Cristian Pogacean
Senior Software Development Engineer Azure IIoT at Microsoft
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolCristian Pogacean is a Senior Software Development Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building IIoT and Industry 4.0 solutions, currently driving Azure Industrial IoT platform work from Munich at Microsoft. He combines deep protocol expertise in OPC UA and edge computing with product-management experience earned running OPC toolkits and leading cross-functional teams at Softing. His background spans embedded and cloud stacks—C/C++/C# on Windows, Linux and RTOS up to Azure integration and IoT Edge modules—enabling him to bridge field-level data collection with cloud-scale processing. Notably, he has contributed backend fixes and feature work to Microsoft’s widely used azure/industrial-iot repo, improving OPC Twin, edge module reliability and CDM processing. Comfortable in both hands-on engineering and strategic product roles, he’s also experienced in customer-facing consulting and standards work through the OPC Foundation.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at “Tiberiu Popoviciu” Computer Science High SchoolGraduate Diploma, Computer Science Applied in Economics, Licensed Economist, Graduate Diploma, Computer Science Applied in Economics, Licensed Economist at Babeș-Bolyai University
English, German, Romanian, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
azure-iothub10
asp-net10
iot10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
opc-ua10
dotnet9
json9
net9
rest-api8
github8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
data-engineering7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/Industrial-IoT
Jun 2019 - Dec 2022
Azure Industrial IoT Platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 644 reviews, 158 commits in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Cristian primarily focused on implementing and fixing components within the `azure/industrial-iot` repository, primarily related to the OPC UA protocol and its integration with Azure services. Their work involved modifying existing code for the OPC Twin, enhancing the edge module functionality, and ensuring proper communication with the IoT EdgeHub. They also addressed bugs and added features within the CDM (Common Data Model) processor. This suggests a focus on the back-end and integration aspects of the platform.
siemensdotnetazure-cosmos-dbindustrialazure-kubernetes-services
cristipogacean/UA-.NETStandardLibrary
Dec 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 months
dotnetstandard-librarynet-standardcsharpopc
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