about-startup-weekend-cluj-napoca-with-vlad-ciurca/ http://www.forbes.ro/La-startup-weekend-tinerii-clujeni-dezvolta-afaceri-in-54-de-ore_0_6446.html http://transilvanialook.ro/servus-talk/video/vlad-ciurca-si-robert-muresan-despre-start-weekend-cluj-napoca Show less



Wayra

• Spain
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ambassador

  • Dec 2013 - Feb 2015



Skobbler (acquired by Telenav)

• Specification Engineer

  • Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Cluj County, Romania Products I've worked on: http://www.skobbler.com/apps/geobrain http://www.skobbler.com/apps/forevermap/android - Write product requirement specifications and collaborate with product owner, development, design and QA teams - Participating in design phase of the user interface and in creating of use case scenarios - Provide continuous feedback and improvements on implemented features - Take part in the process of planning, designing and developing new… Show more Products I've worked on: http://www.skobbler.com/apps/geobrain http://www.skobbler.com/apps/forevermap/android - Write product requirement specifications and collaborate with product owner, development, design and QA teams - Participating in design phase of the user interface and in creating of use case scenarios - Provide continuous feedback and improvements on implemented features - Take part in the process of planning, designing and developing new products/functionalities - Identify and facilitate areas of improvement in current processes and functionality - Crafted concepts, wireframes and mockups - Use of Scrum, Agile methodologies http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/21/skobbler-launches-hybrid-onlineoffline-maps-app-for-android-as-showcase-for-what-its-openstreetmaps-powered-map-engine-can-do/ Show less



Whiteboard

• Contributor

  • Oct 2012 - Nov 2013

  My full list of articles can be found here: http://www.whiteboardmag.com/author/vlad-ciurca/



How To Web

• Ambassador Startup Spotlight

  • Sep 2012 - Nov 2013

  Promoting How to Web Conference and cherry picking best startups in the region to showcase during the Startup Spotlight competition.



Transylvania Business Community

• Founder

  • Sep 2011 - Feb 2012

  It was an attempt to take the Romanian Managers CLUJ community to the next level. After trying without success to find some partners for a few months, I realized the Cluj market was not ready for something more.



CEVA Logistics

• France
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Supervisor

  • May 2009 - Dec 2011

  - Responsible for the Inbound and Outbound operations of a working shift - Using the available human resources in order to fullfill the daily operations - Managing a team of 100 people and 6 Team Leaders - Responsible for the KPI indicators - Supervising the inventory accuracy and stock loss - Checking work safety and 5S procedures - Daily analysis reports - Motivating and evaluating the team

• Outbound Team Leader

  • Jan 2009 - May 2009

  - Being responsible for the all outbounding operations inside the Nokia Factory in Jucu - Managed a team of 15 people - Monthly inventories



Kingstone Group

• Romania
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder Romanian Managers CLUJ

  • Apr 2009 - Sep 2011

  - Managing a community of 700 managers and entrepreneurs from the Cluj area - Organizing monthly business networking events with 3 or more business presentations each (leadership, project management, hr, coaching, sales themes) and taking care of all aspects of the occur - Developing the social media and the promotion strategy - Establishing local partnerships with companies that can bring added value for the community members (International School Cluj, Cluj City Center, infoLOCAL)… Show more - Managing a community of 700 managers and entrepreneurs from the Cluj area - Organizing monthly business networking events with 3 or more business presentations each (leadership, project management, hr, coaching, sales themes) and taking care of all aspects of the occur - Developing the social media and the promotion strategy - Establishing local partnerships with companies that can bring added value for the community members (International School Cluj, Cluj City Center, infoLOCAL), and also event partnerships (Jim Bagnola, JCI National Conference, Social Media Summit, Freelanceri.ro) - Over the time, we have invited as speakers people like: Catalin Ionescu (Founder CODECS), Mihai Stanescu (RoCoach), Razvan Garbacea (Regional Corporate Director BCR), Marcel Anghel (ISDC Romania Co-founder), Zsolt P. Buzogány (Former Deputy CEO of Mol Romania), Valentin Deac (Executive Director Nokia Romania), Cor Geertsma (Co-Founder and Supervisory Board Member ISDC), Simona Baciu (Founder International School Cluj), Indrei Ratiu (Chairman Pilkington Ratiu Business School) or Adrian Hadean (Culinary Blogger, MasterChef Romania). http://ziuadecj.realitatea.net/economic/antreprenoriatul-dezbatut-la-cluj--57044.html http://www.startups.ro/analize/retelele-sociale-romanesti-de-afaceri-vizeaza-monetizarea Show less



UPS

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Outbound Leading Hand

  • Mar 2008 - Jan 2009

  - Being responsible for the all outbounding operations inside the Nokia Factory in Jucu - Managed a team of 12 people - Monthly inventories



Azadea Group

• United Arab Emirates
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Asistent Manager

  • Sep 2007 - Feb 2008

  I was employed at one of their stores opened in Polus Center Cluj-Napoca - Piazza Italia , and have also done a a training in the sept 2007-oct 2007 in the Zara store from Plaza Bucharest - Managed a team of 4 people - Primary accounting - Visual merchandising



Germanos

• Greece
• Retail
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Sales Representative

  • Apr 2007 - Sep 2007

  The position was inside of one of the Germanos Cluj-Napoca stores - Activating subscriptions - Primary accounting - Merchandising - Selling products and accesories