Magda Miu

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Senior Engineering Manager at Adobe

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Overview

Magda is a Senior Engineering Manager at Adobe, specializing in scaling engineering teams and fostering innovation using Agile methodologies. With an Executive Leadership education from the University of Oxford, she has a proven track record of delivering complex projects and building motivated, successful teams.

She is passionate about continuous learning, dedicating time to explore and implement new technologies. Magda shares her insights by blogging about leadership and Android development, and she actively participates in panel discussions about the future of software engineering and artificial intelligence.

Unique fact: Magda led the launch of Romanias first 100% digital mobile subscription and single-handedly built a mobile development department from scratch at a previous company.

Personality Overview

Rigorous & Demanding

Precise But Practical

Fast But Analytical

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success.  They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships. They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others.

Topics They Care About

AI Integration
Actively speaks on how AI is reshaping software engineering, focusing on practical integration beyond the hype and fostering an "AI-First" mindset within teams.
Engineering Leadership
Views the transition from engineer to manager as a distinct career change, focusing on enabling others to solve problems and moving from coding to coaching.
Reframing Tech Debt
Promotes the concept of turning "Technical Debt" into "Technical Wealth, " a topic she recently presented based on her work with the Adobe Experience Platform Observability team.

Media Appearances

Magda has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2021
Senior Engineering Manager at Adobe
1-2019 - 9-2021
Squad Lead Developer / Engineering Manager at Orange Services
9-2015 - 12-2018
Technical Team Lead and Scrum Master at Roweb Development SRL
11-2010 - 8-2015
Mobile Application Developer at Roweb Development SRL
8-2010 - 10-2010
Web Developer at Roweb Development SRL

Education

2020 - 2021
Executive Leadership from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
2010 - 2012
Master's degree from University of Pitesti, "Advanced Techniques for Information Processing" Specialization

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During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots

DONT's

  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Magda is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Magda

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Magda move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Magda take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

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