Alexandru Paduraru
Founder & CEO at Zum Padel
Bucharest, Romania
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Alexandru Paduraru is a hands-on entrepreneur and engineer with 12 years of experience building products, leading teams, and shipping polished front-end experiences. As Founder & CEO of Zum IT and founder of execution-focused ventures Zum Construct and Zum Padel in Bucharest, he blends technical leadership with operational discipline across software, construction, and community-driven sports infrastructure. His background includes senior iOS roles at Volvo, IBM and Toptal and significant open-source front-end contributions to well-known UI projects (Creative Tim dashboards and Now UI Kit), demonstrating strong UI/CSS craftsmanship. He pairs formal training in computer science and database management with deep practical experience in mobile and web UIs, often tackling both product strategy and low-level styling/UX fixes personally. Recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 and TOYP Romania awardee, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a track record of turning design-forward interfaces into production-ready products.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science at Computer Science, Politehnica, BucharestBachelor’s degree in Database Management, Database Management, Bachelor’s degree in Database Management, Database Management at Master’s Degree in Database Management, Mathematics and Informatics, Bucharest UniversityInformatics, Informatics at Ion Creanga Highschool
English, French
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Github Skills (24)
javascript10
dashboard10
admin10
bootstrap10
ui-components10
css10
responsive-design10
typescript10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
html10
uikit10
bootstra10
typescripts10
angular10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
creativetimofficial/light-bootstrap-dashboard
Aug 2015 - Jul 2018
Light Bootstrap Dashboard is an admin dashboard template designed to be beautiful and simple.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 61 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Alexandru primarily worked on developing the front-end structure and design of the dashboard. They began by setting up the basic HTML structure, including the necessary meta tags and links to CSS and JavaScript files, for the dashboard pages. The user then proceeded to implement the left sidebar menu and other UI elements, indicating a focus on the user interface and overall layout of the application. The user also modified the CSS files to reflect the design changes and responsive behavior of the dashboard components.
bootstrap4bootstrap5adminlightadmin-dashboard
creativetimofficial/now-ui-kit
May 2017 - May 2019
Now UI Kit Bootstrap 4 - Designed by Invision. Coded by Creative Tim
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 25 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Alexandru's contributions primarily focused on updating and refining the front-end components of the Now UI Kit Bootstrap 4 project. Their work involved modifying CSS files to adjust the appearance of UI elements, including icons, and integrating changes related to the Nucleo icon font. They also updated Bootstrap versions and fixed bugs, ensuring the UI kit's functionality and compatibility. The changes include adjustments to the `assets/css/now-ui-kit.css` file for styling and `nucleo-icons.html` for Nucleo icon link changes.
bootstrap-4mobile-firsttimui-kitbootstrap4
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