RESUME

First Name: Oana Georgeta

Last Name: Velcu

Birth Date: 31^st March 1978

Birth Place: Bailesti, Dolj, Romania

Present Address: -

Email: oana.g.velcu@hanken.fi

EDUCATION:

q April 2003: Doctoral Student at HANKEN – Department of Accounting, the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland

q September 2001 – September 2002: Master Student at the Master’s Program Advanced Financial Information Systems, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland

Some of the program courses were:

1. Advanced Financial Information Systems: the knowledge gained from this course refers to the following issues: understanding what financial information systems do, and which is the basic technology used; understanding how one can build and operate ERP systems, and from the technical point of view, understanding how client-server systems work; understanding data warehouse and data mining techniques and exploring their application in a business context. The theoretical part of the course was supported by computer exercises concerning the design of basic modules of financial information systems, using relational database systems, the interface of web servers with databases, and the design of some report mining software. The exercises required knowledge of HTML, PHP, PostgreSQL, and Linux OS.

2. Strategic Financial Information Systems: the main knowledge was about XML-based standards and on the economics of electronic commerce. The course comprised computer exercises dealing with XML.

3. Information Systems Audit and Control: from this course I gained in-depth information about computer security and auditing, with emphasis on Internet-connected financial information systems. The course comprised also computer exercises that involved practical use of cryptographic algorithms and protection mechanisms, plus techniques and procedures for efficient auditing of computer-based systems and big transaction sets.

q September 2000: graduated the Faculty of International Business and Economics, the Academy of Economic Studies – Bucharest, Romania

q 1996 – 2000: student at the International Business and Economics Faculty, the Academy of Economic Studies

q 1992 – 1996: “Mihai Viteazul” Highschool, mathematics-physics section, Bailesti, Dolj, Romania

COURSES AND CERTIFICATES:

q 10^th March 2001: TOEFL – 243 points (computer based exam).

q December 2000: Journalist Certificate – awarded by the Independent Journalism Center, Bucharest, Romania.

q 16^th February 2000: DALF – “Diplome Approfondi de Langue Francais” in economic sciences. Unities:

o B1- written comprehension;

o B2 – oral comprehension;

o B3 – synthesis;

o B4 – oral comprehension and expression in specialized language.

q 24^th February 2000: Diploma for best results to the French contest “Le Mot d’or”.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

q July 2002 – present: Research Assistant at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland

q 15^th November 2000 – 6^th August 2001: Marketing Assistant

- SC TITAN SA – milling and baking factory, Bucharest, Romania

After graduating the International Business and Economics Faculty, I worked as a marketing assistant at the biggest baking and milling company, in Bucharest, Romania.

First of all, as a marketing assistant, I had to gather relevant information related to the market environment and competition. Another task was to draw up weekly reports in Excel, on the evolution of the company’s and competitors’ prices.

I also had the responsibility of organizing promotional activities, and sampling actions. I used to present the results to the promotional activities in Power point slides.

Together with the product managers, I participated in drawing up sales plans and marketing plans.

On a monthly basis, I analysed the clients’ segmentation for every product, made comparisons with the previous period analysis, and reported the results to the product managers.

On the whole, it was an interesting job, but I am always looking forward to acquiring new experiences.

q 21^st June – 10^th July 1999: training period at TRACOROM – International Forwarding and Transport company, Bucharest.

q 21^st June – 10^th July 1998: training period at the Documentary Affairs Department - BANCOREX, the Foreign Trade Romanian Bank, Unirea Subsidiary, Bucharest.

LANGUAGES:

q English – advanced;

q French – advanced;

q Swedish – beginner;

q Italian – beginner.

PROGRAMMING ABILITIES:

q PHP + HTML

q SQL (PostgreSQL, IBM DB2)

q XML

HOBBIES:

v ‘60^s and ‘70s music

v Irish dance

v The XIX-s century English literature.