From 3194a1eb79be2d8660db804160d885285d43f4b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cosmin Poieana Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 12:31:43 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Sync Cosmin: CV v4.6.0, codex and README --- docs/audit-trail.md | 8 + docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md | 6 +- metadata.yml | 23 +- resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md | 659 ++++++++++++++++++ resources/Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md | 315 +++++++++ resources/Cosmin_Poieana-readme-05_10_2026.md | 91 +++ sources/cosmin-poieana.md | 85 ++- 7 files changed, 1145 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) create mode 100644 resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md create mode 100644 resources/Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md create mode 100644 resources/Cosmin_Poieana-readme-05_10_2026.md diff --git a/docs/audit-trail.md b/docs/audit-trail.md index a92bca2..e4baf38 100644 --- a/docs/audit-trail.md +++ b/docs/audit-trail.md @@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ --- +**2026-10-05** - Updated Cosmin: resynced from CV v4.6.0, codex and README + +What changed: Role is now "Fractional AI Product Strategist". Notable Work rebuilt around current engagements: Bonsai Labs (main client, Forward Deployed AI SDLC Engineer) and Change Agents (full-time embedded) added, Robocorp and Sema4.ai kept with corrected dates and the Sema4.ai team-of-5 lead claim, VONQ and A5 Labs kept. Traced AI demoted to `## Also` (no hard number, and the CV lists it as a venture, not a job), joined there by Dentio, NoMoreApply, Gorgias, Comfy, Fashwell, Cloudbase and Bitdefender. Dropped the "~2B tokens/month" and "5,000+ job channels" proof claims and the "13+ years" figure (now "14+ years professional"). Expertise rewritten around harness-only development, AI SDLC transformation and multi-engine LLM products. Tech Stack trimmed to what the CV states. Background gained the 2026 Anthropic certifications and Young Founders School mentoring. The Bonsai end client stays anonymous ("a US payments and tax company"), with no rates or contract terms. + +Why: New resources added (`Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md`, `-codex-`, `-readme-`). The CV owner confirmed the removed claims were deliberately retired (token and PR stats, 5,000+ channels, unconfirmed A5 Labs tech lead title), so the older April and May resources must not resurrect them. The portfolio snapshot from 2026-05-28 still carries those retired claims and was used only for technical detail. + +--- + **2026-09-04** - Code review fixes: heading orphans, metadata-injection bug, agent-file duplication Decision: Fixed a Typst template bug where `#name$`, `$role$`, and `$proof$` were interpolated inside `"..."` string literals. Pandoc renders substituted metadata as content, not a string, so a `proof:` item containing a quote or `@mention` broke the build with a syntax error, and one containing `~` or `*emphasis*` printed escaped Typst source into the PDF. Fixed at the interpolation site by switching to `[...]` content blocks; verified with a synthetic `proof:` value containing all four characters. Separately fixed the level-2/3 heading show rules, which returned loose `text()` + `v()` and had discarded Typst's default heading-to-body stickiness, the opposite of the intended fix: reproduced two profiles ending a page on a bare heading. Wrapped both in `block(sticky: true)` and deleted the unused `workentry()` helper that was meant to do this but was never called. Added `breakable: false` to team member cards, which were splitting across the page break. Extended `scripts/assemble-team.sh`'s escaping to `[ ] < >`, since `]` closes the Typst content block the injected text lands inside and was not covered. Replaced the untracked `AGENTS.md` and `.agents/skills/source-command-sync-sources/SKILL.md`, both frozen copies of this repo's pre-PR state from an earlier migration (same-second timestamps), with a tracked `AGENTS.md` symlink to `CLAUDE.md` and deletion of `.agents/`, so there is one source of truth instead of a copy that silently reverts on the next sync. Reordered `## Notable Work` chronologically (end date descending) in all three profiles per the schema, corrected `via` direction to lead with the recognisable brand (`VONQ via Wandercode`, `Mercedes-Benz via DEMICON`), and introduced `for` for a product built for a named client (`ElectaCar for Navigator Insurance Brokers`). Trimmed Cosmin's Summary opening paragraph to the ~50-word cap the schema introduced but the file itself violated. Replaced Angel's proof-band claim of "15+ years" with a dated-range fragment, since the same diff that added it also flagged the years figure as unverified in a ``. diff --git a/docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md b/docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md index b14dc0e..fe5d2cf 100644 --- a/docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md +++ b/docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md @@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ Gaps are marked with `` so they're visible in diffs ### Per-person extraction guide -**Cosmin Poieana (`sources/cosmin-poieana.md`)** - complete, 0 TODOs, `proof:` front matter added 2026-09-04 (already at the 6-entry cap, no cuts needed) -- Primary: `resources/Cosmin_Poieana-CV-06_04_2026.pdf` -- Supplementary: LinkedIn profile PDF, Discord post, wandercode `About.tsx` +**Cosmin Poieana (`sources/cosmin-poieana.md`)** - complete, 0 TODOs, `proof:` front matter added 2026-09-04 (already at the 6-entry cap, no cuts needed); resynced 2026-10-05 from the Markdown CV, codex and README +- Primary: `resources/Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md` (supersedes `Cosmin_Poieana-CV-06_04_2026.pdf`, kept for history), `resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md` +- Supplementary: README, LinkedIn profile PDF, Discord post, portfolio snapshot, wandercode `About.tsx` - Remaining to pull (optional enrichment): wandercode.ltd service pages, portfolio starred list **Catalin Waack (`sources/catalin-waack.md`)** - repositioned 2026-09-04 diff --git a/metadata.yml b/metadata.yml index f65ff27..d5ea3f6 100644 --- a/metadata.yml +++ b/metadata.yml @@ -125,6 +125,27 @@ resources: added: 2026-05-28 notes: "Portfolio site. Adds: Traced AI stealth startup (2026, AI compliance), Pulsr (pipeline orchestration for AI agents), VONQ project details (Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Pinecone, Retell, Firecrawl), full tech stack with AI tooling, system design samples. Key positioning: Blugen methodology, AI product builder." + - file: Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md + person: Cosmin Poieana + type: cv + source_url: "https://github.com/cmin764/cmin764/blob/main/cv.md" + added: 2026-10-05 + notes: "CV Markdown at v4.6.0 (215c5dd). Adds Bonsai Labs (main client), Change Agents (full-time embedded), Dentio, harness-only development, corrected career dates. Owner confirmed removals: token/PR stats, 5,000+ channels, A5 Labs tech lead claim." + + - file: Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md + person: Cosmin Poieana + type: codex + source_url: "https://github.com/cmin764/cmin764/blob/main/codex.md" + added: 2026-10-05 + notes: "Canonical facts source behind the CV. Mine for engagement detail and dates only. Contains personal, partnership and review material that must stay out of brochure copy." + + - file: Cosmin_Poieana-readme-05_10_2026.md + person: Cosmin Poieana + type: readme + source_url: "https://github.com/cmin764/cmin764/blob/main/README.md" + added: 2026-10-05 + notes: "GitHub profile README. Current-role framing and highlights." + - file: Catalin_Waack-CV-04_09_2026.pdf person: Catalin Waack type: cv @@ -161,4 +182,4 @@ todos: - person: Cosmin Poieana missing: [] priority: done - notes: "Portfolio resource added 2026-05-28. Includes Traced AI, Pulsr, full VONQ AI details, Blugen methodology. Sync into sources completed 2026-05-28." + notes: "CV, codex and README added 2026-10-05. Sync into sources completed 2026-10-05." \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md b/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..17d1051 --- /dev/null +++ b/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md @@ -0,0 +1,659 @@ +# Cosmin Poieana: Personal Codex + +> "Engineer at core | Entrepreneur at heart" + +Fractional AI product strategist who happens to be a Python engineer since 2007. Building a distributed company structure from 50+ countries, consulting revenue, community-driven talent business, trajectory toward investment and IP licensing. + +Two companies I worked at got acquired (Fashwell → Apple, Comfy → Siemens). Now I help startups and high-growth companies build intelligent products while proving that location is irrelevant to output. + +> The companies interviewed me for engineering roles. What they should've hired me for is figuring out which engineering problems are worth solving in the first place. + +--- + +## Track Record + +### Acquisition Track Record + +| Company | Acquired By | Year | +|---------|-------------|------| +| Comfy | Siemens | Announced Jun 2018 (joined Jul 2019, worked through the integration) | +| Fashwell | Apple | Reported Aug 2019 (worked there in 2018) | + +### Professional Timeline + +Romania (home), Cyprus (business hub). Also lived/worked in USA, Switzerland (Zurich), Iceland, Finland. + +| Period | Role | Company | Location | Industry | +|--------|------|---------|----------|----------| +| Oct 2026 - Present | AI SDLC Engineer (Forward Deployed) | Bonsai Labs | Remote | AI/DevTools | +| Jul 2026 - Present | AI Product Engineer | Change Agents | Remote | AI/Product | +| May 2026 - Present | Founder | Traced AI | Remote | AI/Compliance | +| Feb 2025 - Present | Owner | Wandercode | Hong Kong | AI/Consulting | +| Jan 2026 - Feb 2026 | Technical Auditor (client) | Dentio | Remote | Healthtech | +| Jun 2025 - Feb 2026 | Fractional Engineer (client) | VONQ | Remote | HRtech | +| Jan 2025 - Jul 2025 | Fractional Engineer (client) | A5 Labs | Remote | iGaming/AI | +| Nov 2024 - Present | Co-Founder | NoMoreApply | Cyprus | HR/Community | +| Aug 2024 - Jan 2025 | Career break | | | | +| Feb 2024 - Jul 2024 | Software Engineering Lead | Sema4.ai | USA (remote) | AI/Automation | +| Nov 2023 - Jan 2024 | Software Engineering Lead | Robocorp | Finland (remote) | RPA/Automation | +| Sep 2021 - Oct 2023 | Senior Software Engineer | Robocorp | Finland (remote) | RPA/Automation | +| Jan 2021 - May 2021 | Senior Software Engineer | Gorgias | USA (remote) | E-commerce | +| Jul 2019 - Dec 2020 | Tech Lead | Comfy | USA | IoT/Smart Buildings | +| Aug 2018 - Nov 2018 | Software Engineer | Fashwell | Switzerland | Fashion/AI | +| Apr 2018 - Apr 2019 | Back End Developer | ArcanaBio | Iceland | Biotech | +| Oct 2016 - Apr 2018 | Python DevOps | TeqHire | Iceland | Outsourcing/iGaming | +| Mar 2016 - Oct 2016 | Full Stack Developer | 47FARMS | USA (remote) | Food/Agriculture | +| Jan 2016 - Feb 2016 | Operational Researcher | Reckon Digital | UK (remote) | Energy | +| Oct 2014 - Dec 2015 | Cloud Engineer | Cloudbase Solutions | Romania | Cloud/IaaS | +| Feb 2013 - Sep 2014 | Malware Researcher | Bitdefender | Romania | Cybersecurity | + +**Experience:** Python since 2007, 14+ years professional (since Feb 2013, Bitdefender) + +### Notable Projects + +**Personal/Startup:** + +- **TrueStory**: Co-founded news aggregator for contradictory stories. Designed architecture, deployed Flask app on GCP, exposed API to Chrome extension (Bootstrap + jQuery). Took 2nd place at Innovation Labs Iași (May 2019), team of 4, and qualified for Bucharest; shut down in 2020. +- **You Match Me**: Startup Weekend Iași 2014 project (Tinder-style "Date" browser extension for Facebook profiles), Best Marketing award. +- **Traced AI**: Python SDK that patches OpenAI/Anthropic clients and writes SHA-256 hashes of AI calls to a tamper-evident ledger, as EU AI Act / ISO 42001 / SOC 2 evidence. Pre-revenue, waitlist at traced-ai.com (2026). +- **Morseus**: Mobile app for Morse code decoding via light detection +- **PDF Steganography**: Tool for hiding data in PDF files + +**Professional:** + +- **Windows cloud-init service**: VM initialization for OpenStack IaaS deployments (Cloudbase Solutions) +- **Poker Twitch automation**: UI-based Windows automation augmenting live poker game streams (TeqHire) +- **Bank accounts aggregator**: Unified multi-bank interface into single common UI (TeqHire) +- **DNA processing**: PCR assay design with Icelandic entrepreneurs (ArcanaBio) + +**Open-Source (Robocorp/Sema4.ai):** + +- **Action Server**: FastAPI server providing "hands and legs" to GPT +- **AI Actions**: Pluggable and extendable business logic executed post-reasoning +- **robocorp**: Core automation framework +- **RPA Framework**: Open-source automation libraries + +### Credentials + +| Recognition | Year | +|-------------|------| +| Bachelor's in Computer Science, Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iași | 2012-2018 | +| Baccalaureate (Math-Informatics), Colegiul National "UNIREA" din Focșani | 2008-2012 | +| Anthropic: Claude Code in Action, Claude Code 101, Claude Platform 101, Claude 101, Introduction to Claude Cowork, AI Fluency Framework & Foundations | 2026 | +| Young Founders School: Certificate of Appreciation (mentor) | 2026 | +| Robocorp Level I, II, III | 2021-2022 | +| Innovation Labs Iași, 2nd place (qualified for Bucharest) | 2019 | +| Best Marketing, Startup Weekend Iași (TrueStory) | 2014 | +| Bronze Medal, National Olympiad in Informatics | 2012 | +| Stanford Introduction to AI, Advanced Track | 2011 | +| National Physics Olympiad, Mention & Special Mention | 2007-2008 | + +### Performance Reviews + +Ratings across five review cycles, all at Greatly Exceeds Expectations or above: + +| Cycle | Company | Objectives | Behavior/Performance | +|-------|---------|------------|----------------------| +| 2022 | Robocorp | Greatly Exceeds | Sets a New Standard | +| 2023 | Robocorp | Greatly Exceeds | Greatly Exceeds | +| 2024 (self) | Sema4.ai | Greatly Exceeds | Greatly Exceeds | +| 2024 (mgr) | Sema4.ai | Greatly Exceeds | Exceeds | +| 2025 | VONQ | - | First-of-its-kind delivery | + +**Recurring peer themes across all cycles:** + +- **"The calm one"**: composure under pressure, even when senior engineers push back hard with opposing technical views. Manager (2024): "He's managed to keep his cool." Peers: "The calm one, easy to talk to and trusted by peers." +- **Customer-facing confidence**: "Can be thrown in front of any customer knowing that he'll navigate the conversations professionally and gracefully." +- **Product thinker**: "Thinks about the product as a whole instead of any area he is working currently." Stepped into product owner gaps without being asked. +- **Proactive helper**: Collected team sync summaries when the manager couldn't join, prepped onboarding docs ahead of time, helped without being asked or guided. +- **Onboarding velocity**: "Smoothest onboarding in my entire working career." "Took to the library work like fish to water." "Quickly running with the development" across multiple companies. + +**Select manager quotes:** + +- "Without the help in customer support and library development from Cosmin I am sure we would have lost multiple partner cases and most probably would have burnt-out Mika." (2022) +- "Working with the OSS community around the pywin issue was a feat I did not think possible, but Cosmin just got it done." (2022) +- "You are patient with customers and explain concepts to them clearly. This is a massive impact to the entire company." (2023) +- "Jump from a developer role to team lead is a huge one and not everyone is able to make it. Cosmin is well on his way there." (2024) +- "Cosmin's blog basically gave us one recruitment in the form of Bogdan." (2022) + +### Community & Speaking + +**Conferences:** + +- **EuroPython 2015** (Bilbao, Spain): Argus testing framework presentation +- **Local security conferences:** Python exec/eval vulnerabilities, steganography methods + +**Leadership:** + +- **RoPython**: Co-founded Romanian Python community (PSF-sponsored), BDFL, organized conferences and workshops (2014-2016) +- **InfoEducatie 2014**: Jury member at national projects contest (Google-sponsored) + +**Mentorship:** + +- **[Young Founders School (YFS)](https://www.youngfoundersschool.com/)**: two cohorts + - **Oct-Nov 2025, Iciar Mendieta (Spain):** 4-week virtual internship exploring "Reimagining Online Interviews: Designing the Future of Trust and Human Connection in Remote Hiring." Shared lessons from consulting and entrepreneurship on career, hiring, and life, encouraging AI as a fair collaborator rather than a surveillance tool, even during interviews. Iciar delivered a final pitch to the Wandercode team and earned a recommendation for IE University's Junior Advisory Board. + - **May-Jun 2026, Kavya (India):** 4-week virtual internship on AI and medtech in healthcare, focused on early disease detection. Kavya delivered a final pitch deck and demo, and YFS sent a certificate of appreciation (Aug 2026). + +--- + +## What I'm Building Now + +### How I Operate with AI + +- **Harness-only since summer 2025.** Not a single line of code written by hand: every change runs through an agent harness (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin), because its guardrails, context and review loop are safer than typing. Custom agents, skills, hooks, guards and MCP connectors are packaged as plugins; go-to plugins are ponytail, RTK, claude-mem, caveman and graft. +- **Agent teams.** Work is delegated to teams of agents and sub-agents that communicate and self-organize until the goal is met, converging PRs into mergeable, production-ready contributions. Humans own review and merge. +- **Metric first.** AI SDLC work starts from a business-relevant baseline, so adoption is measured against revenue and ROI, not activity. Prompt engineering is paired with context engineering. +- **Built here first, on personal time.** The dev-workflow package (10 agent roles, 7 skills, 3 team shapes) lives in a private, all-rights-reserved repo, not extracted from client work. +- **Roles with limits.** Reviewers never write production code, and tool grants are enforced at runtime, not by prompt. +- **Installed, then adapted.** It goes into client repos so the client binds its own tracker. Client-specific adaptations are client work; the method stays licensed. +- **Blugen flow.** Research, human-approved blueprint, wireframe, implementation, confidence-driven tests, human review and PR. Humans own merges and public text. A capped multi-agent review loop catches what the author misses. +- **Client hygiene.** A CI denylist keeps client names out of public code. Each client gets an isolated Claude profile and git identity. + +### Strategic Positioning + +> Strategy meets execution. Consulting funds the present, community builds the future, IP creates the moat, all from wherever I wake up. + +**Core Insight:** Not building a career. Building an **asset portfolio** where each piece feeds the others: Wandercode (fractional strategy and delivery), NoMoreApply (a trust-based talent network). + +**The Operator → Allocator Transition:** + +Angel Squad (Hustle Fund) application marks the shift from selling time to deploying judgment. From coding room to problem-definition room. + +**The nomad pattern as strategy:** proving "I am the product, not my location", 50+ countries while working full-time. + +**Blugen™: blueprint-first AI development:** + +Blueprint-driven AI development (Claude Code + Cursor + MCPs). AI amplifies systematized thinking. Teachable and licensable to client engagements as background methodology, distinct from client-specific deliverables. Selling outcomes, not hours. + +The core paradox: AI generation is inherently non-deterministic, same prompt, different output every time. Blugen solves this by wrapping non-deterministic generation in deterministic blueprints. The AI improvises within rails. The output is production-grade, reproducible, auditable. That's the IP. + +**IP model:** Client-specific work is assigned to the client. Pre-existing methods (Blugen, the agentic dev operating system, the model/prompt/harness playbook, the workshop package) are licensed perpetually and royalty-free, never sold twice. The register is versioned and timestamped with OpenTimestamps: [wandercode.ltd/ip](https://www.wandercode.ltd/ip). + +### Engagements + +**Wandercode (Owner):** + +- **Model:** Fractional AI Product Strategist, "Results as a Service" (outcomes, not hours) +- **Focus:** Startups and high-growth companies, intelligent products, strategy to production +- **Industries:** hrtech, fintech, biotech, healthtech, IoT, eCommerce, iGaming +- **Methodology:** Blugen™, blueprint-first AI development. Non-deterministic AI, deterministic outcome. +- **Services:** Technical audits, AI product development, Consultancy & strategy, Workshops & training + +**Clients:** + +- **Bonsai Labs** (Oct 2026 - Present): main client. AI transformation for PE-backed companies. Deployed as a Forward Deployed Engineer on short engagements, delivering results to Bonsai's own clients. First one: AI SDLC Engineer for a US payments and tax company, over 5 weeks. Discovery covers the existing agent harness (skills, hooks, guards, cost tracking) and a scorecard baseline, ending in a go/no-go. Then agent-based test planning and execution owned by QA, and the harness as the default ticket-to-PR flow. Handover is a playbook plus a named owner. Target: 2 to 3x speed and cost per feature. +- **Change Agents** (Jul 2026 - Present): AI Product Engineer, full-time embedded. AI visibility platform for local SMBs: it audits how a business shows up across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and Google, reports the gaps as plain facts, and deploys fixing agents only after the owner approves. Built the measurement pipeline (engine-adapter seam with a versioned registry, five-engine fan-out with failure isolation, retries and degradation, run cost observability) and the owner funnel (business lookup, live audit, report and PDF, a company profile reconciled across sources and confirmed by the owner). Multi-tenant Postgres with forced RLS and hardened tenant isolation. Set up the engineering system: spec-driven workflow, Linear conventions and skills, PR-convergence tooling, import-linter contracts in CI. Python 3.14 uv monorepo, FastAPI, Postgres on RDS, Terraform/AWS, Stripe. Delivered Iteration 0, now building the MVP. +- **Dentio** (Jan - Feb 2026, Phase 2 proposed Jun 2026): Dental software startup scaling desktop EHR automation across Europe. Technical audit and strategic advisory working closely with the CTO: architecture review, stack analysis, risk register, framework blueprint, phased roadmap. First pure audit engagement for Wandercode, strategy and architecture, no implementation. +- **VONQ** (Jun 2025 - Feb 2026): Recruitment marketing platform distributing jobs to thousands of channels via ATS integrations. Embedded as a fractional engineer across multiple product streams, Python/Django and React. Built the Meeting Assistant (AI agent joining Google Meet interviews with Recall.ai, live analysis with OpenAI, private interviewer hints, optional voice via ElevenLabs), a Knowledge Base and Careers Agent (career-site crawler plus RAG matching jobs to uploaded CVs), interview audio recovery, and a language-assessment MVP with a PDF dossier. Also drove AI-adoption by example: agent-briefing standards, engineers experimenting with Claude Code and Cursor on their own. +- **A5 Labs** (Jan - Jul 2025): ML/AI for competitive online gaming. Python/FastAPI three-service mesh plus a C++ inference server for GTO/RL poker strategies. + +**Capacity:** Change Agents is a lightweight full-time role, which leaves room for part-time Bonsai. Currently booked, open to short audits or advisory. + +**NoMoreApply (Co-Founder):** + +- **Type:** Private engineer community for peer-based job referrals +- **Role:** Legal side (contracts, referral agreements, vetting), internal culture, tax guidance for digital nomads +- **Weekly cadence:** "NMA - Moving the needle" (Tuesdays with Angel Aytov, Cata Waack) +- **Philosophy:** "Let's remember ourselves 'why' we are still doing this" + +### Angel Investing + +- **Angel Squad** (Hustle Fund), Interview + Tour with Wael Jabir (Dec 2025) +- **Referral:** Brian Nichols +- **Positioning:** "I've worked with startups over a decade, close to co-founders more like a founding engineer, set some money aside, and I may be able to get interested into fractional investing into promising teams after getting to know them and the problem they're solving." +- **Trajectory:** Operator → Allocator transition + +### Partnerships & Revenue Streams + +**Teeming.ai Partnership (Dec 2025):** + +- **Structure:** Ambassador Partnership Agreement with NoMoreApply +- **Key people:** Victor Sundén (Teeming.ai), Moh Mehrabani, Angel Aytov, Cata Waack +- **Terms:** 50-50 split of placement fees (20% retained in business, 80% to referrer), non-exclusive + +--- + +## How I Think + +### Core Values + +Four virtues guiding life and work: + +1. **Move forward**, Even when help is delaying, don't remain blocked. Look for alternatives. +2. **Be transparent**, If you ask me something, I provide value; same I expect from you. No political games. +3. **Stay humble**, Nurture quiet confidence, but don't tolerate brilliant jerks. Facts over opinions. +4. **Less is more**, Ditch calls, context switching and bureaucracy. Make room for focus, curiosity, creativity and innovation. + +### Operational Principles + +**On Work:** + +- "Human beings are not meant to sink in tedious repetitive tasks. We're more creative than that." +- "There has to be a simple solution for this." (personal mantra) +- First principles thinking as default approach +- Removing "im" from impossible +- "Languages are just tools, frameworks can be easily learned." +- "Action over deliberation", learned at Robocorp +- "Move fast and break things" became "move fast and get investigated", AI in 2026 demands security, compliance, and privacy guardrails. Speed without governance is liability, not velocity. +- Effectiveness towards end consumer > efficiency metrics +- Impact & results > hours worked +- Quality > vanity metrics +- Renewable value creation > extractive transactions +- Shrink the build-measure-learn loop, if feedback stalls, stop building. Shipping without a listener is waste. +- Work backward from the customer, even when the org chart separates you from delivery +- Data over assumptions when making decisions, metrics inform, opinions don't. +- Socratic persuasion over direct argument, ask the right questions and people answer themselves to the right conclusion. +- Workable over perfect, find the middle ground that ships, push back when needed to get things over the finish line. A practical example made by hand beats a document. +- Scope discipline, small PRs, iterative delivery. Scope creep creates review ping-pong and delays. When excited about adjacent improvements, resist. +- Three domains, one rhythm: **Learn → Practice → Teach** in engineering. **Research → Plan → Execute** in product. **Audit → Product → Train** in business. The loop closes differently at each layer, but the discipline is the same. +- Engineers mark the dangerous code with `# don't touch this` and hope someone else deals with it. I read that as a treasure map. The scariest parts of a codebase are where the most leverage lives, and someone has to go there. + +### Engagement Evaluation Framework + +The structure actually used across every serious opportunity conversation, reconstructed from ~60 companies engaged with 2021-2026, a fixed set of questions asked to the counterparty, plus a green/red flag system. + +**Standard questions, asked almost verbatim every time:** + +- What's the mission, the thing no amount of money would make them abandon? +- What aren't they looking for in the next hire? (anti-criteria, tests whether hiring is deliberate or reactive) +- How do they measure success, concretely, metrics, not vibes? +- What's the culture and workflow actually like: tools named (Linear, Slack, GitHub, Loom), async vs. sync bias, on-site requirements? +- What's the first problem I'd own on day one? (tests for real ownership vs. vague "wear many hats") +- Why does a client sign eagerly, and why does an existing one churn? (client-facing roles) +- Runway, breakeven timeline, exit vs. growth ambition, investor pressure? +- Domain-specific regulatory/technical risk? + +**Green flags:** down-to-earth and pragmatic; honest, non-hyped take on AI capability; action over theorizing; founders with real domain depth; culture matching past reference points for "good" (Gorgias, Comfy). + +**Red flags, enough to walk alone:** hidden contact/booking mechanisms (control-freak signal); recruiters who won't name company, team, product, funding stage, or comp; generic/LLM-templated outreach; big-corp texture (mandatory office, no B2B flexibility, rigid process, no visible growth path). + +**Composite bar a company has to clear:** + +1. Contractor/partner structure, not W-2 +2. Early enough that first-90-days impact is traceable to a name, not diffused across a team +3. Named first problem/component to own, not vague scope +4. Culture demonstrated through tools and behavior, not stated +5. Comp clears a moving bar, recalibrated each year, with unlimited PTO explicit and fee-protected +6. Mission with teeth, a non-generic answer to "what wouldn't you abandon for money" +7. Anti-criteria disclosed +8. Runway/financial transparency, no deflecting +9. AI-native process, Claude Code/Cursor-driven work shown openly, not treated as a red flag +10. Genuine outreach, ideally a warm referral over cold/templated recruiting + +**Pattern in actual wins:** contractor/B2B structure always, a named reachable individual driving the process, product- or AI-adjacent scope with fast visible impact. None required office presence or fixed hours. + +**Terms that get negotiated once mission/comp align:** unlimited PTO made explicit and fee-protected, no mandatory timesheets, termination-without-fault clauses reviewed (not accepted blind), insurance/mandated-cost clauses trimmed where possible. + +**On Startups (from accelerator programs):** + +- Being a **firefighter** is impactful +- Can't scale without remaining an **innovator** +- Being a strong **communicator** is essential + +**On Leadership:** + +- **Mandate vs. lead by example**: The sweet spot lies between "my way or the highway" and endless voting that never reaches agreement. Brainstorm, offer options, but be the leader who draws the line and sets the path forward. +- **No responsibility without authority**: I don't take responsibility for outcomes I can't influence. Otherwise I'm just your scapegoat on a sinking ship. +- **Hire me to tell you what to do, not the other way around**: Give me the "why" and the goals. Figuring out the "how" is what you're paying for. If you need someone to execute orders, that's not me. +- **If you hire me to just code, I'm sorry, that's for Claude Code**: Pure execution is commoditized. I bring strategic value, not keystrokes. +- **I don't work for companies, I work with people**: The engagement is peer-to-peer. If you see me as a vendor, we're already misaligned. I partner with professionals who understand my value and want me invested in their outcome. +- **Show, don't mandate AI adoption**: Proving the value through continuous results, not policy. When the team sees weeks compressed into minutes, adoption follows naturally. Culture shifts through evidence, not evangelism. +- **Don't be a people pleaser**: Trying to find a middle ground between every stakeholder delays delivery. Gather input, then make a call. Indecision disguised as diplomacy is still indecision. +- **Prove it on their tickets**: Win over skeptical engineers with results on their own work, not demos. A shipped PR on their backlog beats any slide. + +**On Self:** + +- "Smart geek with strong technical principles coming from a security-driven background" +- Prefers risky but promising projects over steady-growth corporate life +- "I can name a lot of geniuses way better than me at building apps and deploying APIs... but not sure how many can resist the pressure of a startup, adapt fast to change and carefully asking the 'why' more often than the 'how' and 'what'." +- **Diamonds are built under pressure**: Thriving in high-stakes environments where others crack. Pressure reveals character and forges clarity. +- Radiating from core, not reflecting others' energy +- Carrying the light, not seeking it, making the invisible visible, the complex simple + +**Favorite quote:** "Do. Or do not. There is no try.", Yoda + +### Career Aspirations + +- "Founder mode" with genuine leadership influence and people management +- Growing multifunctional cohesive autonomous teams in remote-first async setups +- Senior backend/solutions/lead engineer moving the needle +- Partnering with likeminded professionals who get it, not serving org charts +- Contributing to innovation and growth, not just execution + +--- + +## The Nomad Life + +Digital nomad since 2021. **50+ countries** across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and the Americas, all while working remotely full-time since 2021. + +### Regional Highlights + +- **Africa Safari Circuit (2024):** Kenya → Tanzania/Zanzibar → Zambia → Namibia → South Africa → Mauritius → Seychelles +- **Asia-Pacific Loop (2023):** India → Thailand → Malaysia → Singapore → Philippines → Japan → Indonesia → Fiji → New Zealand +- **Americas (2025-2026):** USA (NYC, Miami) → Peru (Lima, Machu Picchu) → Chile (Santiago, Patagonia) → Argentina (El Calafate, Buenos Aires, Iguazú) → Uruguay → Brazil (Iguaçu, São Paulo, Florianópolis, Rio) → Colombia → Ecuador → Panama → Costa Rica → El Salvador → Guatemala → Belize → Mexico + +### Silicon Valley Chapter (2018-2019) + +**2018, Switzerland:** + +- Moved to Zurich to work with Fashwell for 3-4 months +- Visited Google's Zurich office; absorbed their open culture and observed the traits that define Google engineers +- Fashwell got acquired by Apple mid-stay, flew to Cupertino for a week, had a contract ready to sign but walked away due to restrictive terms + +**2019, LA:** + +- Returned to the US, spent 3 months near Venice Beach +- Several visits to Google's LA office +- Attended local meetups and entrepreneurial conferences, met Gary Vaynerchuk at one +- Built key connections that shaped the next career chapter + +**Valley Exploration (both years):** + +- Tech hubs: Cupertino, San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland +- Santa Cruz, met the Comfy team for the first time at their retreat; arrived in LA the night before and drove straight into a jacuzzi with future colleagues +- Seattle, connected with TeqHire/ArcanaBio folks +- Road trip: Route 66 through Mojave Desert, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon + +### Adventure Moments + +**Safari & Wildlife:** + +- **Kenya**: Maasai Mara safari +- **Namibia**: Self-safari with a 4x4 through Etosha; got locked in after chasing a beautiful sunset, eventually someone opened the gates; slept in a tent in Deadvlei; on the way back, an old man pointed a rifle at our car, turned out he was after cattle thieves, not us +- **Zambia**: Helicopter ride above Victoria Falls; walked with rhinos face-to-face in a protected area, guards nearby watching for poachers + +**Two-Wheel Freedom:** + +- **Bali**: First scooter ride with my girlfriend on Nusa Penida: no driver license (left as guarantee), left-side driving, no plates, pure freedom; floated in a pool at night watching the stars +- **Fiji**: Visited a local tribe on a scooter near Lautoka, road conditions so rough on the way back that locals picked us up in their car and we had a blast +- **South Africa**: Scooter ride to Cape of Good Hope, penguin spotting along the way +- **Italy**: Amalfi coast scooter from Positano back to Salerno at night, stopping for local sweets and limoncello lemons + +**Road Trips:** + +- **Sri Lanka**: Drove a Suzuki Every for a month; the road surfaced every funny moment a country can offer + +**Island Moments:** + +- **Fiji**: Island-hopped across Yasawa (Mana, Nacula) +- **Philippines**: Witnessed every sunset for a month on Boracay's White Beach +- **Maldives**: Three visits, deep peace on white coral beaches; first encounter on Dhigurah island, arrived at night, walked straight to the beach, full moon shining through palm fronds while the wind made them rustle in soft susurrus + +**Rails:** + +- **Japan**: First railroad experience; jumped from train to train exploring half the country + +**Celebrations:** + +- **Jordan**: Christmas at Petra, then NYE under the quiet sandy skies of Wadi Rum +- **Zanzibar**: Most exotic NYE (2021-2022) + +### Nomad's Nest (Cyprus Airbnb) + +Co-launched with partner, a fully equipped apartment in Ayia Napa, Cyprus for fellow digital nomads and remote workers. 10 minutes to city center, 20 minutes to beaches. + +- **Website:** [nomadsnest.live](https://www.nomadsnest.live/) +- **Contact:** book@nomadsnest.live +- **Social:** [@nomadsnest.live](https://instagram.com/nomadsnest.live) + +### Island Specialist + +Maldives (3x), Fiji, Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Zanzibar, drawn to tropical destinations for deep work and recharge. + +Travel log: [Nomads](https://nomads.com/@cmin764), *"Avid couple traveler looking for adventure at every step. Embracing cultural differences while seeking human connection."* + +--- + +## Technical Depth + +### Technical Expertise + +**Primary Stack:** + +- **Python** (since 2007): FastAPI, Flask, Django, asyncio, aiohttp, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, uv, import-linter +- **AI/LLM:** OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok APIs, LangChain, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, multi-agent orchestration, spec-driven and blueprint-first development +- **Automation:** Robot Framework, RPA, Selenium, OCR, intelligent document processing + +**Secondary Languages:** + +Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, C/C++ + +**Frontend:** + +React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery + +**Backend:** + +Node.js, Express, Nest, gRPC, Protocol Buffers + +**Data:** + +- **SQL:** PostgreSQL (row-level security, multi-tenancy), MySQL, SQLite, PostGIS +- **NoSQL:** Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Datastore + +**Infrastructure:** + +- **Cloud:** AWS (Fargate, RDS, SES), Terraform, GCP (App Engine, Firestore, Functions) +- **Containers:** Docker, Kubernetes, Helm +- **CI/CD:** GitHub Actions, CodeRabbit, pytest, uv, Poetry +- **Product & delivery:** Stripe, Linear + +**AI Tooling:** + +Claude Code (custom agents, skills, hooks, plugins, sub-agents, agent teams), Codex, Devin, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Cursor + +**AI Workflow Intensity (Nov 2025 - Jan 2026):** + +| Metric | Monthly Average | +|--------|-----------------| +| Active coding days | ~12 | +| Sessions | ~62 | +| Messages | ~12,750 | +| Tool calls | ~3,280 | +| Token volume | ~2 billion | + +Not using AI as a crutch, using it as a force multiplier. Snapshot of that period, not a running figure. The difference: systematic prompting, agentic workflows, and treating AI as a pair programming partner rather than a search engine. + +The volume works because the methodology is designed for it, non-deterministic generation channeled through deterministic blueprints. Every session starts from a structured plan, not a blank prompt. + +### Tool Preferences + +Personal preferences when I have a choice. Client tools are what they are. + +| Category | Ideal | Acceptable | Tolerated | +|----------|-------|------------|-----------| +| **Code Editors** | Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin | PyCharm, VSCode, Vim | Notepad[++] | +| **Documentation** | Markdown | Text | reStructuredText | +| **Version Control** | GitHub | GitLab | Bitbucket | +| **Knowledge Base** | Notion | Coda | Confluence | +| **Design & Diagrams** | Excalidraw & Mermaid | Miro, Whimsical | Draw.io | +| **Project Management** | Linear | ClickUp, Asana | Jira, Trello | +| **Team Communication** | Twist | Discord | Slack | +| **Video Communication** | Loom | Google Meet, Zoom | Microsoft Teams | +| **HR & Culture** | Deel, Culture Amp | Remote, Personio | Freshteam, 15Five | +| **Finance** | Airwallex, Wise | Revolut, Brex | Traditional banks | + +**Domains:** + +- API design and back-end logic +- Microservices deployment to cloud +- Desktop apps (Windows executables) +- Data pipelines, parsing, aggregation +- ETL processes infused with AI +- IaaS/DevOps (OpenStack, cloud-init) + +### Industries + +AI, RPA, LLM, Automation Engineering, Enterprise Software, SaaS, B2B, Dev Tools, Fintech, Banking, Accounting, Biotech, Healthcare, Pharmaceutics, Cloud Computing, IoT, Smart Home, Cybersecurity, E-commerce, Retail, Fashion, Energy, Environmental Studies, Real Estate, iGaming, Food/Agriculture + +### Linux/Open-Source Background + +- Grew up with Ubuntu and various distributions (Linux Mint, Sabayon/Gentoo) +- Part of local community/distro called **Rogentos** +- Experience with equo/entropy package manager +- Nvidia optimus/bumblebee configuration +- Grub tweaking for dual-boot setups +- C fundamentals across different systems + +--- + +## Philosophy & Inner Navigation + +### Growth Edges + +Known patterns to manage, from self-reflection and external feedback across multiple review cycles: + +- **Scope creep**: When I see adjacent improvements, I want to fix them. This creates large PRs that are hard to review and slow to merge. Discipline: smaller iterations, one concern per PR. +- **People-pleasing under multi-stakeholder pressure**: Trying to mediate every PoV delays decisions. Recognized explicitly in the VONQ cycle. The fix is to timebound the input gathering, then decide. +- **Frontend is real but secondary**: Shipped React and TypeScript features across multiple engagements, but product judgment and backend ownership are the sharp edge. +- **Timezone availability as a management tension**: Nomadic lifestyle means odd hours. Handled proactively through clear calendar practices, but it's a recurring point in manager feedback. + +### The Three-Layer Journey + +A personal framework inspired by Mesoamerican wisdom, representing the arc from foundation through transformation to infinite innovation: + +| Layer | Civilization | Principle | Application | +|-------|--------------|-----------|-------------| +| **Foundation** | Maya | First principles, mathematical thinking, breaking things apart to understand | Start with the essential need, expand only as necessary. Build from a point outward. | +| **Transformation** | Inca | Synthesis, adaptation, free movement, reading the living landscape | The wisdom between structure and output. Adapt, integrate, connect disparate elements. | +| **Innovation** | Aztec | Eternal return with variation, infinite scalability, transforming inherited knowledge | Each iteration is progression. Moving forward while appearing to cycle back. | + +### The Six Powers (Inca Constellation) + +A navigation system for different moments in life and work: + +| Symbol | Energy | When It Activates | +|--------|--------|-------------------| +| **Inti** (Sun) | Core creative fire, renewable energy, radiating from within | Early morning deep work. Creating value that regenerates daily (solar) vs. depleting resources (coal). Shining because it's your nature, not in response to anything. | +| **Chakana** (Cosmic Cross) | Decision-making framework across three levels | Evaluating opportunities: Does it honor where I came from? Serve present needs? Build toward the vision? The void in its center is space for innovation between structure and chaos. | +| **Condor** (Spiral Heart) | Elevated perspective, iterative wisdom, patience | Rising above challenges to see bigger patterns. Returning to problems at higher levels. Compound growth through patience, not frantic activity. | +| **Mama Killa** (Moon) | Reflection, processing, transforming experience into wisdom | After intense sprints, pause and digest. The difference between earning money and building wealth. Evening connections that become lifelong relationships. | +| **Mama Qucha** (Water) | Flow, adaptation, connecting distant shores | Finding ways around obstacles rather than forcing through. Smooth transitions between contexts. Adaptation is more powerful than resistance. | +| **Pachamama** (Earth) | Grounding, abundance thinking, sustainable cultivation | Wealth is cultivated like a garden, not extracted. Staying rooted while moving. True wealth includes health, connections, experiences, not just bank balances. | + +### The Practice + +Three principles guiding daily work: + +| Principle | Source | Core Idea | +|-----------|--------|-----------| +| **Surrender the Outcome** | Brook Cupps | Focus on process over results. Identity lives in who you are, not what you achieve. Trust preparation, release attachment. | +| **Chinese Bamboo** | Stephen Covey | Five years of invisible root-building before explosive growth. The "nothing is happening" phase is where foundations form. | +| **Chop Wood, Carry Water** | Zen proverb | Enlightenment transforms inner state, not circumstances. Presence in daily practice. The mundane is the practice. | + +**The thread:** Fall in love with the process. The breakthrough comes from what you do when nothing seems to be happening. + +--- + +## Creative Side + +### Photography & Videography + +- **Photography:** Documentary-style travel and lifestyle, capturing moments "as they are" + - Instagram: [@asitisphotos](https://instagram.com/asitisphotos) +- **Videography:** Travel films and destination stories + - Instagram: [@cmin764](https://instagram.com/cmin764) + - YouTube: [@cmin764](https://youtube.com/@cmin764), Exotic tropical islands and adventure destinations + +### Film + +Drawn to psychologically dense, philosophically rich storytelling, films that wrestle with moral ambiguity, existential questions, and the tension between individual freedom and institutional conformity. + +**10/10 Films:** The Shawshank Redemption, Interstellar, Chernobyl, Oppenheimer, The Green Mile, Se7en, Schindler's List, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Martian, It's a Wonderful Life, The Social Network, Gran Torino, Soul, Stalker, True Detective, Zootopia, Changeling, Easy Rider, Loving Vincent, Sleuth, Capra cu trei iezi + +**Genres:** Psychological thriller, Sci-fi with philosophical depth, Historical drama, Existential/arthouse + +**Recurring Themes:** + +- **Truth over comfort**: Chernobyl, Changeling, True Detective. Stories where hiding the truth creates catastrophe, and speaking it costs everything. +- **Perseverance against overwhelming odds**: Shawshank, The Martian, Changeling. Patience and resourcefulness outweigh raw power. +- **First principles problem-solving**: Interstellar, The Martian, Oppenheimer. Breaking down impossible problems to fundamentals. +- **Individual vs. institution**: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Easy Rider, Changeling. Systems crush; individuals resist. +- **Moral complexity over binary good/evil**: True Detective, Se7en, Oppenheimer. Characters operating in shades of gray. +- **One person rippling outward**: Schindler's List, It's a Wonderful Life, Gran Torino. Impact isn't about scale; it's about depth. +- **Purpose beyond achievement**: Soul, Stalker. The difference between chasing goals and actually living. + +Film profile: [IMDb](https://imdb.com/user/ur26245000) + +### Reading + +40+ books read with focus on self-development, business strategy, and philosophy. + +**Favorites:** The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Alchemist, Power of Now, The 80/20 Principle, The Old Man and the Sea + +**Genres:** Self-help, Business, Art, Fiction, Adventure, Travel + +Reading profile: [Goodreads](https://goodreads.com/user/show/84378981-cosmin-poiean) + +### Writing + +Essays on travel experiences, startup lessons, leadership, and intrapreneurship. + +- Blog: [Medium](https://cmin764.medium.com) +- Personal: [Cosmin's Life](https://cosminslife.wordpress.com) + +### Other Interests + +- Smart banking and tax optimization for nomads +- Ancient civilizations and philosophy (Maya, Inca, Aztec) +- Consciousness and AI ethics (SOMA game as philosophical reference) + +--- + +## Connect + +**Looking for:** 1-2 high-stakes engagements where I can move the needle. Fractional partnerships, advisory roles, or co-founder alignment conversations. + +### Identity + +| | | +|---|---| +| **Full Name** | Cosmin Poieana (Poieană) | +| **Based** | Romania (home), Cyprus (business hub) | +| **Handle** | cmin764 | +| **Email** | cmin764@gmail.com | + +**Languages:** Romanian (native), English (C1-C2), French (pre-intermediate) + +### Digital Presence + +| Platform | URL | +|----------|-----| +| **GitHub** | https://github.com/cmin764 | +| **LinkedIn** | https://linkedin.com/in/cmin764 | +| Medium | https://cmin764.medium.com | +| Blog | https://cosminslife.wordpress.com | +| Twitter | https://twitter.com/cmin764 | +| Instagram | https://instagram.com/cmin764 | +| Photography | https://instagram.com/asitisphotos | +| Facebook | https://facebook.com/cmin764 | +| YouTube | https://youtube.com/@cmin764 | +| Nomads | https://nomads.com/@cmin764 | +| Goodreads | https://goodreads.com/user/show/84378981-cosmin-poiean | +| **Portfolio** | https://cmin764.github.io/portfolio/ | +| **CV** | https://cmin764.github.io/cmin764/cv.pdf | +| **Wandercode** | https://www.wandercode.ltd | +| **NoMoreApply** | https://nomoreapply.com | +| **Cal** | https://cal.com/wandercode/discovery-call?overlayCalendar=true | +| **Alignment Form** | https://tally.so/r/w4vQ6X | + +--- + +## Internal Reference + +### Application Hooks (per company type) + +| Type | Pitch | +|------|-------| +| **Digital nomad platforms** | Would use, pay for, and love to develop, lifestyle alignment. 50+ countries while working full-time. | +| **Linux/open-source** | Grew up with Ubuntu, Linux enthusiast since youth, Rogentos community | +| **Consciousness/AI ethics** | Deep philosophical interest in consciousness transfer. "While everybody struggles to make intelligence more artificial, I'm wondering if we can make it more human." | +| **Automation/AI** | 3+ years at Robocorp/Sema4.ai, Siemens connection via Comfy. Mission: freeing human creativity from tedious repetition. | +| **Fintech** | Interest in smart banking, tax optimization, nomadic budgeting. Abundance thinking over scarcity. | +| **Travel tech** | Travel addict, "next AirBnB for vans" as personal goal; exit track record | +| **RPA** | Mission alignment on democratization, sweet-spot between control and complexity | +| **Purpose-driven companies** | Work as vehicle for impact. Building bridges between ancient wisdom and future technology. | + +--- + +*Last updated: October 2026* diff --git a/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md b/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b32d31 --- /dev/null +++ b/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md @@ -0,0 +1,315 @@ +# Cosmin Poieana + +*Engineer at core | Entrepreneur at heart* + +Fractional AI product strategist with Python since 2007, 14+ years shipping professionally and startups since 2016. Two companies I worked at got acquired (Fashwell → Apple, Comfy → Siemens). I embed inside engineering teams to ship AI agents, RAG pipelines and full-stack products, and to make agentic development the team's default way of working, from strategy to production. + +## I. Experience + +1. *Owner* @ **[Wandercode](https://www.wandercode.ltd/)**, Hong Kong: Feb 2025 - Present + + Fractional AI Product Strategist helping startups and high-growth companies build intelligent products. Results as a Service: outcomes delivered, not hours billed. + + - Embedded technical partner inside your Slack, GitHub and standups, not a vendor on the outside: agent harness setup and integration, shared conventions, and AI-augmented code review. + - Services: technical audits and strategy (stack analysis, risk registers, roadmaps), AI product development (RAG pipelines, AI agents, full-stack delivery), and team AI engineering workshops (Claude Code, Cursor, Blugen). + + Sweet spot in hrtech, fintech, healthtech/biotech, cybersecurity, IoT, eCommerce and iGaming. Solid open-source background. Blugen™: spec-driven, blueprint-first AI development that wraps non-deterministic generation in deterministic specs for reproducible, production-grade output. Client work is yours; methods are licensed, never sold twice ([Background IP](https://www.wandercode.ltd/ip)). + + Clients: + + - **[Bonsai Labs](https://bonsai-labs.com/)** (Oct 2026 - Present): main client. AI transformation for PE-backed companies, delivered through short Forward Deployed Engineer engagements: + - AI SDLC Engineer for a US payments and tax company. Assess the existing agent harness and team baseline, make agent-based test planning and execution QA-owned, make the harness the default ticket-to-PR flow, and hand over a playbook with a named owner. + - **[Change Agents](https://changeagentscorp.com/)** (Jul 2026 - Present): AI Product Engineer, full-time embedded. AI visibility platform for local SMBs that audits how a business appears across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and Google, and deploys fixing agents only after owner approval. Built the five-engine measurement pipeline, the owner funnel, and multi-tenant Postgres with row-level security. Set up the agent-assisted dev workflow. Python, FastAPI, AWS. + - **[Dentio](https://dentio.com/)** (Jan - Feb 2026): technical audit and strategy for a dental-software startup scaling desktop EHR automation: architecture review, risk register, phased roadmap. + - **[VONQ](https://www.vonq.com/)** (Jun 2025 - Feb 2026): recruitment marketing platform distributing jobs to thousands of media channels. Fractional AI engineer across product streams (Python/Django, React). Built the **Meeting Assistant**, a first for VONQ: an AI agent that joins Google Meet interviews, analyzes the conversation live and gives the interviewer private hints, optionally speaking up to unblock the session. Also shipped a Knowledge Base and Careers Agent (career-site crawler plus RAG matching jobs to uploaded CVs), interview audio recovery, and a language-assessment MVP with a PDF dossier for a major European client. Drove team-wide AI adoption by example. + - **[A5 Labs](https://a5labs.co/)** (Jan - Jul 2025): ML/AI innovations for competitive online gaming. Built Python/FastAPI services and a C++ inference server providing Game Theory Optimal (GTO) and reinforcement learning strategies for high-stakes poker tournaments. + + Volunteer: + + - Mentored two [Young Founders School](https://www.youngfoundersschool.com/) students (Spain, India) through 4-week virtual internships: remote-hiring trust, and AI for early disease detection. + +2. *Co-Founder* @ **[NoMoreApply](https://nomoreapply.com/)**, Cyprus: Nov 2024 - Present + + A private community for trusted engineers who skip the recruiter and get direct introductions to companies through people who know their work. + + - Building a vetted network where peer recommendations replace interview theater and multi-stage hiring processes. + - Running the operational backbone: contracts, referral agreements, member vetting, interview standards, and tax guidance for digital nomads. + +3. *Software Engineering Lead* @ **[Sema4.ai](https://sema4.ai/)**, USA: Nov 2023 - Jul 2024 (9 months) + + Led a team of 5 Python engineers building [AI Actions](https://github.com/Sema4AI/gallery) through OpenGPT-powered Agents. At the core, an [Action Server](https://github.com/Sema4AI/actions) on FastAPI discovers and runs action packages in isolation, pure Python logic over internal and external resources. The "hands & legs" of the AI: execution after reasoning. + + - Bridged product and engineering by managing a Linear project for creating pre-made actions wrapping Google, Slack, HubSpot, and local document operations. + - Wrote technical documents for issue scoping and designed the OAuth2 flow for our products. + - Improved the DX of library work and its migration from RPA to native Python automation. + - Redesigned the hiring code challenge to function as both a technical and psychological filter, eliminating poor-fit candidates before live interviews. + - People management: 360 reviews, proactive 1:1s tied to career goals, new hire onboarding, team autonomy and trust empowerment. + - Held talks about our development tools and Python automation to wider external audiences. + + Built a subteam around Python development and CI/CD best practices. Navigated a turbulent Python-only pivot while mediating opposing technical views from senior engineers and keeping delivery on track. Grew as a manager: reducing friction, nurturing autonomy, keeping the roadmap flexible through constant product shifts. Led from Nov 2023 at Robocorp, continuing at Sema4.ai after the Jan 2024 acquisition. + +4. *Senior Software Engineer* @ **[Robocorp](https://github.com/robocorp)**, Finland: Sep 2021 - Oct 2023 (2 years 2 months) + + Open-source automation through developer tools and Python libraries. 10k-user community enabling citizen developers to automate their work through code. + + - Developed a set of RPA libraries written in Python, used under Robot Framework automation scripts involving: intelligent document processing, API wrappers, browser (Selenium), desktop (OCR), Windows, email with OAuth2 and PDF automation. + - PyPI package development and dependency management with cloud-based integration testing coverage. + - Resolved a pywin OSS community issue through upstream collaboration, considered nearly impossible by the team. + - Contributed to a public gallery of use-case driven examples employing our tools. + - Fully committed to customer support threads and calls, with patient, clear explanations that had "massive impact to the entire company" per manager feedback. + + Sharpened RPA skills, learned to prioritize ruthlessly, and communicate with empathy without losing directness. The culture stuck with me. + +5. *Senior Software Engineer* @ **[Gorgias](https://www.gorgias.com/)**, USA: Jan 2021 - May 2021 (5 months) + + Authorization server in Flask with authlib implementing OAuth2 Authorization Code Grant, enabling external developers to build 3rd-party apps. Getting quickly to "no" on long-term decisions was key. Speed of conviction won partners over the competition. + + - Grew and led the Developer Experience team while helping partners and external developers integrate with Gorgias. + - Laid the tech foundation of an App Store with OAuth2 support where developers could publish and monetize their own apps. + - Improved the REST API and docs with a startup mindset. + + Great culture and transparency, but the sole focus was customer impact & support. + +6. *Tech Lead* @ **[Comfy](http://comfyapp.com/)**, USA: Jul 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 6 months) + + Smart buildings IoT startup. Led by example in a fast-moving environment. Partners automated square kilometers of office campuses through our platform. + + - Established the architecture and code layout for micro-services handling sensor-based events using Go and Python with Django. + - Used Google's gRPC protocol buffers under a grpc-gateway reverse proxy transcoder with Python 3 service implementors. + - Built a Mapbox-compliant API with business logic at database level using PostGIS. + - Kept the team aligned through proactive communication and effective mutual help. + - Juggled priorities to meet client SLAs and delivery deadlines. + + Worked through the post-acquisition integration into Siemens across timezones and cultures. + +7. *Software Engineer* @ **[Fashwell](https://www.venturelab.swiss/Fashwell)**, Switzerland: Aug 2018 - Nov 2018 (4 months) + + ML-powered fashion and furniture detection in milliseconds. Planned, built, and deployed features for API services. Python web apps on Kubernetes in Google Cloud. + + - Added customizable rate limiting for all exposed endpoints, built on Redis. + - Created a bot for analyzing user statistics and generating engaging reports. + - Handled global code refactoring (Python 2 to 3), fixes, and quality assurance. + + Improved service reliability through proper rate limiting and fixed auth-side bugs. Great team, later acquired by Apple. + +8. *Back End Developer* @ **[ArcanaBio](https://www.arcanabio.com/)**, Iceland: Apr 2018 - Apr 2019 (1 year 1 month) + + Biotech startup spun out of TeqHire. Built tools for detecting organisms in DNA samples. High-stakes work where accuracy matters. Learned to own problems end-to-end and communicate directly with clients. + + - DNA sequencing and PCR automation involving Blast and Primer around NCBI ecosystem. + - Async programming in Python 3 with aiohttp and asyncio under exotic ASGI frameworks. + + Pivoted from full-time dev to part-time lead managing brainstorms, tasks, and docs. + +9. *Python DevOps* @ **[TeqHire](https://www.teqhire.com/)**, Iceland: Oct 2016 - Apr 2018 (1 year 7 months) + + One-man army. Full autonomy from the co-founders: proposing, scoping, building, deploying, and maintaining features end-to-end. + + - Developed a Flask web app on App Engine that categorized public professional data to match people with suitable job positions. + - Created an Elasticsearch ML component for data post-processing and analytics. + - Aggregated and centralized end-user financial data from multiple banks into one service. + - Augmented video streaming with live data extracted from the world's most popular poker platform using OCR and text prediction. + + Built connections with sharp people globally, entrepreneurs and CEOs who shaped how I think about building things. + +10. *Full Stack Developer* @ **[47FARMS](https://www.f6s.com/company/47farms)**, USA: Mar 2016 - Oct 2016 (8 months) + + Local food systems startup in Princeton. Built tech connecting communities with local producers: restaurant, school, and hospital programs for healthier food access. + + - Developed and maintained 47farms.com using webapp2 on Google Cloud PaaS. + - Enabled parents to order and schedule school lunches for their children across the week. + - Helped small clients unite and become wholesale buyers through the platform. + - Implemented recurring orders, custom pricing, and various payment options. + + Qualified to pitch at Wolves Summit and applied for state grants. Diplomacy and discipline win over cleverness. + +11. *Operational Researcher* @ **[Reckon Digital](https://reckondigital.com/)**, UK: Jan 2016 - Feb 2016 (2 months) + + Built a scheduling service for GE wind turbine testing. Moving massive engines between workbenches is expensive. The digital scheduler cut costs significantly. + + - Developed, tested, and deployed the test planner service on Linux machines. + + First Django project. Sharpened DevOps skills with Fabric. + +12. *Cloud Engineer* @ **[Cloudbase Solutions](https://cloudbase.it/)**, Romania: Oct 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year 3 months) + + Open-source cloud infrastructure with Microsoft as a key client. Built *cloudbase-init*, a Windows instance initialization service for OpenStack. Contributed patches upstream and helped users globally with IaaS deployments. + + - Created new features for cloudbase-init by extending compatibility with different cloud services. + - Developed Argus, a testing framework running integration tests against cloudbase-init. + - Focused on OpenStack development and helped users globally with deployment Q&As. + + First international talk at EuroPython (Argus framework). Helped establish the company's Iași office. + +13. *Malware Researcher* @ **[Bitdefender](https://www.bitdefender.com/)**, Romania: Feb 2013 - Sep 2014 (1 year 8 months) + + First job out of college at the world's top antivirus company. Distributed systems for parallel data processing and threat analysis. High-stakes security from day one. + + - DrLink: a service designed to efficiently crawl web apps with distributed threat and suspicious file scanning. + - Scrappy: an advanced application scraper that can recover from its last state in case of a stop/crash, which runs on custom plugins. + - Rediscoll: a high-level collection of Python data structures & OS locks, implemented as Redis abstractions. + - Curloxy: a proxy provider web service with the ability to search, parse and test proxies from multiple external sources. + + Built these projects from scratch solo while contributing to larger team efforts. Learned Python's dark corners from sharp coworkers. Gave a security conference talk on `exec`/`eval` vulnerabilities. + +## II. Education + +1. *Student* @ **Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza"**: 2012 - 2018 (Bachelor of Computer Science) + + Focus on data structures, algorithms, software architecture, and cryptography. + +2. *Student* @ **Colegiul National "UNIREA"**: 2008 - 2012 (Baccalaureate in Math-Informatics) + + Competitive programming on Topcoder, Codeforces, SPOJ. Tutored other students. Built problem-solving intuition early. + +3. *Pupil* @ **Scoala Generala Nr. 3**: 2000 - 2008 (Unique theses and Physics) + + National Olympiads in physics, math, biology, chemistry. + +## III. Knowledge + +1. **AI & agentic engineering**, from strategy to production: + + - harness-only development since summer 2025: not a single line of code written by hand. Every change runs through an agent harness, because its guardrails, context and review loop make it safer than typing + - building harnesses (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin): custom agents, skills, hooks, guards and MCP connectors, packaged as plugins, with cost tracking + - go-to harness plugins: ponytail, RTK, claude-mem, caveman, graft + - agent teams and sub-agents: delegating the work to teams of agents that communicate and self-organize until the goal is met, converging their PRs into mergeable, production-ready contributions, with humans owning review and merge + - spec-to-PR flow: research, approved blueprint, tests, review + - AI SDLC transformation: harness assessment, a delivery baseline tied to a business-relevant metric so agentic adoption is measured against revenue and ROI, agent-driven QA, ticket-to-PR flows, playbooks, cost per feature + - LLM products: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok APIs, LangChain, RAG pipelines, prompt and context engineering, multi-engine fan-out with failure isolation and run cost observability + - IP-safe AI delivery: client/method separation, isolated per-client profiles and identities, CI denylists + +2. **Python** 2/3, since 2007 (14+ years professional), on Mac/Linux/Windows involving: + + - AI-driven automation for the enterprise + - LLM integration: OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering + - RPA with Robot Framework for the developer working in the enterprise + - rpaframework/robocorp, Action Server, Selenium/Playwright, OCR, IDP + - web services and APIs with frameworks & concepts like: + - FastAPI (Pydantic, OpenAPI, OIDC), Jinja UIs + - Flask (MVT, REST, WebSocket) + - Django, webapp2, CherryPy + - Starlette (async), asyncio + - ORMs (SQLModel, SQLAlchemy, Peewee, PonyORM) over databases (Alembic): + - NoSQL: Datastore (Bigtable), Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB + - SQL: PostgreSQL (forced row-level security, multi-tenancy, PostGIS), MySQL, SQLite + - modern Python 3.14 monorepos with uv, enforced module boundaries (import-linter) and contract-based adapters + - deep use of the standard library and language reference + - software architecture, OOP, and design patterns + - distributed systems, parallel computing and inter-process communication (dramatiq, arq, celery, gRPC/Protocol Buffers) + - data scraping, analysis, computation and modeling on multiple nodes + - regular expressions and optimal data sharding & storing procedures + - GUI programming in Tkinter and NUI with Kivy + - coding conventions (PEP8), documentation (Google/Sphinx), packaging (PyInstaller) + - unit-testing & mocking (pytest, unittest, nose), TDD/BDD, formatting & linting/typing (isort, black, ruff, flake8, pylint, mypy), CI/CD (GitHub Actions) + - black magic under metaclasses, decorators, generators, coroutines, closures, context managers, MRO etc. + - focus on data science with: numpy, pandas, scipy, scikit-learn, matplotlib, jupyter + - environment management: uv, poetry, pyenv, virtualenv, conda + - solving challenges on checkio.org, wechall.net + +3. **C/C++**, 4 years mostly under Linux, but some Windows flavor too: + + - C standard library and C++ STL + - (re)implementing, using and combining data structures + - algorithms regarding graphs, dynamic programming, greedy, backtracking and optimization approaches + - Linux sockets and OS related utilities + - Windows API paradigm + - C++ inference servers (game theory and reinforcement learning strategies) + - solving challenges on: TopCoder, Codeforces, SPOJ (international contests) + +4. **Security**: + + - multi-tenant isolation and abuse protection (per-source, per-business, per-engine rate limits) + - web vulnerabilities: LFI, RFI, SQLi, XSS, CSRF + - steganography and applied methods of stable information concealing/revealing via image and PDF files + - cryptanalysis, (a)symmetric encryption, encoding/decoding, and hashing algorithms + - desktop application vulnerabilities and exploits + - reverse engineering and static analysis of executables (IDA) + - malware researching + +5. **Exposure**: + + - Front-end: React/Next.js, HTML + Jinja2, JavaScript + jQuery, CSS + Bootstrap/Tailwind + - Backend: TypeScript, Node.js, Express.js, Prisma, NestJS + - Automation: Robot Framework, Shell (Bash, Batch, PowerShell), AutoIt + - Occasionally: Go, Java, ASM + - Cloud: AWS (Fargate, RDS, SES), Terraform, Google Cloud (App Engine, Firestore, Functions, Tasks, Crons, APIs), Heroku, Vercel + - Deployment: Docker, Compose, Swarm, Kubernetes (Helm) + - Payments and delivery: Stripe, GitHub Actions, CodeRabbit, Linear (tickets, weekly cycles) + - Tools: Claude Code, Codex, Devin, Cursor, PyCharm, VSCode, Vim, Git (git-flow, Actions), gunicorn/uvicorn, nginx, docker[-compose], kubectl, invoke, fabric + +## IV. Bragging Rights + +1. Founded [Traced AI](https://www.traced-ai.com/) (2026), tamper-evident evidence of AI decisions for EU AI Act compliance. + +2. Co-Founded [TrueStory](https://github.com/savvybit/) (2019), a news aggregator offering you similar, but contradictory stories for the same subject that you're reading. + +3. Had my first international presentation at [EuroPython 2015](https://ep2015.europython.eu/) in Bilbao, Spain about an open-source CI generic-purpose system on top of OpenStack and tempest. + +4. Co-created [RoPython](https://ropython.ro/) with two friends, a PSF-approved brand through which we organized regional conferences, workshops, and talks for students and beyond. + +5. Served on the jury at InfoEducatie 2014 (Google-sponsored national contest) and designed an open challenge for transmitting data between devices without conventional technology. + +6. First conference talk covered security risks of evaluating untrusted data, with real attacker vs. victim examples. Followed up the next year with a talk on steganographic methods for hiding data in files. + +7. Passed one of the most rigorous hiring processes in the security industry, including an extensive psychological evaluation, and landed my first job right after entering college at Bitdefender, a top global antivirus company. + +8. During college, designed and implemented a mobile [application](https://github.com/cmin764/morseus) that intercepts and live-decodes intermittent light sources as Morse code with adaptive automatic calibration. + +9. Built in a few weeks a robust CLI/GUI application that analyzes, parses, and models PDF objects to hide data inside them. Used a unique steganography method based on content representation states. The output is a valid PDF displaying identical content. (studied the PDF format in depth) + +10. Created a CLI secure chat with basic AES encryption over RSA handshake. + +11. Built Tkinter GUI tools in high school for pentesting (LFI/RFI/SQLi), crypto algorithms, LSB steganography, and reverse-engineering car equipment math functions. + +12. At 16, got my first paid commission: a CLI script simulating dictionary attacks on open VNC servers to expose vulnerabilities for fixing. Later built an RDP version using telnet reverse connections to check credential matches without studying the protocol. (studied the RFB protocol and various RDP clients) + +13. Self-taught since 2007 through security forums like darkc0de, rstcenter/rstforums, mortal-team, and sharp people around the globe. + +## V. About Me + +Born in Romania. Started by breaking electronics apart to understand how they worked. Physics came next: national olympiad honors in mechanics, optics, and quantum. Then someone saw my Batch scripts and said: *"Without a real programming language, you're like a lion in a cage."* + +That led me to **Python** in 2007. The first 6 non-professional years taught me as much as the 14+ professional ones. 50+ countries as a digital nomad, drawn to startups, photography, art, reading, and the kind of travel that changes how you think. + +Companies hire me to solve problems and ship products in days where their teams would take months. The real value is choosing which problem to solve first, and how deep to go, validated with clients and sales along the way, so the work stays on what matters. + +Human beings aren't meant for tedious repetitive tasks. We're more creative than that. AI handles the repetition, humans fill the gaps that need judgment. That's the split, and it's how we should build. + +### Volunteer + +- RoPython: BDFL, organizing conferences and workshops (2014 - 2016) +- Rogentos: Python development for Anaconda installer (2012 - 2016) +- IT&Science Caravan: Teaching C programming to students (2011) + +### Certifications + +- **Anthropic** (2026): Claude Code in Action, Claude Code 101, Claude Platform 101, Claude 101, Introduction to Claude Cowork, AI Fluency Framework & Foundations +- **Young Founders School** (2026): Certificate of Appreciation, Virtual Internship mentor +- Level I, II, III **Robocorp** Certifications (2021-2022) +- *Introduction to Artificial Intelligence* at **Stanford University** (2011) + +### Distinctions + +- *2nd place* at **Innovation Labs Iasi** with TrueStory, qualifying for Bucharest (2019) +- *Best Marketing* at **Startup Weekend Iasi** with You Match Me (2014) +- *Bronze Medal* at **National Olympiad in Informatics** (2012) +- *Mention* and *Special Mention* at **National Physics Olympiad** (2007-2008) + +### Languages + +- English: Full Professional Proficiency +- Romanian: Native/Bilingual Proficiency +- French: Elementary Proficiency + +### Links + +- LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmin764](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmin764) +- GitHub: [https://github.com/cmin764](https://github.com/cmin764) +- Portfolio: [https://cmin764.github.io/portfolio/](https://cmin764.github.io/portfolio/) + +### Contact + +- Wandercode: [https://www.wandercode.ltd/contact](https://www.wandercode.ltd/contact) +- E-mail: [cmin764@gmail.com](mailto:cmin764@gmail.com) +- Handles: cmin / cmin764 diff --git a/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-readme-05_10_2026.md b/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-readme-05_10_2026.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e16d2c --- /dev/null +++ b/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-readme-05_10_2026.md @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +# 👋 Hi there! I'm Cosmin Poieana + +## 🚀 *Engineer at core | Entrepreneur at heart* + +Building intelligent products and automation for startups and fast-moving teams. A [digital nomad](./travel.md) (50+ countries) with Python since 2007. Outcomes over process. + +🌟 *"Human beings are not meant to sink in tedious repetitive tasks. We're more creative than that."* + +🤝 *[Work with me](https://tally.so/r/w4vQ6X)* + +--- + +## 🔧 Preferred stack + +### AI & Automation + +- Agent harnesses (Claude Code, Cursor, MCP), multi-agent workflows, RAG and LLM APIs +- Robot Framework, RPA libraries, web/desktop automation, OCR, intelligent document processing + +### Backend + +- **Core**: Python (FastAPI/Flask, SQLModel) +- **Secondary**: Go, TypeScript (Node.js, Express.js/NestJS, Prisma), C/C++ +- **Communication**: REST, WebSocket, gRPC, queues (Rabbit|ZeroMQ) + +### Frontend + +- **Core**: React/Next.js, Tailwind +- **Secondary**: HTML + Jinja2, JavaScript, CSS + Bootstrap + +### Databases + +- PostgreSQL, MySQL +- Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch + +### DevOps & Cloud + +- Docker, Compose/Swarm, Kubernetes (Helm), Terraform, ArgoCD +- AWS, GCP (App Engine, Functions, Firestore), Heroku, Vercel +- Prometheus, Grafana (Loki, Tempo) + +### How I Work + +- **Embedded operator:** I work inside your Slack, GitHub and standups. Part of the team, minus the payroll. +- **Spec-driven, blueprint-first:** Research, approved blueprint, tests, review. Front-load the design so agent-written code ships with confidence. +- **Value over hours:** Outcomes-based pricing tied to business impact. Expertise shortens the work, it doesn't pad it. +- **Fast iterations:** Ship early, gather feedback, refine. Small batches over big bangs. +- **Your IP stays yours:** Client work goes to the client. My methods are licensed, never sold twice ([Background IP](https://www.wandercode.ltd/ip)). +- **AI culture:** I bring the team along instead of just using the tools myself. Shared conventions, live results over policy memos, and practices that outlast my engagement. + +[Tool preferences](./codex.md#tool-preferences) + +--- + +## ✨ Highlights + +- 🏢 **Owner** at **[Wandercode](https://www.wandercode.ltd)**: Fractional AI Product Strategist helping startups and high-growth companies build intelligent products and adopt AI-driven engineering practices. +- 🤖 **AI SDLC Engineer** deployed through [Bonsai Labs](https://bonsai-labs.com/) on short client engagements, and **AI Product Engineer** at [Change Agents](https://changeagentscorp.com/): shipping AI agents and making agentic delivery the team default. +- 🔍 Founded **[Traced AI](https://www.traced-ai.com/)**: tamper-evident evidence of AI decisions for EU AI Act compliance. +- 📈 Fractional engineer at [VONQ](https://www.vonq.com/), a recruitment marketing platform: built the Meeting Assistant, an AI agent that coaches interviewers live in Google Meet, and drove AI adoption across the team. +- ♠️ Built Python/FastAPI services and a C++ inference server at [A5 Labs](https://a5labs.co/), delivering Game Theory Optimal (GTO) and reinforcement learning strategies for high-stakes poker tournaments. +- 🤝 **Co-Founder** at **[NoMoreApply](https://nomoreapply.com)**: Private community for trusted engineers who skip the recruiter. +- 🧩 Designed and implemented a gallery of [AI Actions](https://github.com/Sema4AI/gallery) for AI-powered automation at **Sema4.ai**. +- 📦 Published PyPI [RPA libraries](https://github.com/robocorp) at **Robocorp** to enhance open-source automation. +- 📱 Laid the foundations of a developer-focused App Store with OAuth2 support at **Gorgias**. +- 🌐 Developed scalable gRPC-based APIs with a reverse-proxy transcoder at **Comfy**, enabling language-agnostic microservices for smart buildings. +- 🎙️ Speaker at **EuroPython 2015** and Romanian Python/security conferences. +- 📖 Open-source contributor, advocate for ethical, human-centered AI. + +## 📌 Portfolio + +System design, tech breakdowns, and impact stories across professional work, ventures, and open source: + +**[cmin764.github.io/portfolio](https://cmin764.github.io/portfolio/)** + +Covering professional work (VONQ, Sema4.ai, A5 Labs), active ventures (Wandercode, NoMoreApply), startup trials (Traced AI, TrueStory), and open-source showcases. + +## 💡 What I'm exploring + +- 🌱 **Systems Design**: Microservices orchestration in distributed systems. +- 🤖 **Generative AI**: LLM/GPT applications and agentic product development. +- 💼 **Leadership**: Building autonomous teams that ship without friction. + +--- + +## 📬 Let's connect + +- **[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmin764)** | **[CV](https://cmin764.github.io/cmin764/cv.pdf)** +- **[Alignment](https://tally.so/r/w4vQ6X)** | **[Cal](https://cal.com/wandercode/discovery-call)** +- **[Nomads](https://nomads.com/@cmin764)** | **[Photography](https://instagram.com/asitisphotos)** | **[Medium](https://cmin764.medium.com)** +- [cmin764@gmail.com](mailto:cmin764@gmail.com) diff --git a/sources/cosmin-poieana.md b/sources/cosmin-poieana.md index 568270a..5094fbb 100644 --- a/sources/cosmin-poieana.md +++ b/sources/cosmin-poieana.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- name: "Cosmin Poieana" -role: "Fractional AI Engineer & Product Strategist" +role: "Fractional AI Product Strategist" tagline: "Outcomes delivered, not hours billed." location: "Digital nomad (50+ countries)" linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmin764" @@ -8,75 +8,84 @@ github: "https://github.com/cmin764" website: "https://wandercode.ltd" email: "cmin764@gmail.com" proof: - - "Two startups acquired: Fashwell by Apple, Comfy by Siemens" - - "~2B tokens/month across production agentic workflows" - - "5,000+ job channels, 10k-user open-source community" - - "13+ years Python, embedded fractional engineer" + - "Two companies he worked at acquired: Fashwell by Apple, Comfy by Siemens" + - "Python since 2007, 14+ years professional" + - "10k-user open-source community at Robocorp" + - "Led 5 Python engineers at Sema4.ai" --- ## Summary -AI handles the repetition. Humans fill the gaps that need judgment. Cosmin builds the systems that make that split work in production: 13+ years of Python, two startups acquired (Fashwell to Apple, Comfy to Siemens), and a methodology for it, Blugen, wrapping non-deterministic AI generation in deterministic blueprints for reproducible output. +Cosmin ships AI agents, RAG pipelines and full-stack products inside client engineering teams, then makes agentic development the team's default way of working. Python since 2007, 14+ years professional, and two companies he worked at got acquired (Fashwell by Apple, Comfy by Siemens). -Now available for fractional AI product strategy, working across multi-agent architectures, RAG pipelines, and AI compliance tooling to help B2B startups move from AI experiments to production-grade intelligent products. +His method, Blugen, wraps non-deterministic AI generation in deterministic blueprints so the output is reproducible and production-grade. He works through Wandercode as a fractional AI product strategist, with a sweet spot in hrtech, fintech, healthtech/biotech, cybersecurity, IoT, eCommerce and iGaming. Open to short audits and advisory. ## Expertise -- Multi-agent architectures, RAG pipelines, and LLM integration (OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain) in production -- AI compliance engineering: auto-patching LLM clients for audit trails, chained ledgers, EU AI Act and ISO 42001 mappings -- AI product strategy: technical audits, risk registers, roadmaps for regulated industries (SaaS, med/biotech, fintech, HR tech) -- Real-time AI agents: live transcript analysis, speech synthesis, audio interview recovery (Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Retell) -- Retrieval systems: vector search pipelines (Pinecone), semantic job matching, embeddable career agents (Firecrawl, OpenAI embeddings) -- Embedded fractional engineering: inside your Slack, GitHub, and standups, shared conventions, MCP/CLI integrations, blueprint-first methods -- Python at depth: FastAPI, Django, Flask, async, distributed systems (gRPC, Celery, Dramatiq) -- Team AI adoption: Claude Code, Cursor workflows, multi-agent code review, compressing weeks into hours -- Full-stack delivery when needed: React/Next.js frontend, PostgreSQL/Redis/MongoDB backends, Docker/Kubernetes +- Harness-only development since summer 2025: every change runs through an agent harness (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin) with custom agents, skills, hooks, guards and MCP connectors packaged as plugins +- AI SDLC transformation: harness assessment, a delivery baseline tied to a business metric, agent-driven QA, ticket-to-PR flows and a playbook with a named owner +- LLM products and RAG pipelines on OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok APIs, with multi-engine fan-out, failure isolation and run cost observability +- Real-time AI agents: live transcript analysis, speech synthesis and audio interview recovery (Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Retell) +- Embedded fractional engineering: inside your Slack, GitHub and standups, with shared conventions, AI-augmented code review and blueprint-first methods +- Technical audits and strategy: stack analysis, risk registers and phased roadmaps for startups scaling past their first architecture +- Python at depth: FastAPI, Django, Flask, asyncio, distributed systems (gRPC, Celery, Dramatiq, arq), uv monorepos with enforced module boundaries +- Multi-tenant PostgreSQL with forced row-level security, plus Redis, Elasticsearch and MongoDB ## Notable Work -### Traced AI -*Stealth · 2026* +### Bonsai Labs +*Forward Deployed AI SDLC Engineer · 2026-present* -Building an AI audit trail for regulated industries (banking, healthcare, defense). The `traced-ai` library auto-patches LLM clients at import time: raw I/O goes to a local SQLite store that never leaves the client perimeter, while SHA-256 hashes and rationale strings are sent to an append-only chained ledger in the cloud. Rule registry maps EU AI Act, ISO 42001, and SOC 2 requirements to concrete logging obligations per decision type. +Main client. Bonsai Labs does AI transformation for PE-backed companies through short Forward Deployed Engineer engagements. First one: a 5-week engagement for a US payments and tax company. Assess the existing agent harness and team baseline, make agent-based test planning and execution QA-owned, make the harness the default ticket-to-PR flow, and hand over a playbook with a named owner. + +### Change Agents +*AI Product Engineer · 2026-present* + +Full-time embedded on an AI visibility platform for local SMBs. It audits how a business appears across five engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and Google) and deploys fixing agents only after the owner approves. Built the measurement pipeline and owner funnel on multi-tenant Postgres with row-level security, and set up the agent-assisted dev workflow. Python, FastAPI, AWS. ### VONQ via Wandercode -*Embedded AI Engineer · 2025-2026* +*Fractional AI Engineer · 2025-2026* -Serving a recruitment marketing platform with 5,000+ job channels. Shipped four AI products in parallel: a Meeting Assistant (Recall.ai, Google Meet, ElevenLabs, live private hints for interviewers), Interview Retry (Retell, audio session recovery), a Knowledge Base with Careers Agent (Firecrawl, Pinecone, OpenAI embeddings, CV-to-job RAG matching), and a language assessment MVP for a major European client producing scored PDF dossiers. Now running ~2B tokens/month across these systems. +Recruitment marketing platform distributing jobs to thousands of media channels. Shipped four AI products across Python/Django and React: the Meeting Assistant, a first for VONQ (an agent that joins Google Meet interviews and gives the interviewer private live hints, with Recall.ai and ElevenLabs), a Knowledge Base and Careers Agent (Firecrawl crawler, Pinecone, RAG matching jobs to uploaded CVs), interview audio recovery (Retell), and a language-assessment MVP with a PDF dossier for a major European client. Drove team-wide AI adoption by example. ### A5 Labs via Wandercode -*2025* +*Fractional Engineer · 2025* -Built Python/FastAPI services and a C++ inference server delivering Game Theory Optimal (GTO) and reinforcement learning strategies for high-stakes poker. Three-service mesh with response-time-constrained routing, automated regression benchmark via Bitbucket CI. +ML/AI for competitive online gaming. Built Python/FastAPI services and a C++ inference server delivering Game Theory Optimal (GTO) and reinforcement learning strategies for high-stakes poker tournaments. Three-service mesh with response-time-constrained routing and an automated regression benchmark in Bitbucket CI. ### Sema4.ai -*2023-2024* +*Software Engineering Lead · 2024* -Led a team of 5 engineers building AI Actions for OpenGPT-powered agents. Core product: an Action Server (FastAPI) that discovers and runs action packages in isolation, predating MCP standardization: type-safe Python functions annotated with `@action` or `@tool` and exposed via OpenAPI/MCP spec. Covered Google, Slack, HubSpot, and local document operations. +Led a team of 5 Python engineers building AI Actions for OpenGPT-powered agents. Core product: an Action Server (FastAPI) that discovers and runs action packages in isolation, the execution layer after the model reasons. Covered Google, Slack, HubSpot and local document operations, and designed the OAuth2 flow for the products. Redesigned the hiring challenge as both a technical and psychological filter. ### Robocorp -*Acquired by Sema4.ai · 2021-2023* +*Senior Engineer, then Engineering Lead · 2021-2024* -Built the Python RPA library ecosystem: intelligent document processing, browser automation (Selenium/Playwright), OCR, OAuth2, PDF handling. Grew a 10k-user open-source community, prioritizing ruthlessly from direct customer support. +Built the Python RPA library ecosystem: intelligent document processing, browser automation (Selenium), OCR, OAuth2 email and PDF handling. Supported a 10k-user open-source community through direct customer threads and calls, and resolved a pywin OSS issue the team considered nearly impossible. Acquired by Sema4.ai in January 2024. -### Comfy -*Acquired by Siemens · 2019-2020* +## Also -Architected microservices for a smart buildings IoT platform (Go + Python/Django, gRPC/protobuf, PostGIS). Saw the full arc of the acquisition. +- Traced AI (2026): founded a tamper-evident audit trail for AI decisions, built for EU AI Act compliance +- Dentio (2026): technical audit and phased roadmap for a dental-software startup scaling desktop EHR automation +- NoMoreApply (2024-present): co-founded the private engineer community this brochure belongs to +- Gorgias (2021): OAuth2 authorization server and the foundation of an App Store for third-party developers +- Comfy (2019-2020): tech lead on Go and Python microservices (gRPC, PostGIS) for a smart buildings IoT platform, worked through the Siemens integration +- Fashwell (2018): rate limiting on Redis and a Python 2 to 3 migration for an ML fashion detection API, later acquired by Apple +- Cloudbase Solutions and Bitdefender (2013-2015): cloudbase-init for OpenStack with Microsoft as a key client, and distributed scanning systems in malware research ## Tech Stack -**Languages:** Python (13+ years professional), TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, C/C++, SQL +**Languages:** Python (since 2007), TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, C/C++, SQL -**AI/ML:** LangChain, RAG pipelines, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, Pinecone, Firecrawl, Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Retell, Claude Code, MCP, Cursor, prompt engineering, Robot Framework, RPA, OCR, IDP +**AI/ML:** Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin, MCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok APIs, LangChain, RAG pipelines, Pinecone, Firecrawl, Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Retell, Robot Framework, RPA, OCR **Web:** FastAPI, Django, Flask, React/Next.js, Node.js/NestJS -**Infra:** Docker, Kubernetes (Helm), Google Cloud, AWS (ECS Fargate, SQS, S3, Lambda, EKS), Fly.io, Vercel, Supabase, gRPC/protobuf, Celery/Dramatiq/arq +**Infra:** Docker, Kubernetes (Helm), AWS (Fargate, RDS, SES), Terraform, Google Cloud, Vercel, gRPC/protobuf, Celery/Dramatiq/arq, uv -**Databases:** PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, SQLite, PostGIS +**Databases:** PostgreSQL (row-level security, multi-tenancy, PostGIS), Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, SQLite -**Tooling:** PyCharm, VSCode, Vim, Git/GitHub Actions, pytest, Ruff, mypy, invoke, Fabric +**Tooling:** GitHub Actions, CodeRabbit, Linear, Stripe, pytest, Ruff, mypy, import-linter ## Background @@ -84,8 +93,8 @@ BSc Computer Science, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași (2012-2018). Focus o Presented at EuroPython 2015 (Bilbao) on open-source CI infrastructure over OpenStack. Earlier security conference talks covered `exec`/`eval` vulnerabilities and steganographic file hiding. -Co-founded RoPython (PSF-approved), organizing regional conferences and workshops (2014-2016). Jury member at InfoEducatie 2014 (Google-sponsored national contest). +Co-created RoPython (PSF-approved), organizing regional conferences and workshops (2014-2016). Jury member at InfoEducatie 2014 (Google-sponsored national contest). Mentored two Young Founders School interns through 4-week virtual internships (2025, 2026). -Distinctions: Robocorp Level I/II/III certifications; 2nd place Innovation Labs Iași (2019); Bronze Medal, National Olympiad in Informatics (2012); Stanford AI course (2011). +Certifications and distinctions: Anthropic Claude Code in Action, Claude Code 101, Claude Platform 101 and Claude 101 (2026); Robocorp Level I/II/III; 2nd place Innovation Labs Iași with TrueStory (2019); Best Marketing at Startup Weekend Iași with You Match Me (2014); Bronze Medal, National Olympiad in Informatics (2012); Stanford Introduction to AI (2011). -Writing at cmin764.medium.com and cosminslife.wordpress.com. Photography at asitisphotos (Instagram). Digital nomad since 2021, 50+ countries. +Writing at cmin764.medium.com. Photography at asitisphotos (Instagram). Digital nomad since 2021, 50+ countries. From 1a03bd45775a23f151cce18d5ace2220c84775bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cosmin Poieana Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 12:38:19 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Restore tech and expertise items dropped without evidence --- sources/cosmin-poieana.md | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/sources/cosmin-poieana.md b/sources/cosmin-poieana.md index 5094fbb..c46907f 100644 --- a/sources/cosmin-poieana.md +++ b/sources/cosmin-poieana.md @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ His method, Blugen, wraps non-deterministic AI generation in deterministic bluep - Real-time AI agents: live transcript analysis, speech synthesis and audio interview recovery (Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Retell) - Embedded fractional engineering: inside your Slack, GitHub and standups, with shared conventions, AI-augmented code review and blueprint-first methods - Technical audits and strategy: stack analysis, risk registers and phased roadmaps for startups scaling past their first architecture -- Python at depth: FastAPI, Django, Flask, asyncio, distributed systems (gRPC, Celery, Dramatiq, arq), uv monorepos with enforced module boundaries -- Multi-tenant PostgreSQL with forced row-level security, plus Redis, Elasticsearch and MongoDB +- Python at depth: FastAPI, Django, Flask, asyncio, distributed systems (gRPC, Celery, Dramatiq, arq), uv monorepos with enforced module boundaries, multi-tenant PostgreSQL with forced row-level security +- Full-stack delivery when needed: React/Next.js frontends, Docker and Kubernetes deployments ## Notable Work @@ -77,15 +77,15 @@ Built the Python RPA library ecosystem: intelligent document processing, browser **Languages:** Python (since 2007), TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, C/C++, SQL -**AI/ML:** Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin, MCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok APIs, LangChain, RAG pipelines, Pinecone, Firecrawl, Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Retell, Robot Framework, RPA, OCR +**AI/ML:** Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin, MCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok APIs, LangChain, RAG pipelines, Pinecone, Firecrawl, Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Retell, prompt engineering, Robot Framework, RPA, OCR, IDP **Web:** FastAPI, Django, Flask, React/Next.js, Node.js/NestJS -**Infra:** Docker, Kubernetes (Helm), AWS (Fargate, RDS, SES), Terraform, Google Cloud, Vercel, gRPC/protobuf, Celery/Dramatiq/arq, uv +**Infra:** Docker, Kubernetes (Helm), AWS (Fargate, RDS, SES, SQS, S3, Lambda, EKS), Terraform, ArgoCD, Prometheus/Grafana (Loki, Tempo), Google Cloud, Fly.io, Vercel, Supabase, gRPC/protobuf, Celery/Dramatiq/arq, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ, WebSocket, uv -**Databases:** PostgreSQL (row-level security, multi-tenancy, PostGIS), Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, SQLite +**Databases:** PostgreSQL (row-level security, multi-tenancy, PostGIS), Redis, MongoDB, MySQL, Elasticsearch, SQLite -**Tooling:** GitHub Actions, CodeRabbit, Linear, Stripe, pytest, Ruff, mypy, import-linter +**Tooling:** PyCharm, VSCode, Vim, GitHub Actions, CodeRabbit, Linear, Stripe, pytest, Ruff, mypy, import-linter, invoke, Fabric ## Background @@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ Co-created RoPython (PSF-approved), organizing regional conferences and workshop Certifications and distinctions: Anthropic Claude Code in Action, Claude Code 101, Claude Platform 101 and Claude 101 (2026); Robocorp Level I/II/III; 2nd place Innovation Labs Iași with TrueStory (2019); Best Marketing at Startup Weekend Iași with You Match Me (2014); Bronze Medal, National Olympiad in Informatics (2012); Stanford Introduction to AI (2011). -Writing at cmin764.medium.com. Photography at asitisphotos (Instagram). Digital nomad since 2021, 50+ countries. +Writing at cmin764.medium.com and cosminslife.wordpress.com. Photography at asitisphotos (Instagram). Digital nomad since 2021, 50+ countries. From 1d71179a2c47da0e56e43468e232d9ff16af71e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cosmin Poieana Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 12:38:35 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Fix Cosmin wording: third person, real titles, Also one-liners, proof fragment --- sources/cosmin-poieana.md | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/sources/cosmin-poieana.md b/sources/cosmin-poieana.md index c46907f..e415ecc 100644 --- a/sources/cosmin-poieana.md +++ b/sources/cosmin-poieana.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ github: "https://github.com/cmin764" website: "https://wandercode.ltd" email: "cmin764@gmail.com" proof: - - "Two companies he worked at acquired: Fashwell by Apple, Comfy by Siemens" + - "Two companies he worked at got acquired: Fashwell (Apple), Comfy (Siemens)" - "Python since 2007, 14+ years professional" - "10k-user open-source community at Robocorp" - "Led 5 Python engineers at Sema4.ai" @@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ His method, Blugen, wraps non-deterministic AI generation in deterministic bluep ## Expertise - Harness-only development since summer 2025: every change runs through an agent harness (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin) with custom agents, skills, hooks, guards and MCP connectors packaged as plugins -- AI SDLC transformation: harness assessment, a delivery baseline tied to a business metric, agent-driven QA, ticket-to-PR flows and a playbook with a named owner +- AI SDLC transformation: harness assessment, a delivery baseline tied to a business metric, agent-driven QA and ticket-to-PR flows - LLM products and RAG pipelines on OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok APIs, with multi-engine fan-out, failure isolation and run cost observability - Real-time AI agents: live transcript analysis, speech synthesis and audio interview recovery (Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Retell) -- Embedded fractional engineering: inside your Slack, GitHub and standups, with shared conventions, AI-augmented code review and blueprint-first methods -- Technical audits and strategy: stack analysis, risk registers and phased roadmaps for startups scaling past their first architecture +- Embedded fractional engineering: inside your Slack, GitHub and standups, with shared conventions, AI-augmented code review +- Technical audits and strategy: stack analysis, risk registers and phased roadmaps for startups and high-growth companies - Python at depth: FastAPI, Django, Flask, asyncio, distributed systems (gRPC, Celery, Dramatiq, arq), uv monorepos with enforced module boundaries, multi-tenant PostgreSQL with forced row-level security - Full-stack delivery when needed: React/Next.js frontends, Docker and Kubernetes deployments @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ His method, Blugen, wraps non-deterministic AI generation in deterministic bluep ### Bonsai Labs *Forward Deployed AI SDLC Engineer · 2026-present* -Main client. Bonsai Labs does AI transformation for PE-backed companies through short Forward Deployed Engineer engagements. First one: a 5-week engagement for a US payments and tax company. Assess the existing agent harness and team baseline, make agent-based test planning and execution QA-owned, make the harness the default ticket-to-PR flow, and hand over a playbook with a named owner. +Main client. Bonsai Labs does AI transformation for PE-backed companies through short Forward Deployed Engineer engagements. First one: a 5-week engagement for a US payments and tax company. He assesses the existing agent harness and team baseline, makes agent-based test planning and execution QA-owned, makes the harness the default ticket-to-PR flow, and hands over a playbook with a named owner. ### Change Agents *AI Product Engineer · 2026-present* @@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ ML/AI for competitive online gaming. Built Python/FastAPI services and a C++ inf Led a team of 5 Python engineers building AI Actions for OpenGPT-powered agents. Core product: an Action Server (FastAPI) that discovers and runs action packages in isolation, the execution layer after the model reasons. Covered Google, Slack, HubSpot and local document operations, and designed the OAuth2 flow for the products. Redesigned the hiring challenge as both a technical and psychological filter. ### Robocorp -*Senior Engineer, then Engineering Lead · 2021-2024* +*Senior Software Engineer, then Software Engineering Lead · 2021-2024* Built the Python RPA library ecosystem: intelligent document processing, browser automation (Selenium), OCR, OAuth2 email and PDF handling. Supported a 10k-user open-source community through direct customer threads and calls, and resolved a pywin OSS issue the team considered nearly impossible. Acquired by Sema4.ai in January 2024. ## Also -- Traced AI (2026): founded a tamper-evident audit trail for AI decisions, built for EU AI Act compliance +- Traced AI (2026): founder: tamper-evident evidence of AI decisions for EU AI Act compliance - Dentio (2026): technical audit and phased roadmap for a dental-software startup scaling desktop EHR automation -- NoMoreApply (2024-present): co-founded the private engineer community this brochure belongs to +- NoMoreApply (2024-present): co-founded a private community for trusted engineers who skip the recruiter - Gorgias (2021): OAuth2 authorization server and the foundation of an App Store for third-party developers - Comfy (2019-2020): tech lead on Go and Python microservices (gRPC, PostGIS) for a smart buildings IoT platform, worked through the Siemens integration -- Fashwell (2018): rate limiting on Redis and a Python 2 to 3 migration for an ML fashion detection API, later acquired by Apple -- Cloudbase Solutions and Bitdefender (2013-2015): cloudbase-init for OpenStack with Microsoft as a key client, and distributed scanning systems in malware research +- Fashwell (2018): rate limiting on Redis and a Python 2 to 3 migration for an ML fashion detection API; Fashwell was later acquired by Apple +- Cloudbase Solutions and Bitdefender (2013-2015): cloudbase-init for OpenStack at a cloud company whose key client was Microsoft, and distributed scanning systems in malware research ## Tech Stack From 983da5b59134b0bc3ae8bc0381bafd46c5905613 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cosmin Poieana Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 12:39:01 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Fix bookkeeping: CV filename casing, metadata order, blueprint, audit entry --- docs/audit-trail.md | 4 +- docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md | 4 +- metadata.yml | 42 +++++++++---------- ...026.md => Cosmin_Poieana-CV-05_10_2026.md} | 0 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) rename resources/{Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md => Cosmin_Poieana-CV-05_10_2026.md} (100%) diff --git a/docs/audit-trail.md b/docs/audit-trail.md index e4baf38..1498f2e 100644 --- a/docs/audit-trail.md +++ b/docs/audit-trail.md @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ **2026-10-05** - Updated Cosmin: resynced from CV v4.6.0, codex and README -What changed: Role is now "Fractional AI Product Strategist". Notable Work rebuilt around current engagements: Bonsai Labs (main client, Forward Deployed AI SDLC Engineer) and Change Agents (full-time embedded) added, Robocorp and Sema4.ai kept with corrected dates and the Sema4.ai team-of-5 lead claim, VONQ and A5 Labs kept. Traced AI demoted to `## Also` (no hard number, and the CV lists it as a venture, not a job), joined there by Dentio, NoMoreApply, Gorgias, Comfy, Fashwell, Cloudbase and Bitdefender. Dropped the "~2B tokens/month" and "5,000+ job channels" proof claims and the "13+ years" figure (now "14+ years professional"). Expertise rewritten around harness-only development, AI SDLC transformation and multi-engine LLM products. Tech Stack trimmed to what the CV states. Background gained the 2026 Anthropic certifications and Young Founders School mentoring. The Bonsai end client stays anonymous ("a US payments and tax company"), with no rates or contract terms. +What changed: Role is now "Fractional AI Product Strategist". Notable Work rebuilt around current engagements: Bonsai Labs (main client, Forward Deployed AI SDLC Engineer) and Change Agents (full-time embedded) added, Robocorp and Sema4.ai kept with corrected dates and the Sema4.ai team-of-5 lead claim, VONQ and A5 Labs kept. Traced AI demoted to `## Also` (no hard number, and the CV lists it as a venture, not a job), joined there by Dentio, NoMoreApply, Gorgias, Comfy, Fashwell, Cloudbase and Bitdefender. Dropped the "~2B tokens/month" and "5,000+ job channels" proof claims and the "13+ years" figure (now "14+ years professional"). Expertise rewritten around harness-only development, AI SDLC transformation and multi-engine LLM products. Tech Stack aligned to the CV and README, keeping tools the CV does not mention but he uses (AWS SQS/S3/Lambda/EKS, Fly.io, Supabase, ArgoCD, Prometheus/Grafana, RabbitMQ/ZeroMQ, MySQL, PyCharm/VSCode/Vim, invoke/Fabric), since absence from the CV is not proof of non-use. Background gained the 2026 Anthropic certifications and Young Founders School mentoring. The Bonsai end client stays anonymous ("a US payments and tax company"), with no rates or contract terms. -Why: New resources added (`Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md`, `-codex-`, `-readme-`). The CV owner confirmed the removed claims were deliberately retired (token and PR stats, 5,000+ channels, unconfirmed A5 Labs tech lead title), so the older April and May resources must not resurrect them. The portfolio snapshot from 2026-05-28 still carries those retired claims and was used only for technical detail. +Why: New resources added (`Cosmin_Poieana-CV-05_10_2026.md`, `-codex-`, `-readme-`). The CV owner confirmed the removed claims were deliberately retired (token and PR stats, 5,000+ channels, unconfirmed A5 Labs tech lead title), so the older April and May resources must not resurrect them. The portfolio snapshot from 2026-05-28 still carries those retired claims and was used only for technical detail. --- diff --git a/docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md b/docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md index fe5d2cf..53cbd70 100644 --- a/docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md +++ b/docs/blueprints/initial-structure.md @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ Gaps are marked with `` so they're visible in diffs ### Per-person extraction guide -**Cosmin Poieana (`sources/cosmin-poieana.md`)** - complete, 0 TODOs, `proof:` front matter added 2026-09-04 (already at the 6-entry cap, no cuts needed); resynced 2026-10-05 from the Markdown CV, codex and README -- Primary: `resources/Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md` (supersedes `Cosmin_Poieana-CV-06_04_2026.pdf`, kept for history), `resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md` +**Cosmin Poieana (`sources/cosmin-poieana.md`)** - complete, 0 TODOs, `proof:` front matter added 2026-09-04 (at the 6-entry cap; Traced AI demoted to Also on 2026-10-05); resynced 2026-10-05 from the Markdown CV, codex and README +- Primary: `resources/Cosmin_Poieana-CV-05_10_2026.md` (supersedes `Cosmin_Poieana-CV-06_04_2026.pdf`, kept for history), `resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md` - Supplementary: README, LinkedIn profile PDF, Discord post, portfolio snapshot, wandercode `About.tsx` - Remaining to pull (optional enrichment): wandercode.ltd service pages, portfolio starred list diff --git a/metadata.yml b/metadata.yml index d5ea3f6..b79ebf1 100644 --- a/metadata.yml +++ b/metadata.yml @@ -125,27 +125,6 @@ resources: added: 2026-05-28 notes: "Portfolio site. Adds: Traced AI stealth startup (2026, AI compliance), Pulsr (pipeline orchestration for AI agents), VONQ project details (Recall.ai, ElevenLabs, Pinecone, Retell, Firecrawl), full tech stack with AI tooling, system design samples. Key positioning: Blugen methodology, AI product builder." - - file: Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md - person: Cosmin Poieana - type: cv - source_url: "https://github.com/cmin764/cmin764/blob/main/cv.md" - added: 2026-10-05 - notes: "CV Markdown at v4.6.0 (215c5dd). Adds Bonsai Labs (main client), Change Agents (full-time embedded), Dentio, harness-only development, corrected career dates. Owner confirmed removals: token/PR stats, 5,000+ channels, A5 Labs tech lead claim." - - - file: Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md - person: Cosmin Poieana - type: codex - source_url: "https://github.com/cmin764/cmin764/blob/main/codex.md" - added: 2026-10-05 - notes: "Canonical facts source behind the CV. Mine for engagement detail and dates only. Contains personal, partnership and review material that must stay out of brochure copy." - - - file: Cosmin_Poieana-readme-05_10_2026.md - person: Cosmin Poieana - type: readme - source_url: "https://github.com/cmin764/cmin764/blob/main/README.md" - added: 2026-10-05 - notes: "GitHub profile README. Current-role framing and highlights." - - file: Catalin_Waack-CV-04_09_2026.pdf person: Catalin Waack type: cv @@ -168,6 +147,27 @@ resources: target: "iOS-focused role" notes: "Same career, iOS-role framing. Mine for facts only, not positioning: Navigator Insurance Brokers Ltd as ElectaCar's client, 100+ vehicle models, Syntax's 100+ instructors and 27,000+ quiz results, AmigoEngine pairing with HeyAmigo, BreakEats' nine frequency bands, new open-source TailRemote project, VoxR as revenue-share employment." + - file: Cosmin_Poieana-CV-05_10_2026.md + person: Cosmin Poieana + type: cv + source_url: "https://github.com/cmin764/cmin764/blob/main/cv.md" + added: 2026-10-05 + notes: "CV Markdown at v4.6.0 (215c5dd). Adds Bonsai Labs (main client), Change Agents (full-time embedded), Dentio, harness-only development, corrected career dates. Owner confirmed removals: token/PR stats, 5,000+ channels, A5 Labs tech lead claim." + + - file: Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md + person: Cosmin Poieana + type: codex + source_url: "https://github.com/cmin764/cmin764/blob/main/codex.md" + added: 2026-10-05 + notes: "Canonical facts source behind the CV. Mine for engagement detail and dates only. Contains personal, partnership and review material that must stay out of brochure copy." + + - file: Cosmin_Poieana-readme-05_10_2026.md + person: Cosmin Poieana + type: readme + source_url: "https://github.com/cmin764/cmin764/blob/main/README.md" + added: 2026-10-05 + notes: "GitHub profile README. Current-role framing and highlights." + todos: - person: Angel Aytov missing: cv diff --git a/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md b/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-CV-05_10_2026.md similarity index 100% rename from resources/Cosmin_Poieana-cv-05_10_2026.md rename to resources/Cosmin_Poieana-CV-05_10_2026.md From c46cbf142c01a929ac571057671d4f64dd13ea94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cosmin Poieana Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 12:48:37 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Fix Best Marketing 2014 attribution in codex copy --- resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md b/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md index 17d1051..9c7d22c 100644 --- a/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md +++ b/resources/Cosmin_Poieana-codex-05_10_2026.md @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Romania (home), Cyprus (business hub). Also lived/worked in USA, Switzerland (Zu | Young Founders School: Certificate of Appreciation (mentor) | 2026 | | Robocorp Level I, II, III | 2021-2022 | | Innovation Labs Iași, 2nd place (qualified for Bucharest) | 2019 | -| Best Marketing, Startup Weekend Iași (TrueStory) | 2014 | +| Best Marketing, Startup Weekend Iași (You Match Me) | 2014 | | Bronze Medal, National Olympiad in Informatics | 2012 | | Stanford Introduction to AI, Advanced Track | 2011 | | National Physics Olympiad, Mention & Special Mention | 2007-2008 | From df8aab6289d4a4f6742ddf17c7dc2e502f59025a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cosmin Poieana Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 12:49:42 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Team copy: name industries instead of 'regulated industries' --- sources/team.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sources/team.md b/sources/team.md index d4ab4fe..08fdbc0 100644 --- a/sources/team.md +++ b/sources/team.md @@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ Most AI and software projects stall not because the technology is wrong, but bec NoMoreApply is different. Three engineers (Angel Aytov, Catalin Waack, and Cosmin Poieana) with complementary depth across AI systems, product engineering, and cloud infrastructure. We take on fractional and contract engagements where the work is specific, the timeline is real, and the outcome is what matters. -We've shipped at companies later acquired by Apple and Siemens. We've built platforms used by governments and DAX companies. We've delivered production AI systems in regulated industries where failure is not an option if we don't learn from it. Reach out at info@nomoreapply.org. +We've shipped at companies later acquired by Apple and Siemens. We've built platforms used by governments and DAX companies. We've delivered production AI systems in fintech, healthtech and cybersecurity where failure is not an option if we don't learn from it. Reach out at info@nomoreapply.org.