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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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Mastering Tech Elegance - Decoding the Role of an Engineering Manager at Burberry

Join us for a captivating session as we delve into the intersection of technology and luxury at global fashion brand, Burberry.

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Scaling Infrastructure for Growth

Learn how Flip.ro scaled its infrastructure and teams to become a leading player in the refurbished electronics market, while committing to sustainability. Gain insights into building a successful e-commerce platform and get answers to your questions from industry leaders. 

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Solving the Top Challenges of Senior Technology Leaders

Watch a special “CTO Talks” where Cornel Fatulescu, Pentalog's CPO, and Christian Larsen, CTO at Marlin Equity Partners, discuss practical solutions to help Chief Technology Officers navigate a rapidly changing technology landscape.

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The CTO's Playbook for Successful IT Outsourcing, from Decision to Execution

In today's rapidly changing technology landscape, outsourcing IT services has become an increasingly popular solution for companies of all sizes. During this session, you'll learn the key principles, best practices, and strategies for effectively outsourcing IT services while minimizing risks and maximizing results.

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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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First Time CTO in a Healthcare Startup - with Catalina Turlea

Catalina Turlea, the co-founder and the CTO of nilo.health, a German-based startup offering a mental wellbeing support platform for employees, talks about her role and responsibilities in co-founding the business and leading the software development team in a new "CTO Talks" episode hosted by Cornel Fatulescu, Pentalog's CPO.

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Director of Engineering Role at Bolt - with Horia Coman

Horia Coman, the Director of Engineering at Bolt, has managed, bootstrapped, and reorganized his fair share of teams and has made all the possible mistakes on the way. He shares some of them in this “CTO Talks” episode where you can learn more about Bolt’s hyper-growth challenges in serving over 100 million customers in 45 countries across Europe and Africa.

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Leading Engineering from 0 to Unicorn - with Lucas Bedout

Get your dose of tech-talk inspiration from our “CTO Talks” guest Lucas Bedout, a technical leader, startup adviser, founder, and former Head of Engineering at Spendesk.

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The Engineering Director Role at OLX Group - with Aniela Crisan

Check this video to learn about business growth by leveraging software, products, processes, and employees. An experienced tech professional, Aniela Crisan is leading the technical transformation at OLX Group and has many useful tips to share.

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The Craft of Mentoring CTO Excellence - with Andy Skipper

Enter Andy Skipper, a seasoned CTO who founded CTO Craft, a global learning and coaching network, to help tech pros around the world “become better leaders through community membership, transformational coaching, mentoring, workshops and events.”

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The role of the CTO at EasyVista - with Michaël Cohen

Find out how a seasoned CTO and recognized digital transformation leader navigates the world of ITSM. Watch an insightful CTO Talks session with Michaël Cohen from EasyVista and discover how he aims to drive the company’s global strategy by accelerating innovation.

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The Role of the CTO in an Environments-as-a-Service seed startup – with Roxana Ciobanu

On International Women’s Day, tune in for a special edition of ‘CTO Talks’, when Roxana Ciobanu will join Cornel Fatulescu, Pentalog’s Chief Platform Officer, for an in-depth discussion on The Role of the CTO in an Environments-as-a-Service seed startup.

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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 […]