I am originally from Bucharest, Romania. You know, the birth place of Dracula... Though I now have lived longer in the U.S. than in Romania.

In my spare time, I enjoy playing games with my son, hiking, biking, badminton, nature, good friends, and a good cup of tea (and occasionally coffee).

• U.S. Citizen.
• Hard working, self disciplined, detail oriented, strong work ethic, team player.
• Six years of previous IT industry experience in systems development and integration prior to my academic career. Developed mission-critical n-tier global web applications for the Life Sciences industry.
• Programming Languages:   C, C++, Java/JEE, Python, Perl, PHP, MySQL, PL/SQL, HTML, JavaScript, and others.