Simona Lapusan
CEO & founder at Mirro | COO & co-founder at Zitec
Mirro allows me to blend my passion for technology and innate curiosity with my desire to discover what makes people tick. Together with Mirro’s readers, I am excited to find out how HR helps people thrive in any business environment. I’m trying to find the proper ingredients that turn any team into a high-performing one. Building Mirro is my first step in this direction, but many more will follow, so stay close!
Bio
Background: Simona is Mirro’s founder and CEO. She has held leadership roles in the tech industry for over twenty years. Over the years, Simona has explored how individuals, organizational culture, and workplace dynamics combine to drive growth and high-performance outcomes. Through her leadership knowledge, she helps people leaders guide better and teaches them to lead their teams toward achieving extraordinary results. Simona is genuinely passionate about people; she’s eager to discover what drives them and makes them behave in specific ways. Whenever she takes a break from building Mirro, she usually goes sailing, scuba diving, or discovering new places.
Portfolio: She shares lesser-known tips that transform good leaders into remarkable ones. Simona focuses on deconstructing the process of building high-performing teams and nurturing workplace communities that improve overall business performance. As a business executive, she aims to demonstrate the otherwise overlooked business impact of HR and how crucial this area is to companies committed to success.
Educational Background
Simona has a Master of Science in Automatics and Computer Science from the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest and a Master of Science in Project Management from the University of Economic Studies in Bucharest.
Features in Other Publications
- start-up.ro: The Zitec family busting myths: As an entrepreneur, you answer to everyone
- Business Magazin: She hired 110 people who bring her over 3 million euros a year
- Biz Magazine: Simona Lapusan – COO & Founding Partner, Zitec
- Bravva Business Angels: Board and Investment Commitee
- The Recursive: How to Grow a Powerful Organizational Culture in IT
- Ziarul Financiar: The founders of the IT company Zitec, Alexandru and Simona Lapusan, offered a new shares package to key people in the company
- IQ Ads: Zitec, revenue of over €25 million in 2022, up to 42% year-on-year growth
- start-up.ro: Zitec is launching worldwide the HR software platform Mirro
- start-up.ro: Zitec, €1 million investment for Mirro, the HR software that boosts team performance
- CyberNews: Simona Lapusan, Mirro: performance management is about to be forever changed by automation and data analysis
- Biz Magazine: The number of Mirro users went up 300% during the pandemic
- Ziarul Financiar: Who's who: Simona Lapusan
- Biz Magazine: Mirro, the app developed by Zitec, is launching worldwide
- IQ Ads: Zitec celebrates 20 years of digital transformation
- SMARK: Zitec's turnover went up 20% in the first six months of 2023 compared to the same period last year
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Social Profiles & Contact Information
If you want a front-row seat in Mirro’s journey, give Simona a follow on LinkedIn. She regularly posts about what it took her to build a healthy workplace culture, how people at Mirro and Zitec go out of their way to create truly fantastic employee experiences, and how she nurtures her teams on their path to success.
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