Alexandru Roja is a PhD Lecturer at Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, and researcher at faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babe - Bolyai University in Cluj - Napoca, Romania. He also currently serves as the Head of Innovation and Digital Transformation at the Transilvania IT Cluster. He is PhD in Strategic Management, based on research scholarship at the Université de Lille in 2010 and Université Pierre Mendès-France (Grenoble II) in 2012. His PhD thesis is focused on the emergence of virtual organizations and the roles of thechnologies in organizational digital transformation. He is certified by the Kauffman FastTrack Certification, Entrepreneurship Kauffman FastTrack Certification, and Entrepreneurship in 2014. Other qualifications: Leadership for Public Service at the Aspen Institute; Certificate on Communication and Negociation at l'Ena Ecole Nationale de Administration Paris; Business Modelling for Shared Values Ecosystems, FSG Harvard; SEA Certificate on Social Entrepreneurship at the Munchen University. Alexandru has acted as Postdoctoral Researcher at the Université de Lille years 2014-2015. He has completed his Postdoctorate Research in Management at the Bucharest Academy of Management Studies, focusing on technology start-ups strategies and innovation ecosystems development.
He teaches entrepreneurship courses for doctoral students and leads several entrepreneurship related initiatives. Since 2018 he serves as Expert at the European Research Council, European Commission for the Horizon 2020 program. As Head of Innovation and Digital Transformation at the Transilvania IT Cluster: Digital Public Services Development and Innovation with Technical University of Cluj - Napoca; Transilvania Digital Innovation Hub strategy development and EU application; Transilvania Living Lab strategy development and operational management; Member of the board for Cluj - Napoca Digital Transformation Strategy; 2020-2027 development Digital Transformation Model and Strategy Development for Cluj - Napoca City Hall; Cluj Future of Work - Urban Innovative Action project responsible for Digital Transformation curricula development and implementation for Culturepreneurs and Work 4.0 future competences for SMEs; HEInnovate Project - RIS3 Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Public Administration and Higher Education; ROCK Cultural Heritage Digital Innovation and Tools - Horizon 2020 project; DIH2 - Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Agile Manufacturing - Horizon 2020 project; BOWI - Boosting Digital Innovation in Europe - Connecting Digital Innovation Hubs and SMEs; Open Innovation Ecosystem development. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandruroja/details/education/.