Nedim Baytorun has joined Vodafone Romania’s executive team in July 2021 to lead the Consumer division. From his role as Chief Commercial Officer, Nedim Baytorun coordinated Vodafone’s transformation into a digital champion in the technology market in all aspects of interaction with individual customers. He has 17 years of experience in the commercial, marketing and brand area.

Andreea Medvedovici Per is Vice President of EGDF (European Games Developer Federation), Executive Director of RGDA (Romanian Game Developer Association) and “One of the 100 Game Changers in the Video Game Industry” as designated by gamesindustry.Biz.

Madalina is a seasoned IT&C professional with over two decades of experience. Her career commenced in the telecom industry, where she mastered sales and business development skills, setting the stage for her transition to leading Romanian IT&C integrators. In this capacity, she excelled in business development management across diverse sectors such as public, FSI, and utilities, skillfully leveraging European Funds for the execution of innovative projects. In 2013, Madalina embarked on a new chapter by joining Microsoft, initially specializing in Financial Services Digital Transformation for the Romanian market. By 2019, she transitioned to the Regional Industry Experts team as the FSI Industry Director for Microsoft CEE. In her current role, she collaborates with Digital Native top accounts as a Strategic Technology Lead, consistently showcasing her expertise in driving innovation and championing AI adoption in large organizations. Educationally, Madalina is an alumna of the University of Economic Studies in Bucharest, holding a degree in management. She further expanded her academic horizons with a master’s degree in communication and public Relations. Recently, she pursued her passion for psychology, embarking on her first year at the Psychology University. Beyond her professional commitments, Madalina is an avid reader of personal development literature, enjoys hiking and mountain exploration, and actively engages in volunteer work to support environmental, animal, and children causes.

Alin Moldoveanu is Professor and Vice-dean at the same faculty that he completed as valedictorian some 20 years ago – Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, from POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest. He’s teaching Virtual and Augmented Reality at masters and Software Engineering at bachelor level, oversees the 26 master programs of the faculty, and leads the Computer Graphics, Multimedia and Virtual Reality master programme. His research focus is creating and applying innovative VR & AR techniques and concepts, mainly in eHealth, eLearning & eCulture. As leader of the 3DUPB research team, he was/is director or team leader for many national or European research projects in these areas, such as Sound of Vision, TRAVEE, HAI-OPS, Lib2Life etc. His works received prestigious prizes, such as Best “Tech for Society” Horizon 2020 project, awarded by European Commission through Innovation Radar, at ICT 2018 – received by Sound of Vision (where he acted as projects’ technical coordinator).

Marius Radu is organizing marketing events dedicated to gamers and esports events for more than 12 years. Starting from 2017, Marius is responsible for various projects in Romania, such as Bucharest Gaming Week or Gaming Marathon.

Octav is the main man behind Nexus, the man of ideas, the man of action and the man of the people all into one. He is the one we rely on for new ideas and for measuring success. Always staying humble and true to his roots as a gamer, he provides support, guidance and he’s a massive inspiration to all of us.

Alexandru Ion is one of the pioneers of Romanian esports and the key man behind Nexus Gaming since 2015. The organization started from a gaming bar concept / internet cafe. The esports team was originally a marketing engine that managed to surprise everyone through phenomenal results not only in Romania but also internationally. In 2018, the new Nexus location was inaugurated, a large space destined for Romanian gamers, which serves both as an internet cafe and as a training space for professional players. The Nexus Media sub-brand was established in 2019, an influencer marketing agency and video production company which hosted three full seasons of Romanian Esports League.

Vlad Nagîț is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Bucharest and co-founder of 101hp.ro, a media agency whose content is exclusively about Romanian esports and its players. 101hp is an entity founded by esports enthusiasts for esports enthusiasts, our constant mission being to bring content to readers both about the international performances of Romanians and about players, organizations and tournaments in our country.

Cătălin Butnariu is the President of RGDA – Romanian Video Game Developers Association and, as such, is one of the most vocal supporters of this sector in Romania, as well as the founder of the regional industry conference, Dev.Play. Cătălin is also currently working at Amber, as Chief Strategy Officer, and in the past he was General Manager at Carbon Incubator and Division Director at Gameloft. Cătălin plays on all platforms, but predominantly on PC and mobile. He prefers RPG, strategy (especially turn-based) and shooters, but also other genres. Favourite titles include The Witcher 3, Civilization and Hearthstone.

Paul is a Counter-Strike caster since 2017 with over 7000 hours of live broadcasting experience. His Youtube channel is the top-of-mind place to go when you want to watch high level esports broadcasts and his voice dominates and keeps everyone entertained