Dan Nechita
In build mode
Brussels Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
EU Director
2024 - Current
Launched to promote the closest possible partnership between the Governments and the peoples of the European Union and the United States, the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) has a proud record of achievement as well as vital ambitions for the future.
Head of Cabinet MEP Dragoș Tudorache
2019 - 2024
(Co-) led the technical negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation, co-rapporteurship). Covered shadowships on Europol (Regulation); the Data Act (Regulation), the Future of EU-US Relations (INI report); AI use by police and judicial authorities (INI report); EU-NATO cooperation (INI report); and LIBE opinions on the NIS II directive, the Data Governance Act, European Strategy for Data, Removing barriers to the functioning of the single market, AI in civil and military uses, Ethical aspects of AI, robotics and related technologies Coordinated work in the AFET, SEDE, LIBE committees and the EU-US Delegation; coordinated work on the Chairmanship of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence (AIDA)
Co-founder and President
2017 - 2019
Smart Everything Everywhere (SEE) is a catalyst for Romania’s digital transformation. SEE provides a framework for accelerating Romania’s transition into the digital age, leveraging the country’s untapped digital potential – enabling it to grow, scale and become a global innovation hub. SEE focuses on three pillars of the digital future: industry 4.0, smart cities and citizens, and the digital state.
State Counselor for the Prime-minister
2016 - 2017
Coordinated 23 full-time employees; coordinated the Government digital delivery platform GovITHub and oversaw the development of 16 digital projects worth over 1.1mil. EUR; represented Romania in EC working groups on digitizing industry and innovation hubs; organized the “Digital Romania – Industry 4.0” Forum
Counselor to Prime-minister Dacian Ciolos
2016 - 2016
Coordinated inter-ministerial working groups on IT and cybersecurity; coordinated the establishment of the first Romanian Government CIO Office; established and coordinated the GovITHub platform (1.566 participants; 24.409 work-hours; represented the Prime-minister’s Chancellery as keynote speaker in over 20 public events
Graduate TA
2010 - 2014
GTA for 8 classes of 40-60 students/semester (4 years) on International Affairs
Operations Associate
2010 - 2010
Planning and execution (in a team of 8) of the Global Zero Summit in Paris 2010, a $4mil project with over 150 participants -- former heads of state, generals, ministers, diplomats, and public figures.
Research Assistant
2008 - 2010
Academic research on international affairs, security, and defense issues for top scholars in the field including Kenneth Waltz, Robert Jervis, Richard Betts, and Jack Snyder
Political Correspondent (fulltime internship)
2006 - 2006
Wrote daily for ABC News' online political review The Note, in a team of 5 coordinated by ABC News' Political Director Mark Halperin, reporting on candidates for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Operations Intern
2006 - 2006
Organization of executive education programs for top federal executives (GS-12&13 to SES).