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
Company Description
WiseUp helps companies turn industry knowledge into scalable products and consults large corporate partners to launch new products.
Trusted by: Deloitte, ING, Microsoft, Porsche
Trusted by: Deloitte, ING, Microsoft, Porsche
Company website
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.
Company Description
TechSoup, founded in 1987 as CompuMentor and later known as TechSoup Global, is a nonprofit international network of non-governmental organizations that provides technical support and technological tools to other nonprofits.
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
Company Description
Angel investor syndicate
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
Company website
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
Company website
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
