Current position: professor, Department of Electrical Machines, Marketing & Management, Technical University of Cluj
	Mail address: Bariţiu str. 26-28, RO-400027 CLUJ, Romania
	Telephone/fax: (+40)-264-401-828 / (+40)-264-592-055
	E-mail: acatana@mae.utcluj.ro

Date and place of birth: May 30, 1949, Călăraşi (Romania)

Education:

• Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj, Faculty of Economic Sciences, 1973
• Ph.D. Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj, Faculty of Economic Sciences, 1983

Professional experience:

• Professor, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca: 1992-
• Associate professor (reader), Technical University of Cluj-Napoca: 1990-1992
• Lecturer, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
• Assistant professor, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
• Economist, Design and Research Institute ICP, Cluj-Napoca
• Economist: "16 Februarie" Company, Cluj-Napoca

Professional activities:

• Teaching subjects:
  • Political Economy
  • General Marketing
  • Strategic Marketing
• Scholarships/fellowships:
  • June-July 1998, Research fellow at Southern Connecticut State University
  • May, 1997, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Management ond Organization, in organizational culture, within the francophony program: AUPELF-UREF (Agence Francophone pour l'enseignement superieur et la Recherche)

Research interests:

• Fields of interest:
  • Microeconomics (industrial production diversification)
  • Marketing research
  • Managerial behaviour during transition to the market economy
  • Organizational culture
• Consulting experience:
  • Snack products' market in Romania - for Pepsico-Athens, Greece
  • Italian pasta market in Romania for TEAM Consulting Ltd. Athens, Greece.

Publications: 135 several items (see selected list of publications)

• 2 monographs (as co-author)
• 2 market researches
• 2 textbooks for students ("Management - case studies" and "Marketing")
• 4 books in cooperation
• 4 books as single author
• 46 articles and studies published in national economic reviews
• 18 studies published in volumes and studies collections of national conferences and Symposia
• 7 studies published in foreign reviews and conferences study collections
• 33 papers in local, national and international conferences and Symposia proceedings
• 17 articles published in local and national newspapers

Family: (see a picture)

• married (Doina Catană)
• one child (Radu-Nicolae, married to Daciana)
• one granddaughter (Nora-Ioana)
• most loved dog (Aris)

Hobbies: reading, gardening, cooking, singing