Răzvan Crăciunescu received the bachelor, master and PhD degree in electronic engineering and telecommunications from the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania, in 2010, 2012 and respectively 2018.  He received also a master’s degree in project management from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies in 2018. 

He is currently a Professor at POLITEHNICA Bucharest, a PhD supervisor and the ViceDean of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies. He also coordinates the first R&D Future Networks 5G lab from the university. His research interests are 5G and beyond 5G networks, IoT and cybersecurity.

As ViceDean he oversees Industry-Academia Partnerships, International Affairs, Public Policies and Student’s competitions/hackathons.  

Between 2015-2016, he was a Researcher at Center for TeleInfrastruktur, Aalborg University, Denmark in the field of signal processing for communication systems and virtual incubators for startups. In 2018 he was a Fulbright-RAF invited professor at University of Rochester, USA, in the field of emerging technologies and entrepreneurship.  

He has a special interest in early stage startups as the current Head of Academic Community @Innovation Labs, Mento @UPBizz and a former startup owner, a former alumni of UiPath and a former Chief Product Growth Officer@Procesio.  

He is actively promoting entrepreneurship and tech transfer in Higher education and he is  a mentor for startups in incubators or pre-acceleration programs in Romania or in Republic of Moldova. He is also part of TechAngels and Mozaic, two business angels’ networks in Romania and the Republic of Moldova.

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