Experience

AdsWizz

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Product Management

  • Dec 2021 - 2 years 1 month

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Product Unit Lead - Ad & Listener Experience

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  Digital audio advertising - leading all-things #SDKs, #formats and #data enablement with the mission to broaden footprint, increase engagement and move the top line north-east.



Avira (Part of Gen™)

• Germany
• Computer and Network Security
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Product Management & Engineering, IoT Security

  • Nov 2017 - Jan 2020

  Ignited and shaped the IoT product unit from the ground up. Our star product was Avira SafeThings - a top AI-based IoT security platform that enables service providers and networking gateways makers to deliver innovative services to their customers, achieve new revenue streams and gain strong competitive edge with minimum time, effort, expense or risk. Focused on both B2C and OEM markets, overarching cloud platforms, machine intelligence and proprietary hardware devices. Led all… Show more Ignited and shaped the IoT product unit from the ground up. Our star product was Avira SafeThings - a top AI-based IoT security platform that enables service providers and networking gateways makers to deliver innovative services to their customers, achieve new revenue streams and gain strong competitive edge with minimum time, effort, expense or risk. Focused on both B2C and OEM markets, overarching cloud platforms, machine intelligence and proprietary hardware devices. Led all product, marketing and engineering efforts related to https://oem.avira.com/en/solutions/safethings-for-router-manufacturers

• Head of Product Management, Open Innovation Unit

  • May 2016 - Oct 2017

  Responsible for identifying transformational potential of converging technologies in order to accelerate innovation throughout the organization. Direct report to the CEO and member of the Bucharest Office Management Board. Focus: IoT & embedded ecosystems, digital assets management, security posture (identity / privacy / behavior), data analysis (anomaly detection - statistical regression and ML based), MDM & EMM, cloud MSP, mobile

• Sr. Product Manager, Mobile Security and Performance Tools

  • Jun 2012 - May 2016

  Led strategic initiatives around augmenting key product lines, such as the mobile products portfolio, performance tools and smart support services. With responsibility spanning from market analysis and new business creation, to running lean incubating environments, I was covering both strategy (vision, lifecycle management, 4P, P&L) and tactics (roadmap, backlog, processes, methodology) in order to drive value creation. Products I managed: • Mobile Security for Android • Android… Show more Led strategic initiatives around augmenting key product lines, such as the mobile products portfolio, performance tools and smart support services. With responsibility spanning from market analysis and new business creation, to running lean incubating environments, I was covering both strategy (vision, lifecycle management, 4P, P&L) and tactics (roadmap, backlog, processes, methodology) in order to drive value creation. Products I managed: • Mobile Security for Android • Android Optimizer • AppLock+ for Android • Mobile Security for iOS • Vault for iOS • System Speedup • Vulnerability Checker • Answers



Bitdefender

• Romania
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Manager

  • Jun 2010 - May 2012

  Bucharest, Romania



Code Guard

• Firmware Engineer / Product, Co-Founder

  • Aug 2008 - Feb 2011

  Bucharest, Romania A new, but on the rise market back then, fleet management solutions were increasingly demanded by SMBs in the local market. I identified the quickest way to bring this service on the market and challenged the establishment. Exit at 20x.



Networx

• Network Software Engineer

  • Sep 2008 - Oct 2009