Sprint · Fractional · Interim
CIO Advisory & Fractional CIO
You face a consequential technology decision and need independent CIO-level judgement in the room — not a slide deck when you don't.
See advisory formats →Advisory · Transformation · Delivery Mobilisation
Delivery is a route, not a leap.
25+ years turning ambitious IT and business programmes into delivered outcomes — CIO advisory, right-shore transformation, and delivery mobilisation spanning Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India and the United States.
25+
Years in IT & delivery
1,000+
FTEs stood up across programmes
€100M+
Programme P&L led
Service offerings
Six problems I'm brought in to solve
Cut along one axis — from independent judgement before a decision, to the transformation that follows it. Each is a distinct engagement, not a staffing category.
Journey · Discover → Scale
AI Adoption Journey
Your pilots impress but won't scale — or you're scaling agents faster than you can govern them. Adoption is an operating-model change, not a tools rollout.
Find your AI maturity stage →
Per deal · Before & after signature
Deal, M&A & Integration
Challenge the solution, sourcing and pricing before you commit — then turn the signed deal, merger or carve-out into a running programme.
See the deal-to-delivery path →
Diagnostic · Redesign
Operating Model & Process Redesign
Agile gave you speed. It did not give you an operating model for agents. Redesign how decisions get made — and with which human and non-human contributors.
Redesign the operating model →
Strategy · GCC & BOT setup
RightShoring, GCC & Global Sourcing
The 2026 sourcing question is no longer who delivers — it is what you own. Location strategy and capability-centre design from vendor-led to owned.
Explore sourcing & GCC →
Masterclass · Academy
Enablement & Academies
Workforce readiness — not model capability — is the barrier between AI investment and AI return. Certification tracks, executive masterclasses and academy design.
See the catalogue →Recent signals
What’s currently in motion
Masterclass · Bucharest Business School
MBA masterclasses at Bucharest Business School
Leading sessions on project management technique and on managing complex engagements inside multicultural organizations, as part of the INDE MBA run jointly with CNAM Paris.
Agentic & GenAI · INETUM
Scaling AI-enabled delivery
Leading Agentic, GenAI and Lean Management initiatives across banking and energy accounts, optimizing delivery processes for strategic clients and feeding them into the IT operating model.
Mentor · Bridging Gaps
Mentoring the next wave of tech leaders
Volunteer 1:1 mentor with Bridging Gaps, a Bucharest-based community of 90+ senior practitioners giving pro bono guidance to engineering and delivery leaders.
bridging-gaps.ro →New partnership · New Delhi
An offshore sourcing setup in India
Working with a former colleague in New Delhi on sourcing strategy, pricing and hiring protocol — the groundwork for companies establishing a scalable offshore presence.
How the work actually happens
Three shifts reshaping every engagement
Three themes that come up in almost every engagement, whichever practice area started the conversation.
Transformation +
Delivery models evolve in stages, not leaps: from time-and-material staffing to dedicated skills centers, to fully managed services and delivery centers — each stage adding industrialisation, sourcing flexibility and outcome accountability. The sourcing mix (nearshore, offshore, rightshore) is a lever inside that journey, not the starting question. See the full delivery model journey →
AI adoption journey +
AI adoption is an operating-model change, not a tools rollout. It starts with secure copilots for everyday productivity, moves through industrialised GenAI use cases, and matures into bounded agentic workflows with human oversight — reshaping processes, roles and governance at each step. Explore the AI adoption track →
Training & upskilling +
Certification prep (PMP, PMI-ACP, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt) blended with real case studies, alongside masterclasses on AI and GenAI for delivery leaders, lean management and complex-engagement leadership — plus focused sessions for teams that need depth on one topic. See the training catalogue →
Alin PopoviciAdvisory & Transformation Executive
In the room
An advisor who has run the programmes, not just drawn them
25+ years leading enterprise IT and delivery inside Société Générale, IBM, Cognizant, Capgemini and Inetum — from CIO steering committees to executive classrooms, with outcomes always prioritised over output.
- CIO & executive advisory
- Right-shore transformation & sourcing strategy
- AI adoption & enablement
- Complex, multi-country delivery mobilisation
Career route
20+ years, five stops, one throughline
Société Générale → IBM → Cognizant → Capgemini → Inetum. Each move added a geography and a bigger P&L, but the job stayed the same: get a complex, distributed programme delivered. See the full career route →
Logos I’ve worked with
Employer and client organisations: Société Générale, IBM, Cognizant, Capgemini, Inetum, BNP Paribas, Amundi, SIX, HCL.
What clients say
From the people in the room
“Multi-faceted to work with — strong technical grounding alongside real business development and people skills. Straightforward and open in everything he does, and quick to mentor others.”
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Prasanna T.G.
Enterprise Agile Transformation Agent
“We worked together on a large, complex digital pursuit for a major Middle East airline. His ability to align a solution with the client’s digital roadmap — and to stay on top of every open thread — was remarkable.”
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Pradeep Vipparthy
Transformation Lead, Nordics
“Managed several key projects for us with real expertise — decisive under pressure, careful with budget and milestones, and easy to work with across a distributed team.”
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Julien Debladis
Head of IT, Amundi North Asia
“I knew him through a genuinely high-pressure mission. As his manager, what stood out was his leadership, his composure under stress, and how adaptable he was.”
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Eric Dunkel
Head of Applications Technical Management, France
Partners
Who I bring in
AI & Advisory
Bridging Innovation
AI implementation and strategic advisory delivering enterprise-grade software from Romania, backed by a 70+ tech-leader community.
bridging-innovation.com →PPM Software
Tabsters
Real-time, collaborative project, programme and portfolio management software that automates steering-committee reporting.
tabsters.fr →ERP / VMS / SRM
Sincro Solutions
SaaS platform for managing consulting engagements end-to-end — contracting, supplier panels, staffing and e-invoicing for ESNs and large accounts.
sincro.fr →Trainings
PM Access
Project management trainings, PMI certification journeys and coaching.
pmaccess.ro →Offshoring
Risic India
Sourcing-mix setups and fast hiring of skilled associates in India.
risicindia.com →Get in touch
Let’s talk about your next programme.
Whether it’s a CIO advisory conversation, a sourcing decision, or a delivery that needs to get back on track — reach out directly.