I’ve spent over a decade recruiting in some of the toughest markets in the world—London, Dublin, Berlin, Bucharest—building teams for startups, scale-ups, and global companies. Along the way, I saw a pattern: hiring slows companies down more than it should.

So I built something that changes that.

At BrainSource.Network, we run a real-time recruitment platform powered by 1000+ expert recruiters across Europe and beyond. Instead of relying on one agency with limited bandwidth, companies activate multiple niche recruiters per role—often 5, 20, or more. That means CVs in 24–72 hours, not weeks. Roles filled in days, not months.

This isn’t just about speed. It’s about structure, precision, and giving you visibility over the entire process. We’ve helped clients hire fast enough to win funding, avoid project delays, and hit aggressive growth targets without compromising quality.

I grew up in Satu Mare, a small Transylvanian town at the border with Ukraine and Hungary. Built my career in Bucharest, Dublin, and London, and returned to Cluj, Romania in 2020 with a new mindset and a better way to do recruitment. If you’re expanding into new markets or struggling with bottlenecks, we should talk.

Feel free to get in touch on vlad @ brainsource dot io or by phone on:

  +44 204 5025 791 (UK) - London, U.K.
  +353 83 167 0036 (IE) - Dublin, IE
  +4 0757 846 904 (RO) - Cluj-Napoca, RO
  +1 551 2647 903 (US) - Raleigh, U.S.

Vlad Pop

Melapress

QA & Support Engineer

InTech Dynamics

Manual QA engineer for a digital marketing agency

• Performing system testing, pen-testing, UI/UX testing, Cross-browsing testing, functional and non-functional testing, responsive testing, exploratory testing on web applications
• Testing email templates on multiple mail clients to ensure perfect shape looks (for the email campaigns)
• Testing and documenting potential plugins vulnerabilities before and after updating the core versions of the web applications
• Performing security and SEO checks on a regular basis to ensure that website speed and security are within the standards
• Constantly updating the testing methodology and infrastructure with new tools and suggestions for the team
• Exposure to digital marketing best practices and culture - working with clients in the financial, educational and retail fields.

Tools used in the processes: JIRA, Bugherd, ScreamingFrog, Browserstack, WAVE, Litmus, Ubuntu (WPScan security scanner), Figma, Qualys, Sucuri, GTMetrix, PageSpeed Insights, WPintel, webspeedtest by Cloudinary

QA Engineer

inside media communication

• Successfully managed the completion of 30+ websites and 80+ change requests on live websites by directing and managing web projects from start to finish. (most of which Fortune 500 clients)
• Reviewing the content & design provided by the stakeholders in order to detect risks and missing assets that could affect the implementation process and deadline
• Overseeing the entire development process as well as gathering the project details, monitoring progress and making adjustments when necessary to ensure that the client's needs are fulfilled
• Identifying challenging requirements and suggesting better client solutions
• Constantly communicate project expectations to team members in a timely and clear fashion
• Stakeholders’ management – having stakeholders across the company and external (both US and EU)
• Offering alternative web design solutions that brought client satisfaction and increased projects quality
• Daily allocating resources correctly, based on the team's workload and availability
• Preparing the CMS for each project by customizing it based on client's particular information and branding
• Providing clear and concise notes for the Support Team on how to update the CMS post-launch
• Fast paced delivery of the projects, working on multiple projects at the same time, in a hybrid composed of Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Project Manager

• Coordinate a team of 7 QA members by balancing resources and managing project priorities across the team
• Coach, mentor and motivate the team members and constantly supervise their work quality and progress
• Keep a constant coordination with project managers, department members and developers (~50+ total team members) in order to allocate all the resources properly and to discuss potential risks of the project that needed testing
• Keep a constant eye on test plans in order to assign the correct suite based on project requirements, as well as constantly updating it with new test cases and test suites
• Suggesting time estimates based on project complexity for the project manager in order to accurately suggest BETA and Go-Live dates of the websites

Quality Assurance Team Lead

• Ensure the quality of software products by performing multiple testing types and operations (i.e. System testing, Regression testing, Responsive and Cross Browsing testing etc.)
• Follow test plans in order to create a set of feedback for the developers and help them reproduce the issues in an appropriate manner
• Checking design accuracy based on client requirements (assets, wireframes, live site example etc.)
• Checking content accuracy of the entire website
• verify the feedback items reported by other team members or by the clients
• verify if the correct setup of the CMS was made
• keeping a constant coordination with the project managers and developers during testing
• constantly discussing issues with QA team members in order to improve and expand the test plans.

Various tools used in the process:

TestRail, Bugherd, Browserstack, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Adobe XD, Microsoft Office package tools, Ace Project Management software, Asana, Mavenlink, JIRA, Figma, eSSENTIAL Accessibility, WAVE

QA (Manual tester)

• Building the website infrastructure (Site Map/ SEO Deck) based on client requirements using a custom made CMS
• Add content on the site using HTML frames e.g. tables, images, links, lists etc.
• Documenting a list of questions and missing assets to be discussed with the Clients;
• Help with the final documentation of the web project e.g. gather resources regarding some of the custom modules / plugins used, and describe their functionality for the client and support help for further, post-launch  updates.

Data Entry Operator

I have a couple of years of experience in testing web applications and digital products, as well as in leading and managing multinational teams.

When I think of myself I think of being highly enthusiastic, sociable and full of energy and with a sheer passion and curiosity for both the social and digital world. 

With the proven experience of being  versatile and highly adaptive when it comes to new technologies and multinational teams , I also consider myself to be both an extrovert with  team player capabilities, always ready for new challenging projects.

Outside of the office you can find me either experiencing international cuisines, trying to master some  new "wannabe Chef" skills, or either  deeply absorbed while reading beletristic novels or contemporary poetry.

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