Ana BADULESCU
I build software, studios, brands and softer things, between countries.
Software engineer and founder between Phoenix, București and Provence. Financial systems by trade; a Romanian and French creative practice alongside.
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I’m Ana, a software engineer who works in three languages: English, Romanian and French.
I grew up between Romania and Arizona, and I studied Computer Information Systems and Business Law at Arizona State’s Barrett Honors College. My honors thesis became Maison de Culture, a practice that helps European businesses find their footing in the U.S.
By day I build software for a global consulting practice. The rest of the time I’m founding things: Forecraft, for fractional CFOs who’d rather tell the story than chase the numbers; Studio Clar, AI automation for Romanian businesses and town halls; and Octavia Studios, Romanian language and aesthetic living, slowly becoming a jewelry line.
The long-term plan is one practice, three homes: Phoenix, București and Provence. Off the clock I’m on a tennis court, rewatching the same three runway shows, or halfway through planning a trip I haven’t told anyone about.
- Based
- Phoenix · București · Provence
- Speaks
- English · Română · Français · Español
- Studied
- ASU Barrett Honors · CIS & Business Law
Software engineer for a global consulting practice.
Products for finance and for Romania, built end to end.
Language, culture and the Côte d'Azur by way of the Carpathians.
How I work
- 01Find the frictionSit with the people doing the work and find the hour they lose every week.
- 02Map the systemDraw the data, the steps and the decisions before writing a line of code.
- 03Build it by handShip the smallest real version, then make it fast, traceable and safe.
- 04Make it beautifulType, colour and motion until it feels like it belongs to the people using it.
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Journal
We’re working on it — notes from between three countries, coming soon.