Iulian Marinescu
Iulian Marinescu - Innovation & Technology Consultant

Dr. in Engineering | Innovation management | Product development | 15 years' experience| New Product innovation (NPI) | Capability Aquizition (CA)

    Innovation Accelerators delivered:
  • - 8 x Digital Supply Chain Accelerators - open calls
  • - Verizon 5G accelerator
  • - SONIC 5G Accelerator - Open RAN
Manufacturing:
  • - Additive manufacturing for metals: Select Laser Melting (SLM), Cold Spray (CS), Direct Laser Deposition (DLD) or Laser Powder Deposition (LPD)
  • - Inspection: 3D Scanning, GOM, Structured light inspection
  • - Global Lead for Cold Spray additive techniques, setting strategy and trends for Rolls-Royce
  • - Localized Heat Treatment (LHT): heat treatment of materials for desired proprieties, locally
  • - Materials: Inconel 718, TI64, TI6246, AL 2024 and other mainly Aerospace alloys(superalloys)
Digital Programme Management:
  • - Digital Supply Chains Open calls: Working with Big Tech (Microsoft, Vodafone, Nissan) and Start-ups to develop technologies (AI, IoT, Big Data, Robotics, Web Crawlers, LLMs, ML) for Supply Chains digitization and transformations.

Contact me
Patents
17
Jan 1st - Feb 1st
Start-ups helped
42
↗︎ 6 (last quarter)
Innovation
Accelerators
10
↗︎ 1 (last qrt)

Companies Worked with:

Aero
Nuclear
Electronics
A*Star Singapore
Blog

How to run an Open Call/Cohort ?

Insights and Best Practices from Running Innovation-Focused Open Calls and Cohorts for Start-ups and SMEs, involving new technologies, AI, ML , Digitalization and Manufacturing.
Posted: 09-07-25

Project

Active Project: SONIC Labs - Cohort /Open Call-

I am currently running / working on the Open Call/ Cohort for Technology access programme for Open RAN 5G - Sonic Labs

Blog

From Aerospace to Tech

My view and experience in moving from Aerospace to Tech. It has been 4 years ago when moving from Aerospace - Manufacturing Repair Technology and into TECH, working with AI, ML, IoT and other new technologies

Posted: 02-07-25

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Blog

Don't be lazy ! Configure your own VPS today (not a tutorial)

There are many benefits to having your own VPS. One of the most important is privacy: setting up a self-hosted VPN gives you full control over your online activity. OR, You can also create your own private cloud, keeping your photos and files securely stored and protected from being used for AI training.

Posted: 17-07-25

Experience:

  • Digital Catapult - Programme Manager
    Leading Programme manager for a £4Mil. Open Calls for Digital Supply Chain Hub, working with Microsoft, Rolls-Royce, Zoll, O2 , Vodafone (IoT), Nissan. Providing funding to small companies (Startups /SMEs) to develop digital tech solutions for the industry.
    Impact Monitoring for AI & ML Tecnologies (Deep tech)

    Technical: AI , LLMs, HIT-AI , ML for Supply Chains , Interoperability of Data
    Developing new supply chains tools
    Big Data Analysis


  • Rolls-Royce Singapore - Engineering CA
    Managing a portfolio of projects in technology development for the repair Aerospace Market. Working closely with the repair shops in Asia pacific (HAESL, SAESL) Leading A*star Aerospace programme, working with Boeing and Airbus in developing new technologies for aviation industry
    Developing AI for Materials Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace. (Image processing and classification)
    Leading Cold Spray repair programme,
    Business Case development , Product Development, Working closely Airlines business
    Strategy building and Technology roadmap.


  • Rolls-Royce Hucknall - Manufacturing Engineer
    Leading Innovative Inspection techniques using Image Processing cameras on CMMs for Combustion Chambers for RR Trent 900 (for Airbus A380) and RRTrent XWB (84k and 97k Combustion) leading several R&D projects in innovative inspection. Worked with robotic cameras ( REVO CMM Camera) with Renishaw, programming in Modus for fast inspection of combustor holes and combustor tiles


  • Rolls-Royce UTC Nottingham - Innovation Manager
    Leading a 4.000.000 EU funded project on Robotic Waterjet Cutting with a consortium of 5 Industry leaders and 3 Universities - cutting of aerospace grade alloys like Inconel 718, RR1000, for Rolls-Royce projects


  • University of Nottingham
    PhD. in Data Analysis and Process Monitoring for Milling of Ni-Superalloys and detecting faults