Serban Gheorghe joined Edgewater in 2004, bringing with him more than 20 years experience in developing software for embedded systems, real-time operating systems, compilers and development tools. He has held various roles in design and implementation, specification and architecture, and technical team management.

Mr. Gheorghe joined Edgewater from Silicon Access Networks, a fabless semiconductor company involved in very high-performance network processor design, where he was Director of the Software Simulation and Tools group. Prior to that, he spent six years as Vice President of Research and Development at ObjecTime until its acquisition by Rational Software.

During a 12-year tenure at Nortel Networks, Mr. Gheorghe was an architect and developer of Nortel's real-time, high-availability Switch Operating System and proprietary compiler. He led advanced technology teams involved in new product development and also held the position of director of a group responsible for all software development tools within Nortel.

Mr. Gheorghe has an MSc in computer science from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. He has been an active participant in computer research and standards development by organizations such as the Object Management Group (OMG).