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Cristian Turcin

Lead Product at Orange Business

Cristian leads B2B product strategy at Orange Business, shaping and scaling enterprise solutions across AI, Cloud, Colocation, and Professional Services.
His focus is on turning AI from hype into measurable business value: secure, commercially viable, and operationally deployable solutions that help organizations modernize their infrastructure, improve efficiency, and make better decisions. He manages a high-impact portfolio generating more than €10M in annual revenue, working at the intersection of technology, customer needs, and business performance.
With over 20 years of experience across telecom and financial services, Cristian brings a pragmatic product mindset to complex transformation challenges—from defining value propositions and go-to-market strategies to building scalable offers and enabling adoption within enterprise environments.
Beyond his corporate role, Cristian mentors startups through Orange Fab on product-market fit, value proposition, pricing, and scaling. He also speaks about AI adoption, cloud transformation, and how B2B organizations can turn emerging technology into sustainable competitive advantage.
His leadership extends beyond the boardroom as the Founder and Honorary President of Vespa Club Romania. Cristian believes that whether scaling a cloud product or a national club, the core is the same: identifying what is essential, creating a value proposition that resonates, and building a culture that lasts.

At Prow 2026
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From AI Demo to Enterprise Decision: Building AI Products That Get Adopted


Building an AI product that works is only the beginning. In enterprise, adoption depends on much more than the model: clear value, security, governance, integration, commercial terms, and a story that works for every stakeholder involved in the decision.

From a Product Marketing perspective, this talk explores how to make AI products enterprise-ready before the sales conversation starts. We’ll cover how to turn market, regulatory, and customer insights into product strategy; prepare internal and customer-facing processes; address AI myths with evidence-based battlecards; and communicate differently with users, IT, security, legal, procurement, finance, and C-level leaders.
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Duration: 30 minutes

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Previous Prow editions
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Why Features Aren’t Enough: Lessons from Building in the Real World


Building products that customers ask for, should be the recipe for success — yet sometimes adoption still stalls.

Andreea Saharov, Customer Experience Leader, together with, Cristian Turcin, Lead Product at Orange Business, share their journey of creating and launching an Orange Romania product in a complex enterprise ecosystem. In this talk, they’ll reveal how operational realities, internal alignment, and ecosystem fit can shape the fate of even the most promising product.

Expect an honest look behind the curtain, stories from the field, and lessons you can apply to ensure your next launch goes beyond features to real impact.
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Duration: 25 minutes

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Edge Stage

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Adoption of start-up products by Large Enterprises


The journey of large enterprises embracing new products is akin to a symphony of essential elements. Picture a company's eagerness to innovate and take calculated risks, while deciphering legal documents and regulatory frameworks and add to this mix, the financial acrobatics. These components, among various others, intricately interconnect to form a framework that shapes decision-making processes within these enterprises.
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Duration: 35 minutes

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Experience Stage

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Perception of products through localization


How do potential customers see your products or services in different markets? Do they need comprehensive info about your product or a general overview of it, what it does, and what it can solve?
Let’s dive a bit under the surface of products and services localization by using language, process, and the data behind, to fit them into specific markets.
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Duration: 25 minutes

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Main Stage