Cristina Mudura

Focus

I work end-to-end — writing production code, designing architecture, and setting cloud strategy. My value is at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and people.

Cloud architecture

Enterprise platforms on Azure and AWS, designed for scale, security, and cost — with the tradeoffs made explicit and carried through to production.

AI-ready platforms

Cloud foundations for AI workloads, and AI-assisted engineering practices adopted where they measurably speed up delivery.

Platform engineering & DevOps

Paved-path delivery: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, and observability that let teams ship quickly without sacrificing reliability.

Software engineering

Years of hands-on engineering in .NET, C#, and SQL — I stay close to the code my architecture has to serve.

Technical leadership

Building and mentoring engineering teams, driving decisions across functions, and keeping technology strategy tied to business outcomes.

Experience

1. Co-Founder · ELSA-X

   2024 – Present

   Utrecht, Netherlands

   Co-founded a cloud-focused startup; own the technical vision, architecture, and product strategy.

   • —Set the company's cloud-native product strategy and technical direction
   • —Built and lead an engineering team; own client-facing technical engagements and partnerships
   • —Established delivery, DevOps, and security practices from day one — AI-assisted engineering included

2. Lead Cloud & Platform Architect · nexxbiz

   2024 – Present

   Utrecht, Netherlands

   Own cloud strategy and architecture for enterprise platforms across multiple teams.

   • —Architected and delivered secure, scalable cloud platforms for enterprise clients
   • —Cut cloud spend by 10–20% through cost-optimization reviews, right-sizing, and architecture changes
   • —Set platform standards for CI/CD, observability, and security, adopted across DevOps, SRE, and platform teams
   • —Extended platform architecture to support AI workloads and introduced AI-assisted engineering into delivery workflows

3. DevOps Engineer · nexxbiz

   2020 – 2024

   Utrecht, Netherlands

   Built CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure provisioning; raised deploy frequency and uptime across agile delivery teams.

4. Software Engineer · nexxbiz

   2019 – 2020

   Utrecht, Netherlands

   Delivered business-critical features and drove migration from legacy systems to modern platforms.

5. .NET Developer · Fortech

   2017 – 2020

   Oradea, Romania

   Designed and built RESTful APIs, modeled business processes, and owned technical documentation.

6. .NET Developer · Cylex

   2016 – 2017

   Oradea, Romania

   Maintained and improved web applications; bug fixing and testing.

Open source & projects

noosFounder & maintainer

A framework of agentic minds — run specialized AI agents like services: declared as data, invoked over HTTP, sandboxed per call, audited end-to-end.

Elsa WorkflowsContributor

Contributor to the open-source workflow engine for .NET — 7.8k+ stars on GitHub.

Education & certifications

2017 – 2019

Master of Science, Internet Distributed Systems — Universitatea din Oradea

2014 – 2017

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science — Universitatea din Oradea

Certification

Communication for Excellence — How Company

Languages

Romanian (native) · English (full professional) · Spanish (professional) · Dutch (beginner)

Beyond work

In my free time I'm usually building something new or trying things out. When I'm not, I unwind with a good game or a good book. I also love to travel and get to know new places and cultures — four languages and counting — and I like staying active outdoors.

Contact

If you're working on something interesting — a platform to build, an architecture to untangle, or just a good conversation about cloud and engineering — I'm open to it. LinkedIn is the best way to reach me.