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Cornel Fatulescu

Chief Platform Officer

About Cornel Fatulescu

Cornel joined Pentalog in 2005 as a Solution Architect before moving into the Head of CTOs position, then Chief Platform Officer.

With extensive knowledge of IS transformation, e-business and e-commerce consulting, technology due diligence, leadership of large-scale organizations & technology teams, Cornel approaches digitization from a global perspective. He leads a team of 100+ engineers and designs data strategies, technical and functional architecture for companies of all sizes.

Thanks to his expertise in agile engineering, Cornel is heavily involved in setting up software factories.

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Spring and Hibernate 6 Migration

Watch Vlad Mihalcea's masterclass to discover how you can migrate an existing application to Spring 6 and how you can get the most out of this upgrade. Learn from a top-notch Java Champion about the many new features provided through all the other framework dependencies that have been integrated into Spring 6, in addition to those from Java 17.

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Test Driven Development KATA  - recorded session

Test Driven Development (TDD) can help you write better tests, improve the quality of your code, and increase your productivity. Enjoy this presentation made by Catalin Marian Mihai, a Full-stack developer at Pentalog. In an offline event held in Timisoara, our colleagues shares his insights on the TDD methodology, after using it to develop both backend and frontend logic. 

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C-suite Burnout: How to Recognize it and Recover

Burnout in C-suite is of growing concern. If people at the heart of the business aren’t functioning at their best, potentially every employee working for them will suffer either directly or indirectly. In her webinar about burnout designed for C-level executives, Carol Palombini, Psychologist and Executive Coach, explains how to identify and prevent burnout to enjoy a healthy life.

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Streamlining Time Management: Remove Obstacles and Achieve More

Find tips and recommendations from our expert on how to use your time wisely as a C-level executive to stay healthy, balanced, and productive. Carol Palombini is a Psychologist and Executive Coach with more than 20 years of expertise in human development.

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C-level Communication: One Proven Tool for Success

Use a simple tool to improve your strategic communication, identify bad communication habits, and develop strategies to improve your communication effectiveness. With her two-decade expertise in human development, Carol Palombini, Psychologist and Executive Coach, helps you boost your C-level communication skills.

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Agility in Crisis 

20 years after the Agile Manifesto was born, we still don’t have a common understanding over agility. In the presentation “Agility in Crisis”, Cornel Fatulescu -  Chief Platform Officer at Pentalog, shares his perspectives and offers valuable suggestions to enhance agility.     

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STRATEGIC OUTSOURCING BY HAVAIANAS

Outsourcing may be something you already utilize. But with the financial crisis not expected to end any time soon, it’s vital for decision-makers to maneuver their companies and avoid the inevitable risks that come with it.

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Test Driven Development KATA  

Watch a comprehensive presentation about Test Driven Development (TDD) to help you write better tests, improve the quality of your code, and increase your productivity. In an offline event held in Craiova, Catalin Marian Mihai, a Full-stack developer at Pentalog, shares his knowledge after using TDD methodology to develop both backend and frontend logic.

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Hacking Poorly Written Code - Live!

Security threats are increasing every day and new ways of hacking crop up even in the most secure software. In this PentaBAR webinar, two of Pentalog’s best security collaborators put on their hackers’ hats to show you just how easily they can find vulnerabilities in poorly written code when secure code best practices are missing.  

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Svelte, the next big thing - with Bogdan Bledea

In this presentation, Bogdan Bledea, Front-end Developer at Pentalog, talks about everything you need to know to build web applications easily using Svelte, a relatively young, open source web UI framework that has a great chance of becoming the next big thing in JavaScript. The offline PentaBAR was part of the launching event of a new Pentalog delivery center in Craiova.

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Typescript Lessons after 1 Million Lines of Code - with Előd Tobiás

Improve your code following the lessons learned by Előd Tobiás, a JavaScript Developer at Pentalog, after working on various microservices and React projects with a couple of million lines of Typescript code. The offline PentaBAR was part of the launching event of a new Pentalog delivery center in Timisoara.

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Build a car tracker and driving coach with the Cloud - with Catalin Dumitras

Let's build an IOT device with off-the-shelf components like a high-performance GPS receiver, an LTE modem, and a g-meter. Pentalog’s Principal Cloud Architect and Solutions Architect Catalin Dumitras shows you how to build a car tracker and driving coach during a PentaBAR Webinar including a real-life case study.

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War in Ukraine: What does it mean for the digital economy?

This PentaLive Special “War in Ukraine: The Tech Perspective”, will offer fresh analysis, forecasts, and decision points at the heart of the situation.

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THE UKRAINE CRISIS: What are the risks for tech?

In this PentaLive Special "THE UKRAINE CRISIS: What are the risks for tech?" we explore how a Russian invasion of Ukraine would disrupt digital security and engineering supply chains.

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How Trace One Has Innovated During COVID-19 With and for Clients

CEO of SaaS platform Trace One, Christophe Vanackère, talks about how Covid-19 made him rethink the operations of his entire company and how they’ve adapted to serve the rapidly changing needs of customers.

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How the Growth Sprint is Helping Coravin Survive the Covid

WineTech leaders, Coravin were dealt a blow by Covid-19. CTO, Francois Silvain talks about how the company was able to reinvent their eCommerce & Marketing strategy in just a few days through Growth Sprints.

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The Grocery Store Plays Catch Up on eCommerce

Grocer & long-time businessman, David Schwarz discusses the industry’s on again, off again race to find its way during an eCommerce upswing.

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Instilling Accountability with Remote Teams

How do you instill accountability in an era of remote work? Nancy Wang, COO of Pentalog Americas offers practical & actionable tips on how to help leaders manage successful remote teams.

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OpenFrame: Managing Growth Despite Supply Disruption

How can a real-estate company manage growth in a time when people are hesitant to even leave their homes? Openframe Founder, Etienne Leroy offers us advice and personal anecdotes on how turning your business upside down might be tough, but better for growth in the long run.

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Getting the Most Bang from your PPC Buck

PPC Advertising has gained traction as a super effective way for merchants to gain more visibility in the digital realm. So, how can businesses formulate a Pay-Per-Click strategy that yields results? And, how do they ensure the steps they're taking are effective?

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Saas Products - Innovating with the Hive Mind

SaaS platform, Talentsoft was created around the idea that if teammates and even companies work as a collective unit, this could give way to continuous conversation for the sake of better, more innovative SaaS products.

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Quantum Computing - It's Time to Pay Attention

Quantum Computing is already making waves as the next best thing in IT. But, when will this technology catapult into the mainstream? The leap might come sooner than we think.

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100% Remote Recruitment

Time has reshaped the way companies operate - it's also changed the way they recruit. Learn how to conduct Remote Recruitment to successfully interview and hire qualified candidates.

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Accelerate & Optimize with Low Code

Is Low Code the future? This graphically driven approach helps developers of all skill levels & non-technical teams find working solutions quickly - saving businesses time & money. Find out when you should & shouldn't be using Low Code.

We've Released a New Quiz for GDPR Knowledge Assessment

It’s been a long time since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on the 25th of May 2018, and still, we struggle. Trying to regulate a creative and heterogeneous industry is complex, as many expected and it’s safe to say that expanding knowledge in other critical areas of Software Product Development is […]

For CTOs, the Total Cost of Ownership Sits at the Heart of Strategy [Part 2]

In a previous article, we introduced the concept of the total cost of ownership (known as “TCO”) of digital products and how this is an essential factor in CTO decision-making. Here, we delve further into the total cost of ownership, how and why CTOs will approach it differently, the impact of CIO involvement and how […]

For CTOs, the Total Cost of Ownership Sits at the Heart of Strategy - Part 1

Understanding the Total Cost of Ownership (known as “TCO”) of digital products should be seen as a strategic imperative essential for sound business decision-making for CTOs. One of the most difficult challenges in framing the CTO role is that the responsibilities defining the role don’t have easy definitions either. We know the CTO role came […]

6 Lessons from Agile Leadership to Win the War for IT Talent

At a recent conference in Paris, I joined a group of technologists for a frank conversation about the state of competition for talent in the IT industry. We agreed that finding great people can be thought of as a kind of war for talent in a world where digitization is no longer an option. Searching […]

Standardizing Your Identity and Access Management Architecture is Critical

Today’s cybersecurity threat landscape is in a constant state of flux. With more employees working remotely and human error being one of the top threat vectors, identity and access management architecture a security priority. Identity and access management (IAM) is one of those security functions that many of us take for granted. But when we […]

Webinar Pentalog // A Product Owner's Life: How to Build the Right Product with a Happy Team

Watch the Webinar replay “A Product Owner’s Life: How to Build the Right Product with a Happy Team” to learn 5 useful lessons about product management that will help you build better products. About the Webinar: This webinar is focused on practical advice and useful information you can apply right away to your own projects. […]

Webinar Pentalog // Learn to use PostgreSQL, for Real

Register to Pentalog’s online webinar in order to receive an all access pass to our comprehensive PostgreSQL tutorial. About the Webinar: What: Learn to use PostgreSQL, for real When: September 25th When: Bucharest 4pm // Paris 3pm // New York (EDT) 9am // London (BST) 2pm Where: online ➡ sign up to receive your registration […]

Will your IT spending increase in 2019? Our CTO Speaks

Well, that all depends. And, here’s why. Quality vs. Quantity Not everyone needs to increase their IT budget. Especially in cases where it’s already measured in millions – your best bet might just be to close some projects and reassign resources. Perhaps a better question to ask yourself might be, “What is the enterprises’ capacity to […]

The Future of Programming for Unforeseen Agility

In my 17 years in the IT industry, I’ve seen lots of changes in how we deal with features, but nothing like what’s going on now. Why We Code If we want to predict what the future of programming looks like, we need to understand why we do it in the first place. We write code […]

Make CTO's Great Again!

Two weeks ago I attended a meetup in Munich and got to hear some great opinions on a super controversial topic. “How your CTO Can Kill your Business.” While I knew the audience would be cached by the content, I wasn’t expecting the valuable conversations that followed. Here’s how they started. CTO’s are trendy. […]

How CTO Mistakes Can Kill Your Business

The scene of the crime was gruesome. After a series of poor decisions the company was left gasping for air as it tried to re-structure its technical architecture and unburden its technical debt. In the end the business never recovered. Who was responsible for this heinous act? After the forensics team finished their investigation it […]

The hottest mobile trends unveiled at the iOSNeXT 2014 conference

Here’s an article originally written by Maxim Guzun, mobile consultant at Pentalog Institute. The first day was dedicated to the most important topic, namely user experience (UX). Eric Reiss, a celebrity of the IT world, was one of the speakers. Thanks to him, I found out what the UX concept means in general, and not […]