Summary
Daniel Rizea is a maker and seasoned software leader with 14+ years building products and scaling engineering organizations across startups and big tech, most recently leading teams at Google and founding Luffu to build an intelligent family care system. He has deep wearables, health, and fitness domain expertise from senior leadership at Fitbit, where he grew the Bucharest office and launched subscription and family-focused products. Equally comfortable in hands-on engineering and executive strategy, he blends mobile, cloud, and embedded experience with recruiting, mentoring, and technical vision. He advises early-stage startups on product, AI and GDPR strategy and writes about leadership and career growth, reflecting a commitment to giving back. A technical polymath with an MSc in Advanced Computer Architectures and a law background, he often bridges technical, legal, and business perspectives when shaping product direction.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Law Degree, Law, Law Degree, Law at Universitatea Romana de Stiinte si Arte Gheorghe Cristea
Master of Science (MSc), Advanced Computer Architectures, Master of Science (MSc), Advanced Computer Architectures at Universitatea „Politehnica” din București