Description
His military career started in 1983, in a SIGINT and EW Unit. After the Staff College, he was a Battalion Commander, before joining in 1993 the Romanian Military Intelligence Directorate (MID). He held Defence Diplomacy positions in Ankara and London. He was the Head of Plan, Policy and International Cooperation in the Romanian MID and the national representative in the BICES Board of Directors (2008-2013).
He assumed the Deputy Director position of the Intelligence Division in the NATO HQ (2013-2016) at a critical time for the Alliance. Also, as the NATO Senior Military Coordinator for JISR, he ensured senior-level, cross functional coordination across the International Military Staff, Strategic Commands and NATO Agencies for this high visibility project and was instrumental in achieving the IOC for the NATO JISR. As Chairman of the NATO Geospatial Board (NGB), he was pursuing the preparation and approval of the critical contributions of the NATO Geospatial Community for the Enhanced NATO Response Force, Very High Readiness Joint Task Force and training.
