Gabriel Simion
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
Bucharest, Romania
Toptal member since December 7, 2022
Gabriel has extensive experience working in the strategy and operations teams of the two largest consulting firms in the world, Deloitte and PwC. He was involved in many challenging projects, including the elaboration of an important governmental strategy regarding the transition from coal.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Status Report – Letter to Investors
Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
As-is Analysis – Governmental Strategy
El Salvador's Law – A Meaningful Test for Bitcoin
Romanian Financial Services Company – Hook Email
Expertise
- Asset Tokenization
- Business Plan Consulting
- Clean Energy
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
- Financial Modeling
- Market Studies
- PowerPoint Design
Work Experience
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Hashgraph Technologies
- Raised a grant of $110,000 in the first 30 days after the idea moment.
- Built a robust but complex live streaming application, user profile application, 3D pseudo-metaverse, and other automation, all in under six months and for under 50% of the average market cost.
- Accompanied over ten events and collaborated with over 100 artists before the platform launch, which is still in development.
- Produced $5,000 in 30 days with the proof of concept before beginning the development of the platform's beta version.
Senior Management Consultant
PwC
- Elaborated a complex economic regional strategy for the transition from coal in a region with over 100,000 inhabitants. Multiple documents are publicly available on a ministry website (https://mfe.gov.ro/).
- Created the context for developing a digital assets practice inside the organization.
- Offered management consulting services for multiple industrial companies.
- Provided post-merger integration services for two large industrial players.
- Conducted public presentations dedicated to digitization and adopting innovative business models based on digital assets registered in distributed ledgers.
- Promoted asset tokenization and the use of non-fungible digital tokens.
Chief Executive Officer
The Society of Energy Engineers in Romania
- Increased the organization's revenues by 500% and the number of members by 300% during the three-year mandate.
- Planned, organized, commanded, coordinated, and controlled projects that supported the organization's mission.
- Developed the organization's activity based on strategic projects.
- Ensured compliance with all applicable regulations.
- Developed and maintained relations with all the stakeholders.
Management Consultant
Deloitte
- Elaborated multiple business strategies for some of the largest energy companies in Eastern Europe with activities in all verticals.
- Built multiple financial models together with the clients' financial departments, helping them with improving the assumptions used.
- Obtained new insights about various markets based on secondary data correlated with historical events and context.
- Analyzed and evaluated the Sustainable Development Solutions for 2017-2030 in relation to the market context and the place and role of the company in the energy field for a large oil company.
- Offered consultancy services for better commercial and technical conditions for access to poles owned by distribution system operators as support for electronic communication networks.
- Optimized the connection process to a distribution system operator's network.
- Collaborated on the study titled "Impact of the Black Sea Oil & Gas Offshore Projects on the Romanian Economy."
- Engaged in a secondment of 2.5 months in a large telecom operator's financial controlling and reporting department.
- Wrote a brief analysis of the privatization process for a large oil and gas company.
- Analyzed the market conditions for renewable energy producers in Romania.
Education
Master's Degree in Entrepreneurship and Business Administration
The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Politehnica University of Bucharest - Bucharest, Romania
Certifications
Udacity Nanodegree - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Udacity
Udacity Nanodegree - Business Analytics with Alteryx, Tableau and Power BI
Udacity
Skills
Finance
Financial Modeling, Data Analysis, Fundraising, Forecasting, Business Advisory, Market Research, Revenue & Expense Projections, Debt Raises, Capital Raising, Growth Capital Raising, Revenue Modeling, Equity Capital, CFO, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Seed Fundraising, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Debt Structuring, Value Investing, Debt Restructuring, Creative Financing, Valuation, Angel/Seed Funding, M&A Modeling, Leveraged Buyout Modeling, Capital, Deal Advisory, Funding Process, Debt
Output Software
Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel 2016
Industry Expertise
Oil & Gas, Aircraft & Airlines, Telecommunications, Government, Aviation, Consumer Products, Financial Services, Venture Capital
Geographic Expertise
Romania, Europe, Eastern Europe, Moldova, United States, Australia, Bulgaria, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Data & Analysis Software
Tableau
Other
Microsoft Office, PDF, Google Drive, Google, Green Energy, Energy Storage, Economics, Macroeconomic Forecasting, Financial Forecasting, Research, Events, Metaverse, Hedera Hashgraph, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), Market Studies, Data Visualization, PowerPoint Design, Strategic Planning, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), Clean Energy, Presentations, Finance, Letters of Intent, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Mapping, Social Impact, Environment, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Hashgraph, Pitch Deck Consultant, Pitch Decks, Business Plan Consulting, Global Distribution Systems (GDS), Think-cell, Business Strategy, Pitch Presentations, Strategic Planning & Execution, Management Consulting, Investor Presentations, Storytelling, Engineering, Energy Utilities, Modeling, Power Generation, Consulting, Financial Analysis, Reporting, Business Development, Partnerships, Growth, Clients, New Products, Digital, Business Process Optimization, Governance, Asset Tokenization, Ecosystem, Revenue Strategy, Revenue Analysis, Public Sector, Strategy, Environmental Investment, Risk Management, Manufacturing, Investment Funds, Early-stage Venture Capital, FMCG, Change Management, Organizational Change Management (OCM), Organization Assessment, Investment Banking, Word 2016, Discord, X (formerly Twitter), Energy Efficiency, Energy Management, Statistics, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Operations, New Business Development, Process Flows, Process Design, Regulations, Security Policies & Procedures, Leveraged Buyout (LBO), Fixed Asset Management, Digital Asset Management, Acquisitions, Angel Investing, SME/SMB Financing, Investing, Newsletters, Government Contracting, Smart City Technology, Machine Learning, eCommerce, Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Shapespark, 3D Modeling, M&A Due Diligence (Financial), Reports, Thought Leadership, Cryptocurrency, Crypto, Regulatory & Tax, Pitch Books, Pitch Preparation, Sales Pitches, Digital Graphics, Business Analysis, Alteryx, Microsoft Power BI, Stimulus, Equity
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