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Vasile Putina

Chief Technology Officer

About Vasile Putina

Vasile is a highly skilled and experienced Chief Technology Officer with over 20 years of experience in the technology sector. With a software development background, he has an in-depth understanding of various technology stacks and the latest industry trends and best practices. His expertise in technology governance enables him to help businesses establish effective policies and procedures for managing technology-related risks and issues.

As a specialist in fostering collaboration within organizations and leveraging technology to drive innovation and growth, Vasile guides CTOs in identifying and resolving common issues such as lack of communication, workflow, and scalability. He supports developing and implementing strategies to maximize the ROI on various technologies.

In addition to his technical expertise, Vasile has a successful track record of supporting other CTOs through assessments and mentoring. Hands-on experience enables him to understand the challenges and opportunities faced by technology leaders, providing them with insightful guidance so they can achieve their goals and move their organizations forward. His knowledge of talent and learning governance has helped companies implement programs that support continuous learning and development of their technology workforce.

Vasile is the professional you need to lead your technology initiatives to a bright future.

Critical Gaps in Frontend Developer Skills – A CTO Perspective

It’s unrealistic to expect development teams to automatically excel in all areas, and technical leaders as well as developers need to be aware and decide accordingly. JavaScript Challenge allowed us to identify deficiency in Security and Architecture fundamentals among front-end profiles. Based on evaluations by Pentalog assessors, an ideal front-end candidate should achieve a 4-level […]

Retaining tech talent: THE challenge for tech leaders

The biggest challenge for tech leaders is not technical. It is human. That statement may seem disconnected from reality, at a time when artificial intelligence is becoming essential to our daily lives. And yet… As powerful as new technologies are, they are nothing without the expertise of the IT experts who train them and use […]

7 Ways CTOs can Prepare Their Team for 2023 Technology Trends

As the technology curve shows no signs of slowing, it’s crucial for CTOs to stay ahead. Keeping up with the latest trends and how they can impact your organization’s specific strategies is key. Strategies such as minimizing spending and growing revenue, maximizing value from data, or protecting and building your brand, for example. We have […]

How to Hire Top Software Engineers 40% Faster: Our Findings

When it comes to hiring top engineers, fast decision-making is critical to staff teams efficiently and to access top engineering talent, according to a recent Pentalog analysis. On average, by analyzing 12 months of global IT services staffing data covering hundreds open positions, we found that companies using Pentalog’s proprietary assessment methodology were able to […]

Be All You Can Be with Professional Development Courses

With so many transformations in the workplace, the best thing you can do to stay ahead of the game is to keep learning. But your mind is overwhelmed by so much information and you need to select only the relevant sources. What should you do? We know this situation all too well! At Pentalog, we […]

Software Development: Stakeholders are Not Product Owners

Confusing the stakeholder with the product owner can lead to dysfunction that significantly impacts delivered value. Your project will benefit from understanding the difference.  There’s a distinction between stakeholders and product owners. A stakeholder is anyone that can affect the product. Typically, there are many stakeholders, all with different expectations, levels of knowledge and activeness […]

Pentalog's Secret to Hiring Top Tech Talent? Coding is Just the Start.

For companies looking to hire top coding talent, we offer a hard-won secret: great engineering talent, by itself, is not enough to ensure success. Most software projects these days require contributions from an ever-widening circle of specialists, from specific coding languages to DevOps, from UX/UI design to security, and so on. Digital project development is […]

Work from Home Productivity Tips: Doing Your Best Work Ever

As the world confronts the COVID-19 crisis, the old ways of working have been suddenly upended and companies, governments, schools – everyone is racing to adapt. Governments have promoted social distancing practices to stop the spread. In practice, this means mandatory remote collaboration for all employees. Employers want to protect the health of their workers, […]

Meet Pentalog & SkillValue at JAX London 2019!

It’s full steam ahead for the 2019 edition of JAX London. From October 7th – 10th, Pentalog and SkillValue will be part of an amazing event bringing together software engineers and industry leaders in fields like JAVA, DevOps and microservices. Taking place at the Business Design Centre, Jax London will be jam-packed with 4 days […]

Become a Product Owner: Dedicate yourself to being the voice of the customer!

The role of an Agile Product Owner is beyond the ordering of the Backlog. A Product Owner, who takes full responsibility for the product and has full authority over it, can become the Product CEO, the most experienced type of PO. An Agile Product Owner will also actively participate in the process of defining project […]

Training Product Owners with Gamified Learning at Pentalog’s PO Camp

Every year, we at Pentalog hold our Product Owner Camp, gathering and training Pentalog’s IT professionals to become effective Product Owners. This year, 36 professionals throughout the company joined our Product Owner training in Brasov, including Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Technical Consultants, Project Directors, Agile Coaches, Business Analysts, Auditors, and Marketing Specialists, more than last […]

Pentalog Webinar: Technical Debt Explained, from Mitigation to Prevention

Keeping pace with the challenges of a fast-evolving market forces stakeholders and development teams to make poor technical decisions for which fixing often get pushed to a “Do It Later” list. But if you want to be efficient and deliver business value constantly, you are in charge of preventing technical debt. Here, at Pentalog, we […]