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Ana Moldovan

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Operations & Transformation Executive | PE-Backed & Post-M&A Environments | Talent Infrastructure · Org Design · Cross-Functional Scaling
Mureş, Romania

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  • Coderio
    Transformation Consultant
    Coderio
    Jun 2025 - Nov 2025 (6 months)
    Led ATS implementation, AI-assisted sourcing, and funnel automation redesign; recalibrated recruiter KPIs to output-based accountability.
  • Coderio
    Senior Consultant
    Coderio
    Jun 2025 - Nov 2025 (6 months)
    The Challenge: Rapid growth required operational recalibration: - Legacy processes were slowing hiring velocity - Low to zero automation - Fragmented processes, disconnected tools - Limited AI integration - Growing market demand exceeding team capacity What I Did: - Led ATS implementation architecture - Integrated new testing platform into evaluation flow - Rebuilt funnel stages and automation logic - Introduced AI-assisted sourcing and evaluation workflows - Standardized outbound and inbound acquisition strategy - Recalibrated recruiter KPIs - Identified automation and integration opportunities The Result: - Increased funnel velocity - Reduced time to hire from 6-8 weeks to 2-4 weeks - Improved conversion rates - Higher recruiter productiv
  • CXT Software
    Senior Consultant
    CXT Software
    Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 5 months)
  • CXT Software
    Operations Consultant
    CXT Software
    Mar 2025 - Apr 2026 (1 year 2 months)
    Rebuilt post-acquisition recruiting architecture to PE standards; standardized evaluation, elevated executive hiring rigor, reduced quality variance across functions.
  • Smart Working
    Partner, Talent Operations & Strategy - Acting as VP of Talent
    Smart Working
    Feb 2025 - Current (1 year 6 months)
  • Smart Working
    VP of Talent Operations & Strategy
    Smart Working
    Feb 2025 - Jun 2026 (1 year 5 months)
    Engaged as consulting partner - retained as Acting VP. Owning talent infrastructure end-to-end while influencing Sales and HR cross-functionally to unblock delivery and enable scale. Talent & Recruitment Infrastructure ▸ Rebuilt the entire recruitment operating model - funnel architecture, stage gating, team specialization, and scoring frameworks - enabling a structured pipeline processing 120,000 applicants/month, over 800 job posts per quarter, and grew a database of 860k applicants in 7 months - all supported by the infrastructure that I built. ▸ Drove a multi-platform sourcing strategy that grew brand presence from 10K to 500K followers, converting visibility into an inbound pipeline; Glassdoor was elevated to 4.9 Cross-Functional Infl
  • Sparkrock
    Senior Consultant
    Sparkrock
    May 2024 - Current (2 years 3 months)
  • Sparkrock
    Operations Consultant
    Sparkrock
    May 2024 - Apr 2026 (2 years)
    Designed structured hiring frameworks for senior and technical roles; recalibrated role definitions to reflect true scope and capability thresholds in a PE-backed SaaS environment.
  • Lumivero
    Functional Lead
    Lumivero
    Apr 2024 - Sep 2024 (6 months)
    Multi-entity cluster organization scaling through acquisitions. Operated across talent, ops, and organizational design - coordinating across functions in a capacity comparable to a Chief of Staff.
  • Lumivero
    Senior Consultant
    Lumivero
    Apr 2024 - Sep 2024 (6 months)
    The Challenge: Cluster organization growing through acquisitions (three projects in one: Talent, Perfomance Management and Data Governance) - Disparate recruitment systems - Inconsistent hiring standards - Integration friction post-acquisition - Lack of centralized visibility for both Perfomance and Data What I Did: - Designed a unified recruitment framework across business units - Standardized evaluation criteria - Introduced governance and reporting discipline - Supported the integration of newly acquired entities - Reduced duplication in hiring workflows - Implemented a Performance Management Platform - Designed data workflows, automations, and reporting clarity The Result: - Standardized talent acquisition across portfolio - Improved cr
  • BASF
    Talent Consultant
    BASF
    May 2023 - Apr 2024 (1 year)
    Won competitive pitch to evaluate sourcing strategy across 100+ industrial sites; scope expanded organically into a full operating model transformation.
  • BASF
    Strategic Talent Acquisition Consultant
    BASF
    May 2023 - Apr 2024 (1 year)
    The Challenge: BASF engaged me via Catalant for a sourcing strategy evaluation, supporting hiring operations across the United States corporation: - Complex, multi-stakeholder ecosystem spanning 100+ industrial sites and business units (details confidential) - Need to assess sourcing effectiveness and identify structural constraints - Emerging plan to stand up a new HUB in Uruguay to take over TA operations from US business units - Lack of clear operating model, role clarity, and scalable process architecture for the transition What I Did: - Won the pitch selection on Catalant and led the initial sourcing strategy evaluation end-to-end - Quickly expanded scope from diagnostics into full transformation as BASF needs evolved - Designed the fu
  • Hashlist
    Operations - Growth Hacker
    Hashlist
    Mar 2023 - Dec 2023 (10 months)
    The Challenge: Niche startup requiring precision execution: - Vendor decision risk, ROI - Narrow talent pools - Scaling without operational waste - Market positioning dependency on sourcing quality What I Did: - Designed sourcing strategy tailored to niche market - Guided vendor selection and operational partnerships - Built growth experimentation framework - Structured internal operational discipline The Result: - Improved sourcing precision - Reduced vendor misalignment risk - Scalable operational base - Clear growth direction in niche segment This was early-stage operational stabilization.
  • Hashlist
    Operations Lead
    Hashlist
    Mar 2023 - Dec 2023 (10 months)
    Guided vendor selection and operational partnerships for a niche startup with narrow talent pools and high ROI risk - designed sourcing strategy and growth experimentation framework.
  • Ionic Partners
    Senior Consultant
    Ionic Partners
    Aug 2021 - Apr 2026 (4 years 9 months)
    Embedded transformation lead across multiple portfolio companies. Engaged at the architecture level to align operating models, evaluation frameworks, and the team structures with PE growth and exit expectations. CXT Software (E-Courier integration) • Senior Consultant - Talent & Ops, Mar 2025 - Mar 2026 | Austin, TX ▸ Rebuilt post-acquisition recruiting architecture to PE standards; standardized evaluation, elevated executive hiring rigor, reduced quality variance across functions ▸ Positioned recruitment as a value-creation layer with clear alignment to the business roadmap inherited through M&A Sparkrock (Edsembly integration) • Senior Consultant - Talent & Ops May, 2024 – Mar, 2026| Canada ▸ Designed structured hiring frameworks for seni
  • Gigster
    Senior Recruiting Operations Program Manager
    Gigster
    Aug 2021 - Apr 2024 (2 years 9 months)
    Architected the full recruiting infrastructure - ATS, automation logic, assessment flows, structured metrics - during a strategic pivot toward Blockchain & AI talent pools.
  • BairesDev
    Head Of Sourcing - Project Bases Consultant
    BairesDev
    Oct 2020 - Dec 2020 (3 months)
    Re-built the recruitment strategy, expanding beyond LinkedIn by redesigning playbooks, processes, workflows, and metrics, mainly relying on local job boards and other creative, outside-of-the-box strategies and solutions Responsible for: 4 Departments, 5 Managers, 8 Team Leads, and 21 Individual Contributors The Challenge: Overreliance on LinkedIn and global aggregators: - Platform dependency - Limited local presence across LATAM - Organizational misalignment - Inefficient sourcing structure What I Did: - Rebuilt sourcing playbooks - Shifted focus to local job boards in each LATAM country - Designed creative alternative sourcing channels - Restructured 4 departments (5 managers, 8 team leads, 21 ICs) - Aligned sourcing strategy to new busin
  • BairesDev
    Head Of Sourcing - Project Based Consultant
    BairesDev
    Oct 2020 - Dec 2020 (3 months)
    Re-built the recruitment strategy, expanding beyond LinkedIn by redesigning playbooks, processes, workflows, and metrics, mainly relying on local job boards and other creative, outside-of-the-box strategies and solutions Responsible for: 4 Departments, 5 Managers, 8 Team Leads, and 21 Individual Contributors The Challenge: Overreliance on LinkedIn and global aggregators: - Platform dependency - Limited local presence across LATAM - Organizational misalignment - Inefficient sourcing structure What I Did: - Rebuilt sourcing playbooks - Shifted focus to local job boards in each LATAM country - Designed creative alternative sourcing channels - Restructured 4 departments (5 managers, 8 team leads, 21 ICs) - Aligned sourcing strategy to new busin
  • ESW Capital
    Customer Success Manager - Support to VP
    ESW Capital
    Jan 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year 7 months)
    The Challenge: Multi-product software portfolio required retention and adoption rigor: - Churn risk - Renewal complexity - Inconsistent client onboarding - Limited milestone tracking What I Did: - Built a milestone-based customer success framework for saas products like: Soccoco, Kayaco, Schooloop, DNN and FogBugz - Structured Client Journey - Created training materials - Coached and mentored new hires and expanded the Milestone Program across the portfolio - Introduced retention KPIs The Result - Improved customer retention - Increased upsell effectiveness - Clear customer journey visibility - Reduced renewal friction This was a customer lifecycle architecture.
  • AM Digital Consulting
    Founder
    AM Digital Consulting
    Jan 2016 - Current (10 years 7 months)
    Operation, transformation, talent acquisition in one place!
  • AM Digital Consulting
    Principal Consultant
    AM Digital Consulting
    Jan 2016 - Current (10 years 7 months)
    Independent consulting practice delivering operations, transformation, talent strategy, and organizational design to scaling companies across industries and geographies.
  • Crossover for Work
    Lead Recruiter
    Crossover for Work
    Sep 2015 - Current (10 years 11 months)
    Proposed and built the recruitment analyst function from zero - ran the pilot, led the sourcing team, and delivered 100% productivity increase in two consecutive quarters.
  • Crossover for Work
    Manager of Customer Success
    Crossover for Work
    Sep 2015 - Aug 2021 (6 years)
    Customer Success Manager - Software Sales & Sales Coach Nov 2018 - Dec 2019 Responsible for calling qualified applicants in the inbound team Moved to the QA team due to high performance in evaluating call recordings generated by the inbound team Coordinated the coaching activities for all new hires while working on the QA team Key achievement: hit my goals on the inbound team while covering new hires' training programs Senior Global Recruiter & Team Lead Aug 2015 - Oct 2018 Started in HR Operations, then moved to lead generation and recruiting Redesigned the entire recruiting process by hiring a team of recruitment analyst Led the Sourcing team that was in charge of generating leads Led the Recruiting team that was in charge of attractin
  • Crossover for Work
    Lead Recruiter
    Crossover for Work
    Sep 2015 - Aug 2021 (6 years)
    Proposed and built the recruitment analyst function from zero - ran the pilot, led the sourcing team, and delivered 100% productivity increase in two consecutive quarters.
  • Crossover for Work
    Global Team Lead
    Crossover for Work
    Sep 2015 - Jan 2020 (4 years 5 months)
    The Challenge: Hyper-growth environment with extreme performance expectations: - Aggressive individual hiring targets - Manual inefficiencies - Team under-optimization - Need for process redesign What I Did: - Proposed new design for the entire recruiting process - Got buy-in to build a recruitment analyst function - as an experiment - Led sourcing my sourcing team and proved the concept - Introduced structured productivity metrics - Improved the process and the candidate experience with constant targheted follow-ups The Result - 100% productivity increase in two consecutive quarters - Scalable recruitment engine - Improved team accountability - Stronger global talent pipelines This was performance engineering inside high-pressure growth. J
  • SC Zooku Solutions SRL
    Community Manager - Customer Service Support Specialist
    SC Zooku Solutions SRL
    Dec 2011 - Sep 2015 (3 years 10 months)
    Owned the whole end-to-end process for incidents, requests, and outages - Managed tickets on Zendesk (+1000/week) and assigned them to the right department - Kept the communication with the site's users, using all existing channels: email, on-site, in chat rooms (and implementation of new channels - social media) Extra: - Developed PR and marketing plans to communicate key messages, promoting the games to our target audience using social network platforms, groups, and blogs, and publishing articles on our website and mobile applications, Android & iOS - Brought new concepts on the monetization of the games, increasing revenue by 40% with discount sales, contests, prizes, promo campaigns, etc Key Achievement: doubled the number of active use
  • E
    Marketing And Public Relations Manager
    Euphoria Hall
    Jan 2011 - Nov 2011 (11 months)
  • Randstad for RAIMAT Grupo Codorniu SA Lleida Catalunya Spain
    Junior Engineer
    Randstad for RAIMAT Grupo Codorniu SA Lleida Catalunya Spain
    Aug 2010 - Jan 2011 (6 months)
    Performed entry-level engineering activities in a wine factory.
  • Eurobank Business Services
    Sales Manager
    Eurobank Business Services
    Feb 2010 - Aug 2010 (7 months)
  • Eurobank Business Services
    SDR and CSM (Sales Development Representative and Customer Support Manager)
    Eurobank Business Services
    Dec 2009 - Feb 2010 (3 months)
  • studentplus
    Public Relations Manager
    studentplus
    Nov 2009 - Jun 2010 (8 months)
  • M
    Math Tutor
    MATH TUTOR
    Sep 2008 - Feb 2010 (1 year 6 months)
  • HCC Evolution Romania
    Freelance Recruiter
    HCC Evolution Romania
    May 2008 - Nov 2009 (1 year 7 months)
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    Master's degree, Business Administration and Management, General
    Universitatea Petru Maior din TârguMureș
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (3 years)
    http://mimsc.upm.ro/
  • Universitatea BabeșBolyai din ClujNapoca
    Master of Engineering - MEng, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
    Universitatea BabeșBolyai din ClujNapoca
    Jan 2004 - Dec 2009 (6 years)
    http://chem.ubbcluj.ro/
  • BabesBolyai University
    Master of Engineering - MEng, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
    BabesBolyai University
    Jan 2004 - Dec 2009 (6 years)
    http://chem.ubbcluj.ro/
  • L
    Bachelor’s Degree, Natural Sciences
    Liceul Teoretic Samuil Micu Sărmașu
    Jan 2000 - Dec 2004 (5 years)
  • P
    Master of Business Administration, Business Administration and Management, General
    Petru Maior University Tirgu Mures
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    Volunteering
    Sep 2004 - Jun 2009 (4 years 10 months)
    Treasurer (Volunteering) Chemists Student Organization- OSC • Self-employed Jul 2007 - Oct 2008 • 1 yr 4 mos Arany Janos, nr.11, sala 5, Cluj Napoca, Oversee all financial transactions and fundraising efforts in or out of our University Non-Profit Organization. Covered duties including budget planning, financial reporting, record-keeping, and managing incoming and outgoing funds. President (Volunteering) The Consortium of Student Organizations from Cluj • Self-employed Jun 2007 - Oct 2008 • 1 yr 5 mos P-ta Lucian Blaga, nr.1-3, Cluj-Napoca, Planning, organizing, and carrying out responsibilities associated with the position. "Because we care about Cluj!" The Consortium of Student Organizations from Cluj is a non-governmental organization wi
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    Gala Premiilor Media de Excelenta
    Jun 2012
  • M
    Media Excellence Awards Gala
    Jun 2012
  • M
    Chemistry Olympiad- II nd place- 2003
    Ministry of Education and Scientific Research Romania
    May 2003
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    National Chemistry Olympiad- 2nd place- 2003
    Ministry of Education and Scientific Research Romania
    May 2003
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    Biology Olympiad-III rd place-2002
    Ministry of Education and Scientific Research Romania
    May 2002
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    National Biology Olympiad- 3rd place-2002
    Ministry of Education and Scientific Research Romania
    May 2002
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