Nelu Lazar

Current

Entrepreneur at Magic Group, Romania
Electrical Design Project Engineer at Cambric Corporation, onsite 6 Sigma Green Belt at Caterpillar, Inc.
Member and Web Admin at "Floare de Colt" Mountain Club, Brasov Romania

Founder, Singer, Songwriter at Taine Folk

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Past

Founder & Project Manager at Goovel Websites Network
Electrical Design Engineer at Cambric Consulting, Brasov
Electrical Design Engineer at ICCO Electric Brasov

Web and Multimedia Programmer at "Transilvania" University Brasov
Managing Partner at Teacas

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Education

Universitatea 'Transilvania' din Brasov
National College of Computer Science, Piatra Neamt

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Industry

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Nelu Lazar’s Summary

• Electrical Design Project Engineer with Cambric Corporation, onsite 6 Sigma Green Belt at Caterpillar, Inc. in Lafayette, Indiana, managing an off-shore design team of up to 5 people (since 2004)

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at 'Transylvania' University in Brasov, Romania (2002)

• Proficient with CAD software for Electrical 3D design using Pro/Engineer, Pro/Diagram, Pro/Assembly, Pro/Cabling, Pro/Manufacturing, Pro/Drawing, Electric SDP, Solid Works and ACAD, experience with LabWindows/CVI, IsaGraph and Siemens Step7 with PLC programming methodologies for automation projects (since 2000)

• Passionate electronics researcher and software developer for desktop and Internet/Rich Media applications, experienced developer in C/C++ (since 1992), Delphi, HTML, Javascript (since 1996), Macromedia Flash/ActionScript, PHP, MySQL (since 2002), Ajax (since 2007), FBML, Adobe Air/Flex (since 2008), Linux server administration skills (since 2008)

• Founder and developer of Tweetvisor.com (2009), aiDizain.ro (2009) and Jooveler.com (2007), web admin and developer of FloaredeColt.org (since 2000), front-man at Mirror (1997-1999), musician at Taine Folk (since 1998)

• Married, father of two children

• Organizer of local Lafayette Twestival and Lafayette Tweetup in Lafayette/West Lafayette and Purdue University, Indiana (since 2009)

Nelu Lazar’s Specialties:

Electrical design and manufacturing process, Electrical Schematic design and simulation, Electrical and 3D Models CAD software, Cable assemblies, Electric Power Supply assemblies, Electrical joint connections, Project Management, Internet, Social Media, Information Technologies, Web and Software programming, Business development

Nelu Lazar’s Experience

Entrepreneur

Magic Group, Romania

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

Experience with Romanian "Magic Tours" Travel Agency. Currently developing, maintaining and marketing various websites with different objectives and user targets.

Founder of Tweetvisor.com (January 2009 – Present) - Tweetvisor is a web-based Twitter interface that enables tweeters to better manage multiple Twitter accounts, their replies and direct messages, friends and followers, and their updates. Tweetvisor also returns real-time updates about favorite topics, news and tweets. Tweetvisor now supports tagging friends into groups, inline video replies, quick URL shorteners, advanced searches, integrated feed reader.

Founder of Jooveler.com (November 2007 – Present) - Jooveler enables network Travelers to submit Custom Travel Inquiries, receive public Custom Travel Arrangements from selected Travel Operators or Jooveler Travel Advisers, and interact with their fellow Travelers.

Founder of aiDizain.ro (April 2009 – Present) - aiDizain.ro is a web interface targeting Romanian audience, that enables companies and individuals to receive multiple design concepts from different talented designers for a specific design project.
Electrical Design Project Engineer

Cambric Corporation, onsite 6 Sigma Green Belt at Caterpillar, Inc.

(Privately Held; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)

Electrical wiring design responsibility for Caterpillar®'s 3500 and F-Series engine powered off-highway mining trucks and locomotives.
- Manage an off-shore design team of up to 5 people;
- Provide analytical assessment of technical engineering data, including technical drawings in order to analyze, recommend, identify and correct engineering design problems for each specific product throughout the product development design cycle;
- Communicate with engineering, technical and manufacturing personnel and suppliers on technical product specifications throughout product life-cycle including prototype and production stages of project;
- Utilize computer aided drafting, mechanical and electrical design software applications to design mechanical and electromechanical products that meet customer project specifications.
Member and Web Admin

"Floare de Colt" Mountain Club, Brasov Romania

(Non-Profit; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

August 1998 — Present (11 years 4 months)

Active member 1998-2004 in a very friendly ecological mountaineering community in Romania - "Floare de Colt" Brasov. Multiple representations within National Championship for Mountaineering Organizations, ecological and cultural activities. Since 2004, due to relocation, continued as web developer and administrator for FDC's official website FloaredeColt.org.
Founder, Singer, Songwriter

Taine Folk

(Music industry)

May 1998 — Present (11 years 7 months)

Started self-teaching guitar back in 1996, then went to other instruments like blockflote, bongos, tambourine. Wrote lyrics in both Romanian and English languages, some of them becoming beautiful songs. Between 1997-1999 I've wrote the rock opera "The Seasons' Journey", a 13 songs album about a wanderer of seasons (never professionally recorded). In the same time, I was the front man of the progressive-rock music band Mirror. Starting with 1998, I founded the folk music group, Taine Folk. With them, we wrote a folk opera "God of the Mountains, the Deity" (in Romanian "Zmeul Muntelui Zeu"), performed many concerts in Romania and were invited at a few radio shows in both Romania (Radio Terra Piatra Neamt, Antena Brasovului, Radio Romania International Bucharest) and United States (WBAA Public Radio from Purdue University West Lafayette).
Founder & Project Manager

Goovel Websites Network

(Internet industry)

October 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 1 month)

Goovel Websites Network is a suite of interconnected websites, targeting various domains and user profiles. Some of the projects in this network are: Goovel.net, BestofRomania.net, Jobvel.com, uiteceVreau.ro, uiteceBlog.ro, lookwhatIBlog.com.
Electrical Design Engineer

Cambric Consulting, Brasov

(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

July 2003 — February 2004 (8 months)

As an Electrical Design Engineer, in charge with designing and creating diagrams, cable routing harnesses, electrical wirings, using Pro/Engineer, Pro/Diagram, Pro/Cabling and Electric SDP CAD software. As a Mechanical Design Engineer, in charge with creating three-dimensional models for air-based motors, using Solid Works as CAD software environment. Cambric Consulting Romania is a subsidiary of Cambric Corporation Draper UT (United States), an American Corporation specialized in advanced engineering design.
Electrical Design Engineer

ICCO Electric Brasov

(Civil Engineering industry)

October 2002 — June 2003 (9 months)

AutoCAD design for electrical installations for civil and industrial constructions. Main project was electrical installation design for "Dorobanti" Hotel in Bucharest Romania (now "Howard Johnson" Hotel). ICCO Electric, part of a multi-division Romanian Corporation, is specialized in designing and executing electrical installations for civil and industrial constructions.
Web and Multimedia Programmer

"Transilvania" University Brasov

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

February 2002 — July 2002 (6 months)

Working under international inter-university program 'Leonardo da Vinci', as a member of A.I.P.E.T. TEAM (Assisted Informatics Power Electronics Team). In charge with developing websites and multimedia materials for universities and educational purposes.
Managing Partner

Teacas

(Consumer Goods industry)

November 1994 — August 1996 (1 year 10 months)

Family business for local commerce. Developed experience in managing small business, negotiations, logistics, marketing, sales, accounting.

Nelu Lazar’s Education

Universitatea 'Transilvania' din Brasov

B.S./M.S. , Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Electro-Mechanics, Automatic Systems, Computer Science , 1996 — 2002

Completed coursework in general studies, including coursework in English, the Social Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science. Completed specialized courses in defined area of concentration: General, Electrical Engineering, Electric Machines Design, Electric Converters Command, Electric Power Use, Calculus and Building of Electric Equipment and Machines, Electric Drives, Electric Converters, Automation Projects (basic - LabWindows/CVI, IsaGraph, Step 7) and other related courses.

Activities and Societies:

Web and Multimedia Programmer, International inter-university program "Leonardo da Vinci", Member of A.I.P.E.T. TEAM (Assisted Informatics Power Electronics Team), Websites for universities and educational purposes, Member of Floare de Colt Mountain Club from Brasov Romania.
National College of Computer Science, Piatra Neamt

Baccalaureate, Analyst-Programmer certificate , Databases, Algorithms, Computer Architecture , 1990 — 1994

Completed coursework in general studies, and also courses of Software Engineering Design, Operating Systems, Databases (dBase), Programming Languages (Pascal, C/C++), Object-Oriented Development, Oriented and Non-Oriented Graphs Theory, Basic and Advanced Programming Algorithms, Graphic Environments, Graphic Programming and Algorithms.

Additional Information

Nelu Lazar’s Interests:

engineering, management, electrical components, electrical harness design, CAD software, Pro/Engineer, Solid Works, web applications design, PHP, Ajax, MySql, Javascript, framework development, blogging trends, software applications development, Delphi, C/C++, cold music instruments, music orchestration, music software, motorcycles, traveling, mountain trips, digital photography, video recording and editing

Nelu Lazar’s Groups:

Founder of the folk music group "Taine Folk" from Brasov Romania (since 1998) - www.TaineFolk.com,
Front-man of progressive-rock music group "Mirror" from Brasov Romania (1997-1999),
Member of "Floare de Colt" Mountain Club from Brasov Romania (since 1998) - www.FloaredeColt.org