PETRESCU Razvan Julian

Nationalities: Romanian, American, Singapore PR in-principle approval

Email: julian.petrescu@alumni.insead.edu, julian_pr@hotmail.com
Mobile: +65 8146 2436 (Singapore), + 66 892 359 743 (Thailand)
Linked In: http://sg.linkedin.com/in/julianpetrescu

Experienced professional with 10 years experience in solution architecture, technology infrastructure

management and leadership of technology teams to deliver world-class technology services and products
to optimize business processes in an industry with significant performance, compliance, and data volume
requirements. Direct experience with large scale systems implementations and in client-facing roles in
Europe, the US and Asia; MBA graduate of a Top-5 business school, interested in joining a leading
organization in a technology function.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 – Axios Consultants International, based in Bangkok, Thailand
International pharmaceutical consultancy with operations in 22 countries.

Management Consultant
Stakeholder Management and Negotiation
• In charge of managing the relationship with customers groups including research centers,
government agencies, and multinational pharmaceutical companies to develop knowledge
management and forecasting software systems supporting the company’s pan-Asian operations. Role
involves a great deal of diplomatic and negotiation skills as it needs to cater to every stakeholder’s
concerns in an area of extreme sensitivity (drug pricing).

1998 - 2008 ALEGENT HEALTH/CHI (www.alegent.com), Omaha, NE/Denver, CO, United States
12,000+ employees, US$1bil. revenue integrated healthcare network. Parent company has over 88,000 employees
and US$8 bil. in revenue.

2003 - 2008 Database/Systems Team Lead

Project Management
• In charge of the Enterprise Information System (Siemens Soarian, one of the largest
implementations worldwide at the time) database infrastructure planning, data, report conversion,
deployment, administration, and application integration (part of a 5 year, multi-million US$ project
spanning 9 large sites)

Leadership and Collaboration

• Oversaw the growth of the internal database and development team (from 2 to 12 employees),
developed mentoring and knowledge transfer programs, and KPI’s; created and delivered end user
software training programs, gaining repeated recognized for effectiveness
• Managed the turnaround of a software project lagging for two years and causing significant losses
(achieved US$200,000+ cost savings)
• Planned, negotiated, and managed joint development/installation projects with major technology
vendors including Microsoft, Siemens, GE Healthcare, Novell, Veritas, and Quest

Innovation
• Designed and managed the development of a consumer-targeted web site allowing potential
patients to evaluate the cost of medical procedures online in real time, currently in commercialization
stage; the product was a national premiere and resulted in the CEO being invited to the US Congress
to present innovative uses of technology in healthcare

1998 - 2003 Senior Systems Analyst

Business Analysis and Problem Solving
 • Provided technology analysis reports to executive management on strategic technology
undertakings (data warehousing, enterprise information systems selection)
• Developed probabilistic data matching and standardization software solutions

1995 FRAROM INTERTRANS, Paris, France

Startup company providing international freight brokerage services.

Management Trainee
• In charge of designing the information system to track shipping routes to ensure profitability in a
challenging industry with very thin profit margins

TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE
In-depth architectural, development, deployment, and management expertise with technologies
including .NET (C#, VB), SQL Server (large clusters, OLTP, OLAP, integration services), InterSystems Caché,
mySQL, Oracle; enterprise-level backup and recovery (Veritas NetBackup), performance monitoring
(Quest), user provisioning (Courion), and portal content management and migration (Sharepoint).
Experience with defining and negotiating IT Service Continuity Management and Service Level
Agreements; infrastructure capacity planning, technology asset inventory management.

EDUCATION
2008 - 2009 INSEAD, Singapore; MBA (VP, High Tech Club)
1996 - 1998 University of Nebraska, USA; Master of Science, Information Systems
1991 - 1996 University of Iasi, Romania; Bachelor of Science, Economics

OTHER EXPERIENCE
2004 - Independent technology consultant
Author of technology articles for an international software developer audience; project manager for a
Hong Kong technology startup, product manager for Singapore mobile software developer, software
architect for a Singapore startup

2005 - 2006 Archibus Software International Users’ Conference, United States

Invited to present a custom Windows Mobile-based solution for inventory management to an
international technical and non-technical audience

1996 - 1998 University of Nebraska, Omaha, United States

Research Assistant
Provided technology and business process consulting to the Chamber of Commerce

1994 - 1996 University of Iasi, Romania

VP, International Relations, AIESEC (International Association of Management Students)
Initiated a successful program aimed at creating local employment opportunities for international
students

PERSONAL INTERESTS
Membership in:
• Singapore Computer Society
• American MENSA
• Siam Society (Bangkok)
• Asia Society (Hong Kong)