Simona Hurjui

Simona Hurjui has a diverse work experience in the technology industry, with a focus on partnerships, alliances, and enablement.

Simona currently works at DRUID AI as the Partnerships and Alliances Director, where they build and maintains strong relationships with key partners, creates and manages alliance programs, and drives collaborative business opportunities.

Prior to this, Simona worked at Oracle as the EMEA Applications Sales Enablement Lead and the Alliances and Channels Partner Enablement Lead at Druid Chatbot Platform. In these roles, they set strategies for partner networks, helped partners enhance customer digital transformation journeys, and ensured successful project delivery.

Simona also had a significant tenure at Microsoft, where they held two roles. Simona served as the Partner Advisors Team Manager, leading a team of Partner Advisors responsible for managing partner relationships and driving partner adoption of cloud solutions. Simona also worked as the Global Program Manager for Partner Enablement Learning and Readiness, where they provided readiness program strategy, partnered with various departments, and ensured aligned and integrated readiness approaches.

Earlier in their career, Simona worked at Oracle as the Partner Enablement Strategy Manager for the Communications Global Business Unit. In this role, they launched and drove Oracle Communication Solution Experts to develop training curriculum for partners. Simona also served as the Workforce Development Program Manager for EMEA.

Additionally, Simona had two roles at Oracle earlier in their career as a Senior Account Manager and Senior Partner Development Executive.

Overall, Simona Hurjui's work experience showcases their expertise in building partnerships, driving alliances, enabling partners, and delivering successful projects in the technology industry.

Simona Hurjui, PMP®, PMI-ACP®, holds a Master's Degree in French-Italian from the University "Spiru Haret" din București, which they obtained between 1997 and 2001. Prior to that, they attended high school from 1993 to 1997, focusing on the study of foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. In addition to their academic background, Simona has obtained several certifications, including the Microsoft-INSEAD Value Negotiation certification from INSEAD Executive Education in 2019, the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certification from the Project Management Institute in March 2018, the Project Management Professional - PMP® certification from PMI-OC Project Management Institute Orange County Chapter in 2017, and the ITIL® Foundation certification from AXELOS Global Best Practice in 2016.