Passionate about technology and entrepreneurship, Serban is President and Co-Founder of Akcees, organization that fuels the entrepreneurial spark of young people and helps them materialize their ideas, and Co-Founder and CEO of Prove PR, marketing communication company offering specialized services for startups and NGOs. Before that, Serban worked as a Product Manager for SponsorPay, German start-up.

Serban holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science awarded by City College (University of Sheffield) and a triple Master Degree in IT Management awarded by IAE Aix-en-Provence, Turku School of Economics, and Tillburg University. He is currently a PhD candidate in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University, United States.