Cristian Dina

Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Tekpon | City Leader @ SaaStock | SaaS Podcast Host

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Cristian Dina is the Co-Founder of Tekpon and CRO at The Next Web.

His work has positioned Tekpon as a trusted software buying platform used by thousands of companies worldwide.

Cristian has personally interviewed 300+ industry leaders and authored the best-selling book King of Networking, establishing himself as one of the most connected and respected voices in the ecosystem.

At just 23 years old, Cristian was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 2025 list, representing a new generation of tech builders, bold thinkers who move fast, build with purpose, and create real impact.

Founding Member - Right Hand to CEO

> Strategic support
> Building and nurturing relationships

viteSicure

Hiring and leading an internal Digital Product Team to enable the development of a self-service and instantaneous life protection platform.
Refactoring and expanding the existing software for enhanced business scalability, following Domain-Driven Design techniques and eXtreme Programming principles.
Implementing data-driven strategies through analytics and tracking to enhance marketing effectiveness.

CTO / CTPO

Golee

As CTO, I take Care of Technology Over all (I prefer this definition over Chief... Officer...).
I coach, empower, lead teams and the whole organization to embrace change, continuous improvement and emerging practices following Lean Startup and Agile teaching.
The Product Team is fully cross-functional: capable of bringing user / business needs to production without external dependencies.
Successfully launched the implementation of OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), aligning the organization with strategic goals and focusing on achieving key business results."

Golee platform is Event Driven with RabbitMQ, based on Nest.js microservices with React / React Native clients and TypeScript.
We believe in eXtreme Programming, we care about Domain Driven Design and we are fascinated by CQRS/ES.

CHILI

Ensuring, also with one on one meetings, a transparent and sustainable work environment for the Technology department.
Managing organizational change and Agile transformation.
Leading Scrum Masters, Technical (Chapter) Leads and Community of Practices (Guilds).
Fostering value driven and high quality products.

Engineering and Agile Delivery Manager

Made up and motivated a highly qualified Software Engineer in Test team.
Designed an integrated development-deployment flow from JIRA to Docker passing through git flow in order to release 50+ microservices generating automatic changelogs.
Introduced full stack automation testing from DBs (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch) to clients (Web, Smart TV, Android, iOS) including REST API and Kafka testing.

Head of Quality Assurance and Release Manager

Advising the technical team to design the platform architecture and implement continuous integration, testing and delivery flows.
Supporting the business, especially the Product Owner, to define OKRs and road map.
Coaching the organization following Agile and Lean Startup principles.

Agile Coach and Technical Advisor

Endian

In charge of the continuous delivery, reliability quality and performance of all Endian Security Linux products (IoT and UTM) from hardware to software and from requirements to release.
Automated testing and release operations introducing DevOps principles to continuously deliver value to customers.
In charge of certification trainings dedicated to customers, resellers, distributors and OEM partners.

Head of DevOps and QA

Management and building of a tight-knit technical team.
Team work planning and scheduling.
Leading distributed analysis on complex support issues.

Support Team Leader

Third level international support to Endian distributors, partners and large customers. Troubleshooting and debugging on critical or compromised system.
Live and online training program development, ECSA trainer (Endian Certified Security Administrator). Pre sales evaluation for international customers.
Point of contact between support and development team.
Bug analysis and reporting.

Senior Network Engineer

Purple - Information Technology

Managing and planning web development projects.
Projecting server solutions based on Linux and other open source software.
Deployment and monitoring of private and public cloud environments.
Design networks focusing on security, reliability and scalability.
Security analysis, Linux hardening and penetration tests.
Leading IT infrastructure migration.

Project Manager

HPA.it

Design networks and IT solutions.
Creating static and dynamic websites.
Consulting for Windows and Linux networks.

Software Engineer and IT Consultant

Ancitel Lombardia srl

Maintenance of the network infrastructure based on Microsoft Active Directory.
Development of web scripts and hardware/software support for company users.

System Administrator

Experienced Executive Manager with a proven track record of working in diverse information technology fields such as IoT, Streaming, SaaS services and Insuretech.
Proven ability to hire and develop talents, successfully building high-performing teams from the ground up and leading multiple cross-functional teams in product-driven environments.
Demonstrated expertise in designing domain-driven architectures and managing distributed event-driven microservices systems.
Proficient in Agile Methodologies, Software Development and Quality, Test Automation, Continuous Integration/Delivery, Linux, Networking and Security.
Skilled in troubleshooting with a risk-oriented mindset and an effective time management approach.
Excellent communication skills and expertise in coaching, training and community management.

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