# Sergiu Poenaru

> Sergiu Poenaru is the Bucharest-based founder and CEO of HKR.TEAM, which builds and supports remote teams for US businesses. His career includes advertising marketplace roles at BuySellAds, leadership at Authentic Jobs, the founding of TeeHunter, and investing and advisory work. His public writing and videos explore cloud infrastructure, operating software and AI in daily work.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at HKR.TEAM
- **Organizations:** HKR.TEAM, Septillion, Taxelle, BuySellAds, Authentic Jobs, TeeHunter, The Loyalist, Parable, Booster Capital, SeedBlink, INKI, YAROOMS, FLOWX.AI, Fathead, Bright Spaces
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree, Economic Studies and Computer Science, Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Academia de Studii Economice din București), High school diploma, Computer Science, Colegiul Național Constantin Carabella
- **Known for:** Founded HKR.TEAM in 2016., HKR currently reports 900+ hires to date, 300+ people and operations in 20+ countries; these are company-reported figures checked on 2026-10-26., Led Authentic Jobs as general manager from 2017 to 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2015** — Held account management, marketplace management and strategic account roles at BuySellAds.
- **2012-2017** — Founded and ran TeeHunter.com.
- **2016-05** — Founded HKR.TEAM.
- **2017-02** — Published an introduction to a WordPress performance guide using AWS.
- **2017-2022** — Served as general manager of Authentic Jobs.
- **2018-05** — Began an advisory role with The Loyalist.
- **2022-12** — Lists investments in SeedBlink, INKI and YAROOMS.
- **2024** — Lists investments in Parable, Fathead and Bright Spaces and a limited partner role at Booster Capital.
- **2025-03** — Founded holding company Septillion.
- **2025-10** — Lists a co-founder role at Taxelle Accounting.

## Achievements

- Founded HKR.TEAM in 2016.
- HKR currently reports 900+ hires to date, 300+ people and operations in 20+ countries; these are company-reported figures checked on 2026-10-26.
- Led Authentic Jobs as general manager from 2017 to 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Published his storytelling analysis experiment on February 13.
- **2025-03** — Lists the founding of Septillion on his professional profile.
- **2025-10** — Lists a co-founder role at Taxelle Accounting.
- **2026-10** — As checked on October 26, HKR’s website describes its People+AI approach and its finance agent Jamie. This is an observation date, not an asserted launch date.

## Links

- Website: https://sergiu.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiu-poenaru
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/scorpiono

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Last updated: 2026-10-26