Horia Pintilie

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Technical Director / Principal Development Consultant at Endava

Romania

Overview

Horia is a Senior Technical Director with over 20 years in the gaming industry, skilled in building teams and complex products. His expertise includes cloud platforms, web services, AI, and generative AI. Colleagues describe him as a good manager with an open mind. He holds a bachelors degree from University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest.

Passionate about programming since the age of nine, Horia applies his skills to personal projects, including developing a puzzle game in Unity designed to teach logic and programming from a new perspective. He is also building a practical AI/ML course using PyTorch.

He created and led the "Coding Campus" program at Ubisoft, personally developing the curriculum and C++ game engine to train students in game development.

Personality Overview

Big Picture Person

Relationship Oriented

Imaginative

They are naturally enthusiastic, so take their promise with a pinch of salt.  They excel at seeing the bigger picture, and the long-term impact of their decisions. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.

Topics They Care About

AI in Gaming
His current work involves augmented reality connected to ML-based computer vision, and he has experience developing solutions using PyTorch.
Gamified Learning
He is developing a puzzle game to teach logic and created an extensive student development program at Ubisoft, demonstrating a passion for educational gaming.
Game Engine Design
He has extensive experience with Unreal Engine and Unity 3D and has built his own C++ game engine from scratch for educational purposes.

Media Appearances

Horia has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2025
Technical Director / Principal Development Consultant at Endava
12-2024 - 4-2025
Senior Technical Director / Expert Programmer at Freelance / Education / Game Development
1-2022 - 12-2024
Senior Technical Director / Expert Programmer / CTO at Health & Training Startup
8-2010 - 11-2024
Technology Director / Senior Engineering Manager at Ubisoft
9-2017 - 12-2020
Senior Technical Director (Educational Programs) / Expert Programmer at Ubisoft

Education

1998 - 2003
Bachelor's degree from University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

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During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

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  • Talk about their team and how your product will help them do things better and easier
  • Share some stories about how you you have helped people in similar positions succeed

DONT's

  • Avoid overloading them with too much detail
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Horia is

  • Relationship and trust can be vital with them, sometimes more than anything else.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Horia

  • They are unlikely to say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

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    How fast (or slow) will Horia move?

  • They are not the fastest decision makers, their friendly approach can give false positive signals.
  • Can Horia take some risk or not?

  • They may take certain risks that they deem unlikely of personal repercussions.

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