George Dita
Program & Product Manager
36 years old
Driving License
Bucharest Romania
Employed
Open to opportunities
Deeply focused on helping companies develop products and grow.
Worked as a program manager and startup consultant in the the last years with the main areas of expertise in product management and business development.
Formally trained as a Software Engineer with a specialization in Computer Vision and Robotics occupied several tech positions in the corporate world and SMEs
Worked as a program manager and startup consultant in the the last years with the main areas of expertise in product management and business development.
Formally trained as a Software Engineer with a specialization in Computer Vision and Robotics occupied several tech positions in the corporate world and SMEs
Founder & Product Manager
WiseUp
Since 2016
- Training
- Coaching
- Workshop design and delivery
Program Manager In Residence
Techsoup
July 2016
to April 2017
Consultant
Bucharest
Romania
- Designed and led Opening Opportunities: a national wide tech entrepreneurship program for high school students. Over the course for 8 months the students improved: tech skills, team collaboration and sales capabilities.
- 2600 Students
- 10 Cities
- 30+ high schools
- 90 mentors
- By the end of the program 40 teams and projects were fully completed, being production read, and the students followed up by winning numerous other competitions.
Principal Adviser and Co-Founder
MVP Angels
June 2015
to 2016
United Kingdom
- Fundraising for the syndicate, assembling a team of 18 angels, aimed for 2-3 early stage investments
- Scouting for startups
- Making the investment decision
- Performing Due Diligence
Startups Program Manager/Managing Co-Director
How to Web
September 2014
to March 2016
Full-time
Bucharest
Romania
- Defined the program strategy and structure for two main program: Startup Spotlight International Competition & MVP Academy Accelerator
- Maintained and grew a network of over 400 international entrepreneurs, angels, VCs and corporates
- Evaluated over 2000 startups from 35+ countries, selected and worked hands on with 150 of them in the company programs
- Acted as lead coach on product development for the startups in the programs
Program Manager
Innovation Labs
January 2013
to June 2014
Part-time
Bucharest
Romania
- Created the structure and concept for the pre-acceleration program
- Maintained a network of mentors and main stakeholders
- Acted as main coach for 35+ student teams.
- Managed an operational team of 7 people
- Expanded the program in 2 main Romanian cities
Software Engineer
Multiple companies
December 2009
to September 2014
Full-time
Bucharest
Romania
- Occupied several engineering positions for companies in banking, security, telecom and general tech
industries - Built software architectures, automation software, web projects
- Worked for: IBM, Vodafone, Misys, Enea, and several SMEs
- Knowledgeable in a wide range of programming languages and tools: C, C++, C#, PHP, SQL, Bash
Specialization in AI: robotics and computer vision; Graduated with Distinction
Leading CS University in Romania, that runs an intensive 4 year engineering program.
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PHP
Good
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C
Advanced
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C++
Good
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SQL
Advanced
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Python
Intermediate
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C#
Good
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Bash
Intermediate
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Java
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