George Gradinaru
Senior Corporate Solutions Manager @Cushman & Wakefield
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Corporate Solutions Manager @Cushman & Wakefield
Los Angeles, CA, US
Transitioned from technical operations to a strategic leadership role, serving as the owner and architect for the global ERP ecosystem (Yardi/RealPage). Focused on platform reliability, scalability, and the creation of long-term product roadmaps while leading a diverse global team through complex digital transformations and international expansions.Global Expansion & Infrastructure Start-up: Orchestrated the high-stakes expansion of the Yardi footprint into APAC, leading the successful startup of a new datacenter in Singapore. Managed extended HyperCare efforts and established support procedures for new international business units.Strategic Data Initiative: Served as the technical lead and strategic advisor for a multi-year Salesforce based BI platform, architecting integration paths between Yardi, Salesforce, and Azure-based infrastructure. Directed the implementation of CI/CD models via Azure DevOps to modernize deployment standards.Leadership & Talent Development: Scaled and mentored a high-performing team of 10+ resources, earning \"Exceptional\" ratings for leadership behavior. Proactively developed an official career track model to foster growth and move the organization from a \"reactionary chaos model\" to a structured, strategic unit.Audit & Compliance Excellence: Maintained a \"gold standard\" of zero audit findings across consecutive years of SOC1, SOC2, and SOX completions. Directed the decommissioning of legacy technology and the secure migration of historical data to Azure storage.Cross-Functional Systems Integration: Led the delivery of multiple high-value projects that focused on integrating multiple tools that benefited financial and operational exchange of information between corporate and business revenue tools.Operational Transformation: Acted as a \"visionary\" leader by challenging the status quo and standardizing SSIS/ETL/SDLC processes within the Microsoft ecosystem, significantly reducing administrative overhead and technical debt.
EDUCATION
Babes-Bolyai University
Master’s Degree, Auditing
Babes-Bolyai University
Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting, Auditing, Marketing, Management, Economics, Financing
National College Gheorghe Lazar
Highschool, Biochemistry
ABOUT GEORGE GRADINARU
Highly accomplished Platform Manager at Cushman & Wakefield, leveraging over 9 years of tenure at the organization and more than 12 years of experience in technical roles spanning financial software, systems engineering, and strategic IT leadership. Currently operating with the scope of a Director-level leader, overseeing multiple teams and driving strategic initiatives in platform reliability and cloud operations.Some of the primary areas that define myself as an employee are:Strategic Leadership & ERP Systems Expertise - Owner and driver of roadmaps and the product lifecycle of department ERP systems across the global C&W organization.Technical & Operational Excellence - Expert in SAAS cloud infrastructure and operational excellence, with a deep focus on CI/CD pipelines use and escalations.Cross-functional Management - Drives the implementation of operational plans and cross-functional collaboration.
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