Co-founder Armina Sirbu

Joined: 14/04/2018


Entrepreneur


She is a learning designer with over 15 years of experience as a trainer (rough translation: more than 10k hours of training design, over 15k participants allover). This experience was gathered, mainly, in reversed chronology in the following organizations:

  • most recently as a founder of Icebreaker - an social enterprise that offers game-based learning opportunities for youngsters. She loves games, designing and integrating them in trainings and workshops to make learning fun. Is currently working on a game kit for fun career orientation. Last year has launched "Impresario" a 2-days games-based program for 10-14 y.o. to develop their entrepreneurial spirit.
  • worked for ~9 years in Scoala de Valori - learning design, educational products design, train the trainers, trainers team development and coordination, training delivery. As well as blended learning and elearning platforms concepting, design and implementation. She designed and implemented over 80 learning projects for different partner companies, a library of over 200 workshops for youth and more than 20 "train the trainers" programs.
  • worked for ~2 years in Frankfurt and Zurich for T-Systems and UBS - consulting on competency models design, web-based training design and implementation and software research and implementation for training management. 
  • volunteered for ~5 years in AIESEC on HR, people development and as part of the national trainers team, with a focus on conference trainings design and agenda management, as well as "train the trainers" and "cultural sensitivity" programs.


Basically, Armina is a trainer, business consultant, project manager, team-leader, volunteer, mentor and tireless optimist. Here is some random, personal info about her: 

  • in her free time she plays video games, boardgames, reads some business book or enjoys the sun somewhere green.
  • likes to experiment cooking new recipes in the kitchen and loves good food, coffee and dark chocolate with a hearty laugh as often as possible.
  • she thinks we are currently living the most exciting times humanity has encountered and that teenagers are undiscovered treasures with a high potential for solving global issues.
  • is a curious person who likes to know how things work and are made - so she visits factories as a hobby and watches all sorts of documentaries.
  • is passionate about learning, experiments on how to train the brain to be more productive, creative and inquisitive. So she created the #DareDo planner
  • as any problem-solver loves a good challenge. Especially if it can have social impact and has even a slight chance of creating a ripple effect. 

You can read about her professional life here and when she's having fun, she writes here and spends time here.

Works at:

Icebreaker

Solution provider

Personal website: https://arminasirbu.ro

Linkedin profile URL: http://linkedin.com/in/armina