Radu Ticiu

Radu Ticiu is an old supporter of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the tech field in Timișoara. Since 2004, he contributes to the development of communities as a manager of business incubators, cowork spaces, founder of NGOs in the IT sector. To support an organic growth of this community, it has assumed the role of organizer of specific meetings with topics such as mobile development, cyber-security, game development, ehealth, IoT or automotive technologies. Radu dedicates a lot of time and energy in the area of non-formal education in the field of STEM, being the initiator of the implementation of the CoderDojo concept in western Romania, of the periodic events Shakespeare Talks Tech or Girls' STEAM Power. Since 2011, Radu Ticiu facilitates the access of young entrepreneurs from Timișoara to business angels investments, being since 2018 also co-founder of the Growceanu group of investors. 

Bio CoderDojo is the latest educational format launched by Radu in 2019, which brings together students passionate about biology and programming around topics related to bioinformatics, synthetic biology, biomedical technology in weekly sessions, including presentations, interactions with experts in related fields , study visits, project development and participation in international competitions, science fairs and other dissemination activities. 

Radu Ticiu is an old supporter and facilitator of the tech entrepreneurial ecosystem in Timișoara. Since 2004, he has contributed to community development as a manager of business incubators, cowork spaces, founder of IT NGOs. In order to sustain the organic growth of the tech communities, Radu clustered the interested professionals in several meetups covering topics like mobile development, cyber-security, game-development, e-health, IoT or automotive technologies.

A highly important direction of activities benefitting Radu's time and energy investment is the field of non-formal STEM education. He initiated CoderDojo implementation in West Romania, the Shakespeare Talks Tech and Girls' STEAM Power recurring events. Since 2011, Radu facilitates the access of young Timișoara entrepreneurs to business angel investments, continuing with the co-founding, in 2018, of the Growceanu Angel Investment group. 

BioCoderDojo Timișoara is the most recent educational format launched in early 2019 by Radu, reuniting high-school students passionate in biology and / or programming, around topics from bioinformatics, synthetic biology, biomedical technologies within weekly sessions, including presentations, interactions with experts from related fields, study visits, project development and participation to competitions, science fairs, and other dissemination activities.