Paul Craciunoiu is the owner of Uplift, a US-based product and engineering consultancy with a background in Silicon Valley, specializing in building quality software with great user experience, focusing on prototypes, MVPs, and helping clients scale and build teams around their products.

He consults primarily through Uplift since 2014, offering services such as interim CTO roles or temporary co-founder positions, always prioritizing delivering to high standards.

Typical clients include single or multi-founder companies without a tech team, tech companies in need of project handoff, those with ambitious goals requiring a quality team, small to mid fintech, edtech, or healthtech firms, executives seeking guidance on architecture and scaling, and projects needing maintenance with growth potential in the next six months.

Paul values growing products and people, driven by the desire to help products succeed by leveraging technology to save time and frustration, while enjoying problem-solving through critical thinking and research.

With a diverse background ranging from engineering leadership to startup founder roles, Paul is passionate about HCI and detail-oriented, challenging projects that require cross-team and cross-functional collaboration.

He takes pride in his achievements such as mentoring engineers, running a profitable service business, and starting his programming journey at the age of 14.

Paul's educational background includes studying Computer Science at CNITV for his High School diploma, pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and obtaining another BS in Computer Science at San Jose State University.

Throughout his career, Paul held roles such as Software Engineer at Minerva Project and Humble Bundle, CTO and founder of SoWink Inc., Web Developer at Mozilla Corporation, and various web administration and support positions at different organizations.

For more information about Paul and Uplift, visit their website at https://www.uplift.ltd.