With over 20 years experience in the IT&C industry, Teodror Blidăruş, Managing Partner Softelligence and Vice-president ANIS, will attend StartUp Grind on 15th September to share from direct experience insights on how to exponentially grown your business outside Romania. Teodor and Adrian Blidăruş launched Softelligence, company specializing in the development and implementation of business software solutions, in 2006. Since then, the company has been working closely with over 100 corporate clients in various fields of activity such as financial services (insurance services included), retail and telecom. With a strong presence in international markets such as Great Britain, Sweden, Germany and Austria, Softelligence was included in Deloitte’s Top 50 fast growing technology companies in Central and Eastern Europe. Engineer by formation, but with a powerful entrepreneurial vocation, Teodor Blidăruş distinguishes himself for his ability to lead teams throughout numerous software and business development projects. He is also known for managing and developing the ERP Charisma system – the best known ERP program in Romania, distributed in other 17 countries from Central and Eastern Europe. As Vice President of ANIS (Employer’s Association of the Software and Service Industry), Teodor is in charge with the program of "Continuous Education”, being involved in the ongoing education process of IT specialists, supporting entrepreneurs and business managers in further developing their businesses, while also encouraging the growth of Romanian IT export. With Softelligence, Teodor plays a strategic role in the company’s vision and business development, while his brother Adrian is responsible for technical operations.