Part of the Quality of Life technologies lab.

• Modeling behaviors using medical evidence and longitudinal wearable data.
• Implemented two modules in the European Horizon 2020 WellCo software application.
• Co-supervising 5 master theses in computer science and communication.

PhD fellow and software developer

Part of the development team, implementing internal tools for high-frequency trading.

• Developed a link predictor running in 1 second, discovering 200 valid trading locations.
• Optimized our internal workbench, decreasing the runtime from 40 to 5 minutes.
• Implemented custom file parsers based on heuristics, which ran in under one millisecond.

Software developer

Habitlab aimed at helping people manage good habits.

• Built the Habitlab software ecosystem: a framework, two iOS apps, and one web app.
• Managed the technical processes and a team of 5 junior software developers.
• Participated in Thinkubator incubator (7% acceptance) at Singularity University Nordic.

Technical co-founder

Part of the machine learning, platform, and front-end teams during my master studies.

• Built Azure machine learning prototypes for a feature, received well by 80 pilot customers.
• Upgraded libraries and decreased the build time by 35% on development machines.
• Wrote an interpreter between javascript dialects that translated 1.200 tests.

Student software developer

Part of the Google+ external APIs team.

• Developed the API for Google+ account creation on Android.
• Used by (estimated) 100.000 Android devices.

Software engineering intern

Part of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Marketing Pilot user experience and localization teams.

• Built user interface controls that were recurring on all pages or the main page.
• Refreshed 20+ existing user interface controls to the Microsoft Modern Design.
• Reconciled date and time representations across the product stack and features.
• Gently guided our user experience designer to deliver on time and with quality.

Software development engineer

Part of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV client core and application teams.

• Created environments in virtual machines to conduct manual test scenarios.
• Developed automated tests as part of team acceptance test-driven feature development.

Software development engineer in test

Part of the platform team during my bachelor studies.

• Implemented scripts to persist internal frequent query results.
• Implemented a cloud app for ordering food at the office.

Software development engineer intern

• 2 years of full-time work during my Ph.D.
• 6 months of internship work at Amazon and Google.

• 3 years of full-time work at Microsoft and Alipes Capital.
• 2 years of part-time work at e-conomic International.

• 6 months of full-time work at Microsoft.
• 1 year of part-time work at e-conomic International.
• Several projects, each over 3 months of work.


• 3 years of full-time work experience at Microsoft and Alipes Capital.
• National Oracle award for a relational database model.
• Several projects, each over 3 months of work.

• 1 year of full-time work in my PhD, where I use Python daily.

Software developer - entrepreneurial and scientific

Vlad Manea

Module integrated into the H2020 WellCo software application.

• Identifies direct risk factors for cardiovascular, pancreatic, and pulmonary disease.
• Generates "if you continue like this..." and "what if?" alternative behavioral scenarios.
• Provides minimal behavior changes needed to reduce modifiable risk in each situation.
• Released with extensive test and documentation, processing data by a schedule in Madrid.

Chronic disease risk awareness module in the H2020 WellCo project - main developer

Module integrated into the H2020 WellCo software application.

• Collects data from Withings wearables and stores it in the application's unified data store.
• Confronts guidelines with questionnaires and wearable data on physical activity and sleep.
• Identifies factors from the literature which are likely to impact the overall risk of disease.
• Released with extensive test and documentation, processing data continuously in Madrid.

Physical health state assessment module in the H2020 WellCo project - main developer

Wearable data collectors for Quality of Life.

• Implemented data collectors for all streams available in the manufacturers' web APIs.
• Added schedulers, historic data collectors, visualization dashboards, data exporters, ...
• Collects data from Fitbit and Withings, with planned extensions for Polar and Garmin.
• Deployed in Geneva and then with minimal adjustments in Stanford.
• Nominated for the best data-driven innovation award at the Digital Health conference.

Quality of Life wearable data collection system - developer

Mobile application to help people build and maintain good habits.

• Implemented four programs for running, reading, unplugging, and reconnecting friends.
• Contained a rich feed with reactions, comments, achievements, motivations, ...
• Released in the Apple app store: 3 months of dev, 6 months of feature updates.

Habitlab iOS app for habit formation - main developer, technical lead

Algorithmic case study for a course on software design and architecture.

• A fixed-size loan received bids with fixed sizes, arrival times, and price ranges.
• Simulated the auction by partitioning the bids into optimally profitable and sizeable parts.
• Allowed Lendino users to see their portfolio updated instantly through quick runtime.

Auction feature for the Lendino crowdlending platform - main developer

Web archive organizing algorithmic tasks from 10 years of the .campion program.

• Contained over 1.500 tasks linked by keywords to educational software and articles.
• Integrated with the existing online judge, allowing full read-submit-evaluate-grade cycle.
• Used for over 10 years and served 5.000 to 15.000 users annually.
• Excellence Award, National conference in virtual learning, 2009. 

.campion educational archive - main developer

Educational software on string pattern matching algorithms.

• Runs the KMP algorithm step by step and evaluates student understanding.
• Acquired by SIVECO Romania, showcased at the Online Educa Berlin global conference.
• Integrated into the national Advanced e-Learning platform of the Ministry of Education.
• First prize, SIVECO Cup national contest in educational software, 2008.

KMP algorithm educational software - lead developer

Database modeling for a large construction company with a presence in our city.

• Held customer visits and interviewed the engineer on a construction site.
• Analyzed the documents provided by our contact and derived requirements.
• Designed and presented a relational database model for their needs.
• Mention, best presentation, Oracle Data Modelling national contest, 2008.

Worldbase STRABAG database model - lead modeller

Educational web portal with resources for the counseling class in schools.

• Contained original curriculum, educational software, lessons, dictionary.
• Developed the back-end and database, and integrated the front-end.
• Intel Education award, National conference in virtual learning, 2008.

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