Florin Mihoc

Florin Mihoc has a diverse range of work experience in various roles and companies. Florin currently serves as a Strategic Advisor on the Board at OptimizeFT, a financial technology company specializing in card issuing and program management. Prior to this, Florin held positions such as Strategic Advisor at Dashbot, Executive Board Member and Head of Strategic Partnerships at Blindspot, and Venture Partner at ff Venture Capital.

Florin has also been actively involved in the academic sector, serving as a Visiting Associate Scholar at Columbia Business School. Florin has provided their expertise as an Advisory Board Member at Groundfloor Finance and as a Mentor at Startupbootcamp FinTech. Additionally, Florin worked as a Senior Advisor to the CEO at Freight Farms. Florin was also a member of the Advisory Board for the Pitch Competition at SXSW.

Furthermore, Florin Mihoc has held the role of Operating Partner at Astor Perkins, a venture capital fund specializing in deep tech and human survival. Florin actively contributes to their mission of building and protecting future cities on Earth and in space.

Overall, Florin Mihoc's work experience demonstrates a strong background in strategic advisory, partnerships, and business development in the financial technology and venture capital industries.

Florin Mihoc's education history begins with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Griffiths School of Management- Emanuel University of Oradea, which they obtained from 2000 to 2004. Florin then pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Relationship Marketing, Global/strategic accounts management, and Sales Management from Academia de Studii Economice din București, completing it from 2008 to 2012. Afterward, Florin attended Columbia Business School from 2014 to 2015, where they became an Officer of Research in International Marketing. In addition to their degrees, they obtained a Certificate of completion- Making sense of data from Google in April 2014.