Daniel Mandea Email & Phone Number

Cluj-Napoca, Cj, Ro

Cluj, Romania

While establishing the new IT services division of @MTD Technology and transforming it into the main revenue stream for the company, I've adeptly balanced the roles of Executive Partner and Digital Architect. As Executive Partner, I provided technical expertise, strategic guidance, and leadership, ensuring smooth client experiences and driving our business strategy.Even-though I began as a Digital Architect, my focus has shifted towards strategic leadership, and now I am concentrating on supporting our organization's direction, aligning our strategies with our goals and serving as a primary point of contact for our clients. Responsibilities:Provide IT Business strategy and guidance; Actively contribute to the development and execution of the company's strategic plans;Drive business growth by identifying new opportunities, building relationships with key clients, and expanding the client base;Act as a liaison between various stakeholders, including clients, partners, and internal teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration;Oversee and guide teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance. Make informed decisions that align with the organization's goals and values, considering both short-term and long-term impacts;Contribute to financial planning and management, ensuring budgets align with strategic objectives and overseeing financial performance; Identify and mitigate potential risks, ensuring the organization operates within compliance standards and legal regulations; Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs, participate in steering committees for different projects and ensuring the delivery of exceptional service.Leading product delivery and release management for internal products like ClaimIT and always assure that our deliverables (including architecture, technical design, code development, and QA) reach high quality standards.

Cluj, Romania

Claim IT is a state-of-the-art ERP system for business management that helps companies gain insights that drive operational decisions, optimize resource utilization, enhance operational processes, and manage invoices efficiently.

Germany

As Founder and CTO of Figure IT, I am responsible for blending technology and creativity to craft exceptional digital experiences. With a passion for innovation and a knack for turning ideas into reality, I lead our team in delivering tailored solutions that make brands shine in the digital landscape.I'm dedicated to staying ahead of digital trends and leveraging cutting-edge tech to empower our clients. From web design to app development, we create solutions that not only meet expectations but exceed them.As an entrepreneur, I've nurtured Figure IT from day one. We're not just a digital agency, but a collaborative partner for businesses seeking to elevate their online presence. Our agile approach and customer-centric focus set us apart.Innovation is our core, and it's what drives our projects. I'm passionate about exploring new avenues to transform challenges into opportunities, all while ensuring our client's goals are met with style and substance.

Cluj County, Romania

As I advanced in my career I’ve certified myself as an Architect, and took the First Line Manager role, leading the mobile team based in IBM Cluj-Napoca, until I oversaw its growth, establishing it as the primary delivery hub for mobile projects in Romania.Within my technical role I’ve been involved in designing, analysing and delivering projects from digital ecosystem mobile & web. Additionally, I supported the sales teams in securing new bids within the digital domain. My involvement speared through various zones leading solution ideation, design, implementation, and e business context review. Maintaining close relationships with business owners, I collaborated extensively with Product Management and development teams to ensure client satisfaction and meet business requirements.Responsibilities:Lead from a functional and career perspective IBM Mobile Practice from Cluj-Napoca (~ 35 employees); Coach practitioners and interns to achieving their career goals; Participate in sales operations alongside with my colleagues from IBM Business Division (GBS); Participate in the whole app life cycle, including concept, architecture, design, build, deployment, testing, and release;Take ownership of the solution from end to end and be responsible for translating functional requirements into a mobile solution. Designing and building advanced Mobile SDK’s for both iOS & Android platforms;Designing a mobile WebService called Test Driver that would connect with certain backend components and enhance end to end testing for Mobile SDK;Staying close to the development team and act as a technical advisor to application development teams to plan, implement, and support new and existing mobile applications.Define whole platform architecture for certain components;

Cluj County, Romania

As a Mobile Application Architect I was responsible of defining technical solutions, architect platform specific components; develop & prototype mobile applications for phones, tablets and watches for both internal and external use; defining high level architecture, system security, mobile components security, client - server crypto protocols; defining high level estimation; defining code quality standards. Participate in full app life-cycle: concept, architecture, design, build, deploy, test and release to app store. Work with product teams on new product ideas, designs, prototypes, architectures and estimates. Keep up-to-date on current and upcoming features in relevant products and platforms. Drive a best practices approach to the continuous improvement of our products, processes, and tools.

Cluj County, Romania

As an iOS developer I was responsible for developing applications for mobile devices powered by Apple’s iOS operating system. Within this role I was responsible for: - Designing and building advanced applications for the iOS platform.- Client Interaction both IBM GBS and final Client.- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design and ship new features.- Define architecture for certain components - Design, develop, test and implement an iOS application as well as continue productionof new versions of the application.- Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability and general reliability.- Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.- Operates effectively in a fast paced, deadline driven, collaborative and iterativeprogramming environment.

Cluj County, Romania

During my period at Mind Magnet (now Pitech) I tried to push mobile technologies to the limits and worked with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications.Responsibilities: Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform; Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features; Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability; Work on bug fixing and improving application performance; Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximise development efficiency.

Cluj County, Romania

As a freelance iOS Developer I was responsible for developing multiple types of application from single page apps to large social media apps. Within the projects that I've worked for I mainly focused on architecting client - server communication; architecting caching mechanism; collaborated with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new functionalities; inspected application performance using xCode Profiler; Bug fixing and performance improvements; Code review;I've always tried to continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Cluj County, Romania

As an iOS developer I was responsible to design and build applications for mobile devices running Apple's iOS operating software. Main responsible have been to designing and coding the base application, ensuring the quality of the application, fixing application bugs, maintaining the code, implementing application updates, integrate with third party SDKs, implement client-server communication in collaboration with backend team, work on bug fixing and improving application performance.I've always had an eye on continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Cluj Napoca

Used Objective-C, Java and Titanium to develop mobile applications for iOS and Android. Involved at every project phrase, from concept creation to app store deployment.Responsible for general maintenance of application library and debugging. Tested applications on device simulators and actual devices to fine-tune products. Supported junior members of the team, providing ongoing advice and guidance. Planned and developed detailed project plans. Involved in full product life cycle from design and development to deployment. Observed best practice standards in Objective-C. Helped to generate mobile-friendly versions of existing websites. Developed and debugged via xCode and Instruments. Responsible for bandwidth, memory and performance optimisation to reduce total data costs. Developed games using Cocos 2D frame work. Used SQLite and SQLite Manager for storing application data.

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master'S Degree, Informatics, 9.20

Bachelor In Economics, Computer And Information Sciences, General, Bussines Informations Systems, 8.70

Algorithms and data structures (C) Graphics (Web design, HTML, CSS, Javascript) Networking Operating Systems (Windows Server, Linux, Mac.