Bogdan Ciolac in Zürich
Bogdan CiolacAI Product & Platform Leader · Zürich

The short version

I like difficult problems with real users and real constraints.

I build AI and automation products for complex operations. I currently own and coordinate a cross-border portfolio of AI, agentic AI, workflow automation, analytics and data initiatives at Rothschild & Co in Zürich.

My experience spans regulated operations, enterprise software, machine-learning products, education and entrepreneurship. I enjoy taking unclear problems, creating structure around them and working with engineers, designers, researchers, data teams, operations, IT, risk stakeholders and senior executives to build products that people actually use.

I do my best work in environments that are intellectually demanding, fast-moving and full of difficult problems. I need to keep learning and building. That is why I am drawn to AI: the technology is evolving quickly, but the real challenge is still deeply human. The work is to choose the right problems, earn trust and change how work gets done.

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How I work

Four principles I return to.

Simple rules for keeping enterprise AI connected to value, control and adoption.

01

Start from the work

The technology matters. The workflow, user and business outcome decide whether it creates value.

02

Make risk concrete

Good governance translates into access, permissions, evidence, review and operational ownership.

03

Build for reuse

A use case becomes more valuable when it leaves the platform stronger for the next team.

04

Adoption is product work

Training, support, feedback and workflow redesign belong inside the product roadmap.

Education & continuous learning

Business, physics and computer science.

  • MSc Finance, Paris II Panthéon-Assas University
  • BSc Physics, Sorbonne University, ongoing through distance learning
  • HarvardX CS50x, in progress
  • HarvardX CS50AI, in progress
  • Perplexity AI Business Fellowship

Languages

Working across markets and cultures.

French
Native
English
Advanced professional
Romanian
Fluent
German
B1 and improving

What I am building toward

AI capabilities that organisations can safely adopt, scale and turn into measurable value.

That requires more than a model. It requires product judgement, platform thinking, control design, operational discipline and a clear story for the people whose work will change.

Continue the conversation

Let’s discuss the mandate directly.

If you are building an enterprise AI capability in a regulated environment, I would be glad to compare perspectives.