Aurelian Draghia  [View as PDF]

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Competence Areas		 Bucharest, Romania
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Data Science, Hydrology & Water Resources, Software Development, Research, Business
Positions

10/2023 – 09/2024, Business & Technical Analyst at The World Bank, Bucharest, Romania.

  • Business analysis, Executive collaboration, Needs assessment & gap analysis
  • Technical specifications development
  • Solution design & recommendation

03/2020 – 09/2023, Data Lead at The World Bank, Bucharest, Romania.

  • Data management & analysis (in Azure Data Lake)
  • Automated geospatial pipelines
  • Integration of large-scale datasets
  • Technical leadership & reporting

01/2017 – Present, Owner & Co-founder at Roua Soft, Bucharest, Romania.

  • End-to-end software solutions
  • Full SDLC (analysis, design, implementation)
  • Hydroinformatics extensions & tools
  • Custom software solutions for civil engineering, logistics, e-commerce

01/2015 – 12/2016, Researcher at TUCEB

  • Research methodology & article writing
  • Optimization of multi-reservoir systems for efficient water resource management
  • Development of advanced strategies for river pollution control & mitigation
  • Decision support systems design
  • Advanced hydraulic modeling
  • Scenario-based risk management

01/2010 – 12/2014, Research Assistant at TUCEB

  • Peer-reviewed publications & academic presentations
  • Hydrological & hydraulic modeling
  • Software development (standalone & add-on products)
  • Data analysis, parametric & statistical analysis
  • GIS analysis
Education 10/2015 – 02/2016, B.Sc. in Philosophy
University of Bucharest (incomplete bachelor’s degree)

10/2010 – 07/2012, M.Sc in Hydraulic engineering
TUCEB
Master’s Thesis: Flood Risk Management on the Danube – Downstream Sector, Advisor: Prof. Radu Drobot

10/2006 – 07/2010, B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering
TUCEB
Bachelor’s Thesis: Statistical Processing of Annual Maximum Discharges, Advisor: Prof. Radu Drobot
Competences & Skills Data Science & Analytics:
Data analysis, data wrangling, EDA, statistical modeling, data visualization, decision support systems.
Specific Tools: Python, C#, SQL, Jupyter Notebook, Microsoft Azure, BigQuery, Spreadsheets, Git, Bitbucket.

Software Development & Automation:
Full SDLC, software design, process automation, technical leadership.
Specific Tools: Python, C#, C++, OOP, VS, PyCharm, Cloud (Azure), DBs.

Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering:
Modeling, flood hazard & risk analysis, scenario-based risk mgmt, reservoir optimization, GIS.
Specific Tools: Mike by DHI, HEC-RAS, ArcGIS, QGIS, MathCAD, AutoCAD.

Entrepreneurship & Business:
Project management, financial analysis, marketing, team leadership, etc.
Specific Tools: ERP/PM/CRM (Bitrix24, Trello, custom OMS), SAGA C, Keez, Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Google Analytics.

Research & Academic Contributions:
Peer-reviewed publications, academic writing, advanced modeling & simulations, stats, collaboration.

Foreign Languages: English (strong command)
Certifications & Awards Certifications in Data and Software:
Google Data Analytics Professional(02/2025), Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900(02/2025), Google Cloud Fundamentals(01/2025), Developing Microsoft .NET Apps in C#(11/2007)

Certifications in Hydrology:
Hydrodynamic Modeling using MIKE 11 and Mike 21(07/2011), Integrated 1D-2D Flood Modeling using MIKE FLOOD(09/2011), Hydrological Modeling by NAM & UHM Models(02/2012), Integrated Catchment Modeling using MIKE SHE(09/2014), Flood Risk(09/2011), Multi-Level Capacity Building in Flood Management(11/2011).

Certifications in Business:
Blockchain Technologies(12/2024), Performance Management and KPIs(10/2024), Leadership(01/2011)

Awards:
First Prize – Hydrotechnical Trophy Student Competition (05/2010)
Publications
  1. 09/2024  Radu Drobot, Aurelian Draghia, Cristian Dinu, Nicolai Sîrbu, Viorel Chendeș, Petrișor Mazilu
    Adaptive Operating Rules for Flood Control of a Multi-Purpose Reservoir. Hydrology 2024, 11(9), 147 (Q2, Impact Factor: 3.530)
  2. 12/2023  Radu Drobot, Aurelian Draghia, Nicolai Sîrbu, Cristian Dinu
    Synthetic Drought Hydrograph. Hydrology 2023, 10(1), 10 (Q2, Impact Factor: 3.530)
  3. 12/2021  Radu Drobot, Aurelian Draghia, Daniel Ciuiu, Romică Trandafir
    Design Floods Considering the Epistemic Uncertainty Water 2021, 13(11), 1601 (Q2, Impact Factor: 3.530)
  4. 11/2018  Sorin N. Ciolofan, Gheorghe Militaru, Aurelian Draghia, Radu Drobot, Monica Drăgoicea
    Optimization of Water Reservoir Operation to Minimize the Economic Losses Caused by Pollution
    IEEE Access, Volume 6, Page(s): 67562 – 67580 (Q1, Impact Factor: 3.367)
  5. 12/2017  Sorin Ciolofan, Aurelian Draghia, Radu Drobot, Mariana Mocanu, Valentin Cristea
    Decision Support Tool for Accidental Pollution Management. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, 7090–7097 (2018)  (Q2, Impact Factor: 5.190)
  6. 03/2017  Aurelian Draghia, Radu Drobot
    Coordinated Flood Management of Cascade Reservoirs—Case Study: Jijia River. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (EEMJ) (Q3, Impact Factor: 1.186)

Full publication list here: /publications