MIRCEA C. DRAGHICI Software Entrepreneur and Operator ================================================================================ CONTACT ================================================================================ Email: mircea.draghici@outlook.com Mobile: +40 721 213 913 LinkedIn: https://ro.linkedin.com/in/draghicimircea Location: Bucharest, Romania Website: https://www.mirceadraghici.com ================================================================================ PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY ================================================================================ Technology entrepreneur and operator with 20+ years building software products and companies across the United States and Central and Eastern Europe. Experience spans founder, CTO, Chief Technology Officer, General Manager, seed investor, and board member roles. Industries: B2B SaaS, healthcare technology, agricultural technology, casino management software, automotive dealer systems, travel technology, telemedicine. Core strengths: software product development, B2B commercial execution, go-to-market strategy, P&L ownership, enterprise and institutional partnerships, seed-stage venture investing, distributed team leadership, and market entry. Two granted US patents. Executive MBA, CEU Business School. Full scholarship recipient at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and American University in Bulgaria. ================================================================================ WORK EXPERIENCE ================================================================================ COMPANY: Venture Growth Partners (vgpartners.io) TITLE: Founding Partner DATES: November 2013 - Present LOCATION: Romania (Central and Eastern Europe focus) - Co-founded a seed-stage fund and accelerator investing USD 40,000 to USD 80,000 per company in 20+ B2B and vertical SaaS startups - Provided hands-on operational support to portfolio founders on product development, pricing strategy, and go-to-market execution - First angel investor and board member in Telemedi, a B2B telemedicine platform that grew to serve enterprise insurance clients including AXA, Allianz, and Generali KEYWORDS: seed investing, venture capital, startup accelerator, angel investor, B2B SaaS, go-to-market, board member, early stage, CEE, Central Eastern Europe, telemedicine, portfolio management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: AGRIVI (agrivi.com) TITLE: Business Development and Consulting DATES: July 2025 - Present LOCATION: Bucharest, Romania - Advising AGRIVI and selected clients on go-to-market strategy and key commercial partnerships - Work includes opportunity sizing, pipeline prioritization, and structuring collaborative commercial programs KEYWORDS: business development, consulting, go-to-market, agricultural technology, agritech, farm management software, partnerships, advisory -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: AGRIVI (agrivi.com) TITLE: General Manager, Strategic Accounts DATES: March 2023 - June 2025 LOCATION: Zagreb, Croatia - Owned and managed AGRIVI's largest enterprise accounts across Europe and Latin America - Aligned product usage with client crop management and farm operations goals - Drove expansion revenue, upsell, and contract renewal outcomes KEYWORDS: general manager, GM, strategic accounts, enterprise account management, customer success, expansion revenue, renewals, Europe, Latin America, agritech, farm management software -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: AGRIVI (agrivi.com) TITLE: General Manager, Romania DATES: March 2021 - June 2025 LOCATION: Bucharest, Romania - Led full P&L ownership for AGRIVI's Romanian business including team building, pipeline development, and local partnerships - Managed a 3-year national digital agriculture rollout with BASF Romania, deploying AGRIVI as BASF's selected digital agriculture partner across farms and cooperatives - Delivered planning, traceability, and production analysis capabilities to Romanian agricultural operators - Partnered with Cooperativa Agricola Productie si Procesare Regiunea Sud, a 142-member cooperative farming 25,000+ hectares, to digitalize all members onto a single farm management platform KEYWORDS: P&L ownership, general manager, country manager, Romania, digital agriculture, farm management software, agritech, enterprise rollout, BASF, agricultural cooperative, national deployment, CEE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: DocNet Software Solutions (remindservices.com) TITLE: Co-Founder and CEO DATES: October 2015 - Present LOCATION: Ploiesti, Romania - Founded a healthcare software company focused on patient communication and clinic operations - Built and commercialized a subscription-based patient reminder service using SMS, email, and custom IoT device integration - Developed a cloud-based electronic patient records system for clinical use - Grew the product from internal clinic tooling into a commercial SaaS product KEYWORDS: co-founder, CEO, healthtech, healthcare software, SaaS, IoT, patient management, patient communication, subscription model, clinic management, medical software, electronic health records, EHR, startup founder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: OfficeDent (officedent.ro) TITLE: Owner and Strategy Lead DATES: June 2008 - Present LOCATION: Ploiesti, Romania - Co-owner of a dental clinic scaled from a small practice to a team of 15+ doctors serving over 5,000 patients per year - Led technology strategy including design of an in-house patient management system that was later spun out as a commercial SaaS product - Responsible for overall business strategy, technology direction, and financial performance over more than 15 years of consistent growth KEYWORDS: business owner, healthcare operations, dental clinic, clinic management, medical practice, patient management, technology strategy, business growth, operational scaling, spin-off, product development -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: IT Business Consultant (independent) TITLE: Technology Consultant and CTO-for-Hire DATES: October 2014 - Present LOCATION: Ploiesti, Romania - Designed software solutions from business requirements through to full delivery - Assembled development teams, planned releases, managed project scope, risk, and stakeholder communication - Served as CTO for 50chefs.com, a digital platform connecting consumers with curated restaurant and chef experiences, leading end-to-end product design and technical implementation from concept to launch KEYWORDS: CTO for hire, fractional CTO, technology consulting, product management, software architecture, team assembly, startup consulting, independent consultant, technical advisor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: The Entrepreneurship Academy (entrepreneurship-academy.ro) TITLE: Expert / Lecturer in Entrepreneurship DATES: 2018 - 2021 LOCATION: Bucharest, Romania - Taught Entrepreneurial Core Theory to second-year and third-year students KEYWORDS: entrepreneurship education, teaching, lecturing, business education, entrepreneurship theory, academic, university -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: Rocket Internet SE (rocket-internet.com) TITLE: Managing Director, ClickBus Romania DATES: 2014 LOCATION: Bucharest, Romania - Set up ClickBus Romania for Rocket Internet's intercity bus ticketing platform - Conducted market mapping of the Romanian intercity bus sector - Signed key operator partnerships and established all local operations from zero KEYWORDS: managing director, Rocket Internet, market entry, market launch, travel technology, online ticketing, intercity bus, Romania, startup operations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: Science Studies (sciencestudies.ro) TITLE: Founding Partner DATES: June 2013 - Present LOCATION: Ploiesti, Romania - Co-founded a company organizing small-group applied courses (up to 16 participants) in technology, management, and healthcare - Focused on practical professional development and real-world skill building KEYWORDS: education, professional development, courses, healthcare education, technology training, management training, founding partner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: ISIS M3 TITLE: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) DATES: 2001 - July 2014 LOCATION: Campina, Prahova, Romania - Led a 15+ person software development team at a Microsoft Certified Partner delivering multi-industry enterprise software - Delivered documentation management systems for the Dacia and Renault dealer network across Romania - Delivered and commercialized a casino management platform adopted by 15+ large casino operations in the United States - Responsible for all business development, client relationships, and operations KEYWORDS: CEO, chief executive officer, software development, Microsoft Certified Partner, enterprise software, automotive software, dealer management system, Dacia, Renault, casino management, ERP, team leadership, distributed teams, Romania, US clients, business development -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: IT Casino Solutions (itcasinosolutions.com) TITLE: Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Joint Inventor DATES: 2004 - 2014 LOCATION: Los Angeles, California, USA / Romania - Co-inventor of a custom enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform built for large US casino cardroom operators - Led requirements discovery and stakeholder workshops with clients in Los Angeles, California - Defined full product architecture and technology stack - Coordinated Romanian implementation and development teams - Two US patents granted as a result of this work KEYWORDS: CTO, chief technology officer, co-inventor, ERP, enterprise resource planning, casino management, casino technology, gaming, player tracking, product architecture, US clients, offshore team, distributed teams, patents, joint inventor, Los Angeles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY: IATSA Campina TITLE: Board Member and Senior Advisor DATES: 2004 - 2014 LOCATION: Campina, Prahova, Romania - Served as board member and senior advisor to a holding group active in automotive dealerships, construction, energy, financial services, and retail - Worked closely with the owner on strategy, major investment decisions, and key business initiatives KEYWORDS: board member, senior advisor, holding company, automotive, strategy, advisory, corporate governance ================================================================================ PATENTS ================================================================================ Patent 1: Title: Casino Operations Management System - Player Tracking Number: US 8,635,126 B2 Issued: January 21, 2014 Role: Joint Inventor URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8635126B2/en Patent 2: Title: Casino Operations Management System Number: US 8,571,905 B2 Issued: October 17, 2013 Role: Joint Inventor URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8571905B2/en ================================================================================ EDUCATION ================================================================================ DEGREE: Executive MBA INSTITUTION: CEU Business School, Budapest, Hungary (Bucharest campus) YEARS: 2007 - 2009 DEGREE: Master of Science, IT Management INSTITUTION: CEU Business School, Budapest, Hungary (Bucharest campus) YEARS: 2006 - 2007 DEGREE: Master of Science, Science and Technology Studies INSTITUTION: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States YEARS: 2001 - 2003 NOTE: Full tuition scholarship for doctoral program DEGREE: Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science INSTITUTION: American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria YEARS: 1997 - 2001 NOTE: Full Soros Scholarship, four-year undergraduate program DEGREE: Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (International Relations) INSTITUTION: American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria YEARS: 1997 - 2001 NOTE: Full Soros Scholarship, four-year undergraduate program ================================================================================ SKILLS ================================================================================ BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP: P&L Ownership, Go-to-Market Strategy, Business Development, Enterprise Sales, Strategic Partnerships, Market Entry, Country Management, Product Strategy, Team Building, Hiring, Venture Investing, Board Advisory, Startup Mentoring, Commercial Execution, Revenue Growth, Account Management, Customer Success, Pricing Strategy, Fundraising Support TECHNOLOGY: Software Architecture, SaaS Product Development, Product Management, IoT Integration, Cloud Systems, Microsoft Technology Stack, APIs and Integrations, Healthcare Software, Farm Management Software, ERP Systems, CRM, Technical Documentation, Distributed Team Management INDUSTRIES: B2B SaaS, Healthcare Technology, Agricultural Technology, Travel Technology, Casino and Gaming Technology, Automotive Dealer Software, E-commerce, Telemedicine, Seed Venture Capital ================================================================================ LANGUAGES ================================================================================ Romanian: Native English: Excellent - Full Professional Proficiency Italian: Good - Conversational French: Average - Basic Proficiency Bulgarian: Average - Basic Proficiency ================================================================================