# Andrei Gheorghe > Software Engineer @ Zoox | Registered Representative @ Stonehaven LLC | LP in Global Fintech & AI Funds | Connecting US Capital with SE Asia Innovation Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/andreigheorghe In the software industry since 2001, ran a few small startups in Europe and then backend engineering at Google. Now at Zoox, working on AI Safety ! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Zoox Jan 2023 – Present | Foster City, California, United States AI Safety ### Founder @ Ramana Capital LLC Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Ramana Capital LLC offers securities through Stonehaven, LLC, a Member FINRA/SIPC. ### Career Break @ Sabbatical Break Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 ### Software Engineer @ Google Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States Developed cross-functional new features and optimized existing low-latency, large data ads serving systems: design, building, testing, releasing and monitoring across multiple systems Ran technical interviews with candidates, had very good correlation with final hiring decision. Onboarding of new engineers and interns Languages / Technologies used: C++, Java, Python, Dart, Angular, Typescript, internal Google infrastructure Google Ad Manager (former DoubleClick for Publishers): Led new mobile/video ad formats development, increasing supply inventory Improved performance of existing mobile/video formats in Google Ad Manager, adding backup ads to ensure viewability while increasing auction bids Assisted refactoring efforts, contributed with code health initiatives Performed releases of ads serving components, improved monitoring of services’ performance, assisted with product on-call duties Authorized Buyers (former DoubleClick Ad Exchange): Improved publisher filtering, added support for AMP landing pages, extensive refactoring Display & Video 360 (former DoubleClick Bid Manager): Implemented new exchanges support in and added support for Native Ads, thus expanding sell side market access. Added support to optimize the performance of line items by calculating new metrics ### Owner @ Artech Software Jan 2008 – Jan 2016 | Bucharest, Romania Owned a consulting company doing contract based software development. Collaborated with business analysts, product managers, designers, engineers, and stakeholders, leading projects from initial ideas to take-off and evolving. Built platforms for commodities trading (https://www.glencore.com/, Elysian Liquid trading platform was meanwhile bought by CME Group), contract management, power trading, mobile dashboards for hospitals and electronic patient record management. Launched our own products: an Adobe Photoshop plugin for web designers, an e-learning platform (the product was sold soon after it was finished), and a social network. Built and released about 10 Android and iOS apps for various clients, embedded software, as well as websites, (small) social networks, and other Internet products Technologies used: C#, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server, Java, ObjectiveC, Kotlin, Swift, Python ### Associate Consultant / Software Engineer @ dotNear Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | City Of London, England, United Kingdom Built the Elysian Liquid Trading Platform for CME Group - Desktop C#.NET ### CTO / Co-Founder @ Krogos Software Jan 2004 – Jan 2011 Founded and led a software outsourcing company doing both software contracting and building own products. Recruited engineers and designers, did technical negotiations with clients, ensured projects were properly architected, designed and built. Fostered a culture based on well being and made sure everyone in the technical department is happy, fulfilled, and can grow properly Launched own products: an Adobe Photoshop plugin, a social shopping network, an events and point of interest social mobile app. Built Windows desktop apps and Intranet solutions, developed and launched a few Android and iOS apps as well as various websites, (small) social networks, and other Internet products Technologies used: mostly C#, C++, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server, Java, ObjectiveC, iOS, Android, Python, OpenGL, WPF ### Software Engineer @ Akela Informatique Jan 2001 – Jan 2004 | Bucharest, Romania Developed and maintained Windows desktop apps, Windows Embedded apps and Intranet websites using C++, VB6, C#, Microsoft SQL Server and other Microsoft tech. ## Education ### BS in Computer Science University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest ### Colegiul National Tudor Vianu Bucuresti ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andreigh --- Source: https://flows.cv/andreigheorghe JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/andreigheorghe/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11