Mircea Cristea

Mircea Cristea has a diverse work experience in the field of digital art and technology. Mircea started their career at UCS Group as a Level Designer and Art Lead, where they coordinated a team and managed projects in the graphics department. Mircea was responsible for creating interactive architectural tours and utilized skills in 3D modeling, scripting, programming, Unity 3D integration, and drawing art concepts. Next, they worked at Decar Studios as a 3D/2D Graphic Artist before moving on to ECC Romania as an Art Director. In this role, they produced vector graphics and web media, designed layout and visual identity, and created promotional materials for the European Commission. Mircea also managed media materials, website administration, and network operations. Later, they joined Gravity Pixels SRL as a 3D/2D Lead Artist, involving himself in various artistic responsibilities. Currently, they are employed at Basemark, where they serve as a Product Owner. Mircea leads a team of 10 individuals in the production of the GPUScore benchmark series, overseeing management and production tasks with a focus on project management. Mircea previously held the position of Line Manager at Basemark. Additionally, at Basemark, they worked as a Technical Artist, responsible for tasks such as creating and deploying assets and scenes for benchmark products, 3D modeling, animation, texturing, rendering, and optimizing graphic designs using 3D and 2D techniques to run on low-end hardware. Mircea also used Kanzi to produce HMI designs and developed modular designs compatible with varying data inputs.

Mircea Cristea attended Mihai-Viteazul National College in Bucharest from 1997 to 2001, where they obtained a Bachelor's Degree. Following that, they pursued their higher education at the Electronic, Telecommunication and Information Technology - Politehnica University in Bucharest from 2001 to 2006, earning an Engineer's Degree in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.