Radu Tudorache

Strategy, Leadership, Digital Transformation, Process Design, Data Architectures, Product & Marketing, Telecoms, IT, Healthcare, multiple industries

2020 – present — Founder of Exponential Mindset, a Romanian start-up pioneering a new way of working for high value talent, enabling both talent and employers to maximize their value and impact.
2008 – 2020 — 12 years of success leading digital transformation, commercial strategy, marketing and product innovation with leading telecoms service providers (Vodafone and T-Com).
2007 – 2008 — Business development and strategy consultant for Google (full time). First Googler dedicated to Romania, helped Google understand the Romanian market and develop their entry plan.
2002 – 2007 — As Director of Economic Regulation with ANCOM, managed the telecom liberalization in Romania, the testbed country for EU liberalization.

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Radu Tudorache

Referrals

"I am fortunate to work with Radu, who is an exceptional professional that excels in strategic clarity and operational efficiency. He has a remarkable ability to clearly communicate and outline well-defined strategies, ensuring that teams operate at maximum capacity. His networking skills are unparalleled."

Alin Rosca
Founder & CEO, Repsmate

"Radu is a sharp mind focused on innovation and digitalisation with the help of AI & ML, but also brings the practical experience of implementing these concepts in the real world."

Bogdan Ciucu
Founder & CEO, Dental Elite

"Experiența noastră de lucru împreună a fost cu adevărat remarcabilă și a adus transformări semnificative în cadrul business-ului nostru. Ai fost un accelerator pentru schimbare."

General Manager
Clinica Prof. Dr. Barbu

"Radu stands out as one of the most skilled professionals I've interacted with in recent years. His sharp mind and strategic thinking are dedicated to helping businesses achieve their next level of growth."

Erik Barna
Founder & CEO, Life is Hard (24Broker)

"Back in February 2020, we offered Radu the CEO position in our company. Radu chose to kick-start his own business instead, but he has helped us re-frame our strategy, define our competitive advantage and rethink our priorities. I cannot recommend him warmly enough!"

Marius Hanganu
Founder and Managing Partner, Tremend Software Consulting

"His experience places Radu at the competitive edge of understanding and predicting what is coming next, a quality so necessary in our exponential times!"

Niki Siropoulou
CEO, SingularityU Summit Greece

"Radu was one of the key people in my team — the one who confidently delivered big results every time, no matter how difficult the challenge in the market. At the end of my tenure, the business was transformed, to a large extent thanks to his contribution."

Joerg Zeddies
Venture Partner at Match-Maker Ventures

"Radu is one of the most innovative, cutting-edge, yet thorough and down-to-earth professionals I have ever met. A visionary for sure, he possesses the rare capacity to realistically assess the weaknesses of any new project from day zero."

Alexandrina (Hirtan) Dospinescu
Head of Legal Department, PRO TV

"Radu delivered an elective course to our medical students about applications of technology and the business mindset in the medical practice. His charisma combined with practical knowledge made him exceed expectations and generate enthusiasm for learning."

Ioana Manea, PhD
Vice-Rector, Titu Maiorescu University

Exponental Clients

Repsmate Dental Elite Kruk Neoclinique 24 Broker Lendrise Domicilio RoCapital Clinica Prof. Dr. Barbu Marius Nasta Universitatea Titu Maiorescu Octodoc

Traditional jobs

2020 – present

Founder and Executive Director — Exponential Mindset

Help clients in telecoms and software development refocus their strategy and transform their business. Partner with Silicon Valley's thought leaders such as SingularityU to promote a future-oriented mindset, driven by opportunity and growth.

2018 – 2020

Chief Digital Officer — Vodafone

Accelerated digital transformation, championed a new, digital-centric vision and introduced a new agile way of working across commercial and IT, dramatically reducing release cycles and putting digital at the core of all newly released products and customer journeys.

2016 – 2018

Director, Marketing Proposition — Vodafone

Coordinated the product and marketing proposition, CVM, and customer experience for all consumer products — Prepaid, Postpaid, and Fixed — with a P&L of ~€350M. Delivered best target over-achievement in years, across the entire range of financial and operational KPIs.

2013 – 2016

Director of Prepaid — Vodafone

Radically transformed the prepaid business unit. Turned around the prepaid business after years of decline, achieving unprecedented market share increase and surpassing a key mobile competitor.

2010 – 2013

Director, Segment and Proposition — Telekom (Romtelecom)

Increased revenues in a systemically declining market by introducing new segmented propositions, personalization, and redefining channel interactions.

2008 – 2010

Director of Voice Products — Telekom (Romtelecom)

Stabilized massive voice churn through new, proactive customer value management while accelerating broadband/TV growth and rural expansion.

2007 – 2008

Romania Country Consultant — Google

Helped Google design its country strategy, launch first localized marketing campaigns, close key local partnerships and accelerate market penetration.

2002 – 2007

Director of Economic Regulation — ANCOM

Designed regulatory strategy and managed full telecom liberalization in the testbed country for EU liberalization. Achieved one of the highest market shares for new operators, and the highest levels of innovation and investment in the region.

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