Stefan Niculescu

“ I have had the pleasure of working with Stefan for over 6 years in varying capacities at Siemens Healthcare, Stefan has developed into a Senior R&D Manager in recent years and has many talents that stretch beyond the technical R&D capabilities. Stefan is always customer focused and has developed a keen sense for product visioning and UI interactions with the end users of applications. Over the years, Stefan has demonstrated continued development into product management criteria on both the technical and functional aspects. He is a big supporter of agile development processes and has be engaged on multiple team improvement processes using agile techniques. Stefan is a pleasure to work with and always works hard to get the job done with the teams he's engaged with in various project phases. I strongly recommend Stefan for his technical R&D skills as well as his product management capabilities. ”

“Stefan worked for me for four years in the Care Coordination and Analytics division at Siemens. He brought together a unique combination of skills and capabilities in the areas of predictive analytics, application development, and user experience in the complex healthcare delivery workflow space. I was impressed by his ability to delve deeply into complex strategic topics, such as accountable care and value-based healthcare reimbursement models, and to apply that insight in practical ways to drive innovation and growth.”

“I worked with Stefan for a short period of time. But this was enough to give a good idea of his impressive managerial and technical skills. Since we worked in different time locations, we used to have frequent discussions/interactions; he was always very quick to respond to any query which helped us avoid latency in development work and do it really fast. His suggestions were of great value. He is a great manager and definitely possesses the prerequisites to manage a motivated team. It was a privilege to work with him.”

“I have known Stefan as a fellow graduate student at Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. We have worked together on research / implementation projects in graduate (PhD level) classes. We also share interest in solving non-standard (e.g., competition-level) math problems. Stefan has a natural talent for solving problems in mathematics, algorithms, and AI / machine learning. He is a fast, efficient, and methodical thinker. Stefan can translate his thoughts and ideas into accurate, efficient, and well-designed computer code in many programming languages. One of his unique strengths is his ability to learn an area outside of his expertise very quickly. I gathered all this evidence while working with him on a graduate level course which was not in his area of expertise. Stefan is an excellent partner in team projects, and always carries his weight. He can deliver high quality work on time. If I have my own company one day, he will be one of a handful of people that I would like to have as a partner.”

“Stefan and I worked together for many years. He is a very knowledgeable, competent and driven individual. Recently, I was a key stakeholder of a development effort that Stefan led. He did an excellent job of defining the requirements and managing the development. He drove the project to an on-time completion and delivered a valuable tool for system implementation.”

“Stefan strives to help his team improve. He gathers his team together to creatively solve problems and find to focus on doing things better. He is very skilled at looking for ways to collaborate between teams and seek out the top priorities to add value to the entire organization.”

“I have known Stefan since 2003. Even though we didn't work together on the same project (except for a short period of time), as a colleague of mine, in a group of around 10 PhDs, I have had the opportunity to observe his work ethics, self discipline in several occasions. He is very professional and has an impressive intellectual capacity. I am delighted to recommend him for any opportunity he might be interested in without any reservation.”

“It is with great pleasure that I write this recommendation. Stefan is by far one of the smartest people I’ve known in my 20 year career. He has an uncanny ability to convey hard problems in simple terms. During the past three years I worked with him on two projects both of which were great success due to his contributions. More recently he is leading a team of developers on a very complex project (both technically and politically). I can say with no hesitation that this is probably the best managed project in our group. It has been a pleasure to work with him.”