Summary
Madalina Ciortan is a seasoned technology and data science leader with two decades of IT experience and a decade focused on applied data science, now directing Ops IT for DA&AI, Machine Learning and AI at AstraZeneca. She blends deep academic rigor—a PhD in Bioinformatics and Data Science and a postmaster in bioinformatics—with hands-on full‑stack and technical architecture experience across European institutions and global companies. Previously head of data science at Kiwi.com and multiple leadership roles at Euranova, she has led teams from research prototypes to production ML systems in regulated environments. Comfortable as both a researcher and delivery lead, she retains strong software engineering instincts developed in roles at Oracle, Visa and the European Commission. Based in Brussels, Madalina pairs multidisciplinary expertise in biomathematics, computational biology and engineering with pragmatic ops-focused AI delivery. An uncommon strength is her ability to translate complex bioinformatics research into scalable, compliant enterprise ML operations.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics and data science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics and data science at Université libre de Bruxelles
POLITEHNICA București National University for Science and Technology
English, French, Romanian, Spanish