Adrian Purcarea

Adrian is the EMEA Director for SharePoint & Office in Microsoft Customer Service and Success (CSS) organization and the Romania’s CSS Site Lead. CSS, with its breadth and depth of technical expertise on all Microsoft products and solutions, is fundamental in helping our customers through their Digital Transformation Journey. In his role he is working with his team of experts in driving customer satisfaction, increased adoption for Microsoft’s solutions. With Romania being a strategic growth site for Microsoft CSS, the biggest team in EMEA, Adrian focuses on growing the expertise and the business added value of the local team. He has a wealth of industry experience, spanning the Networking, Health Care, Semiconductors and Software industries. His most recent role was EMEA Director of Technical Services for Cisco, based in Krakow, Poland. Previously he held the positions of General Manager for Medicover Romania, Country Manager for Freescale Semiconductor and Deputy General Manager for Softwin.

Adrian holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cybernetics from the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, an MBA in Marketing from HEC Montreal and an MBA in Global Leadership and Innovation from MIT. He taught for 8 years a general management and strategy class in the Romanian-Canadian Executive MBA in Bucharest, working with several generations of leaders. Personally, he is actively involved with fundraising and volunteering with several NGO’s, with a particular focus on inspiring younger generations to pursue STEM careers.

Education

• MBA - MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2015 — 2016)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) HEC Montreal/University of Ottawa/ASE Bucharest (2003 — 2005)
• Postgraduate Degree Academia de Studii Economice din București (2002 — 2003)
• Bachelor of Economics Academia de Studii Economice din București (1991 — 1996)

Companies

• Director Support Engineering Microsoft (2021)
• EMEA Customer Success Leader Microsoft (2020 — 2021)
• CSS Romania Site Lead Microsoft (2018 — 2020)
• Director, EMEA Technical Support and Customer Advocacy Cisco (2016 — 2018)
• MIT MBA - Sloan Fellows Program - Class of 2016 MIT Sloan School of Management (2015 — 2016)
• CEO Medicover Romania Medicover (2013 — 2015)
• Director, Romania Design Center; Country Manager Freescale Semiconductor (2006 — 2013)
• Associate Professor Romanian-Canadian Executive MBA, Bucharest School of Management/University of Ottawa (2005 — 2012)
• Deputy General Manager Softwin (2000 — 2006)