Valentin Deac is a highly motivated and dynamic professional with 23 years in the IT&C industry, out of which 18 years in various management or director positions in multinationals, and 6 years of academic level teaching experience.

Valentin worked for Nokia for 16 years, his last position in Romania being Executive Director of Nokia Romania until the end of 2010. Between January 2011 and January 2019, he worked in Berlin (Germany) on various senior Technical Director positions at Nokia and later at HERE Technologies (independent company resulting from the divestment of Nokia Maps), running Delivery and PMO groups and being in charge with the operations, hosting and support of the majority of the HERE services on global level.

Upon his return to Cluj-Napoca, Valentin has joined NTT Data Romania, part of NTT Group, one of the top 10 System Integrators worldwide, providing services for more than 80% of Fortune Global 100, as Head of the Delivery. In his role, Valentin is responsible for defining and implementing the strategy, solutions and supporting processes to deliver the IT enablement of the company.

Valentin is a passionate public speaker and has been invited in the last 12 years as key presenter to several conferences and events in Romania and abroad.