Summary
Valer Bocan is a CTO and seasoned software engineer with 12+ years in senior engineering and architecture roles, currently leading technology at Storya. He combines academic rigor—a PhD in Computer Science from Politehnica University of Timisoara—with hands-on expertise in secure development lifecycle practices, threat modeling, and domain-driven design. A polyglot developer comfortable in C#, Go, F#, Vue.js and even Forth, he authored the first .NET Forth compiler, an unusual open-source achievement that reflects deep language and compiler insight. His background spans telecom systems at Alcatel‑Lucent to product architecture at Oce Software, giving him practical experience building cloud-native and mobile solutions. Known for bridging research and production, he focuses on delivering auditable, secure systems while mentoring engineering teams.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Politehnica University of Timisoara
Romanian, English