Iuliana Georgiana Agafitei
About Iuliana Georgiana Agafitei
Iuliana Georgiana Agafitei is a Lead Project Manager with a strong academic background, including a PhD from Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași. She has extensive experience in project management and marketing, having worked at various companies including Grapefruit and Sodexo Romania.
Current Role at Grapefruit
Iuliana Georgiana Agafitei serves as the Lead Project Manager at Grapefruit, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she focuses on managing projects that enhance customer experience through co-creation at the business process level. Her approach emphasizes human-centered tactics, ensuring a thorough understanding of context and audience prior to implementation.
Previous Experience at Grapefruit
Before becoming Lead Project Manager, Iuliana worked at Grapefruit as a Digital Project Manager from 2018 to 2021. During this time, she contributed to various digital projects, applying her expertise in project management to deliver results that align with client needs and expectations.
Educational Background
Iuliana completed her Master of Science at Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași from 2009 to 2011. She furthered her education at Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, where she earned her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from 2013 to 2019, following her undergraduate studies at the same institution from 2004 to 2009.
Professional Experience in Marketing and Project Management
Iuliana has held various roles in marketing and project management. She worked as a Marketing Assistant in the Quantitative Department at Daedalus Millward Brown for five months in 2012. Later, she served as a Marketing Specialist at Sodexo Romania Benefits & Rewards Services from 2013 to 2016, and as a Senior Projects Owner at Sodexo Romania BR from 2016 to 2018.
Advocacy and Methodologies
Iuliana advocates for co-creation in business processes to enhance customer experience. She believes in leveraging intuition and curiosity, supported by business knowledge, to drive success. Iuliana applies lean principles in her work, emphasizing the importance of testing and learning to ensure value for all stakeholders.