Georgiana Andreea Dragomir

In 2015, Georgiana assumed the role of Grapefruit's CEO and became a shareholder after 8 years as a dedicated Project Manager. Grapefruit faced a dwindling market presence and a survival struggle at the time of her appointment. Under Georgiana's visionary leadership, the company experienced a transformative resurgence. In her first year as CEO, she quadrupled the company's profit while maintaining the same turnover. Over the next seven years, her strategic prowess and unwavering commitment led to consistent profits and a staggering tenfold increase in turnover. Georgiana gained global recognition when she was selected from 800 candidates worldwide to participate in the MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in 2016, becoming the first Romanian woman to achieve this distinction. Her impact led to her invitation back in 2017 to conduct interviews for MIT.   Achievements: ● Locally, Georgiana is the sole female CEO in Iasi within the digital marketing and software development industry. Nationally, she stands among the few female CEOs leading independent entrepreneurial ventures in the digital and software domain. ● Founding the DIGITAL INNOVATION ZONE (DIZ): This ambitious project, conceived and developed over three years of relentless effort, is a testament to Georgiana's visionary skills. DIZ operates as a pioneering hub within the European Digital Innovation Hub network. Its primary objective is to provide invaluable support to SMEs and local governments in the North-East Region, aiding them in enhancing their digitization efforts, innovation index, and competitiveness. This initiative demonstrates her commitment to fostering digital transformation and innovation. ● Partnership with the INGENIUM Alliance: Georgiana played a pivotal role in forging a strategic partnership with the INGENIUM Alliance, a consortium of 10 leading EU universities. This partnership aimed to create a unified digital strategy across diverse academic institutions within the European Union, envisioning the development of an integrated European university. Georgiana's leadership here was more than reshaping the digital landscape; it was about expanding Europe's educational future. Portfolio: - Winning "Entrepreneur Woman of the Year" Award by PIN Magazine (2019) - Speaker in Paris - African Entrepreneurship Forum Programme (2019) - Speaker in Serbia - at an internal workshop for Nestle (2019) - Speaker in Italy (Florence) - discussing the digitalization of the retail industry within the Enterprise Europe Network Training (2023) - Speaker in Germany at the Ingenium presentation conference (2023) - She also has a certification in face-reading - from Facereading Business Academy