Costel Stanca

Costel Stanca graduated from the Faculty of Navigation and Naval Transport at the Maritime University of Constanța. After starting his career as a navigation officer on commercial vessels for two years, he returned to academia at the Maritime University, advancing through all academic ranks from Assistant Lecturer to Full Professor and PhD Supervisor.

Driven by an entrepreneurial vision, in 2000 he founded Atlas Consulting in Romania, putting into practice the quality management concepts developed during his doctoral research. The business subsequently expanded through Atlas Research, offering management consulting services based on international standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and recently ISO 42001 (Artificial Intelligence Management Systems).

In November 2024, responding to the dynamic market in Moldova and its aspirations for EU integration, he established Atlas Consult in Cahul. The new entity continues the core mission of management systems consultancy by leveraging modern, AI-powered tools.