Cristian Matei

CEO Advanced Thinking

Cristian serves as Executive Advisor, Consultant and Coach in Leadership and Management, having extensive experience in working on all continents with Executive Boards requiring expert assistance in improving organizational performances. Cristian is a former Global Head Learning & Development and Global Master Black Belt at GENERAL ELECTRIC, former Global Head Operational Quality & Continuous Improvement and Global Master Black Belt at ALSTOM and former Business Process Re-engineering Coordinator at ABB.In 2011 he was awarded the “Operational Excellence European Community Contributor of the Year” at London OPEX Process Excellence Awards. In 2019 Cristian won with Apa Nova Veolia the OPEX Process Excellence Award for the “Best Business Transformation Project in the World” and in 2020 co-authored “DARE! – behind the scenes of the best Business Transformation Project in the World” which became Amazon #1 Best Seller for Business Process Reengineering, Change Management and Project Management. In 2022 Cristian was awarded the "Operational Excellence Global Community Contributor of the Year" at the Miami OPEX Week World Business Transformation Summit.