Global Technical Group

INNOVATION WITHIN THE ROMANIAN TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY

GLOBAL TECHNICAL GROUP

Advantage Through Experience We spoke to Fadi Rida, Founder and Managing Partner of Global Technical Group, about Romania’s up-and-coming tech industry and his company’s position within it Writer: Marcus Kääpä | Project Manager: Ryan Gray

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he European technology space is dominated by giants of the industry, from telecommunications companies such as Vodafone, to audio streaming platforms like Spotify, and video conferencing services such as Skype. These companies provide their products and services globally and pave the way for innovation and advancement in each of their respective sectors.

Fadi Rida, Managing Partner of the Romanian technology company Global Technical Group, believes that this constant innovation is the key to adaptation and success.

“We are development-oriented and believe that no matter what problems arise, the world keeps moving,” he begins.

“The pandemic left its mark on the work environment, but only for a few months when investments in future projects were put on hold. We acted on the basis of an emergency plan adapted to the current situation and we would continue our activities in the projects we had in progress.

“There are other industries that have been affected, but we hope to recover soon. In business, everything depends on the speed of adaptation to new conditions and the tech industry has shaped us to have speed and movement as part of us.”

Rida created Global Technical 14 years ago and has watched it develop throughout the growing digital age.

Motivated by the notion of carving out a career path in an industry that he was both interested and passionate about, Rida now stands at the head of a successful Europeanbased technology company that provides a variety of services to a multitude of industry clients.

“I am very proud to have created this company as well grow alongside it - I have always been impressed by the timing and speed of the industry.

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CORE BUSINESS AT A GLANCE BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES • Project Design & Development • Energy Efficiency & Green Buildings • Electrical Installations • HVAC & Sanitary Installations • Building Management Systems IT & DATACENTRE • Design, Development • Maintenance • Network Planning • Consulting and more ADVANCED IOT SOLUTIONS • IOT Platform - CAVI Smart Monitoring • Cloud Smart House Technologies, SMART CITY GPS Systems, Fleet Management, Smart Monitoring, Traffic Management, Urban Surveillance, Hospitality Systems.

TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE • Safety & Security Systems • Video Surveillance Systems • Control Access Systems • Fire Detection Systems • Fire Extinguishing Systems • Intrusion Detection Systems • Alarm & Public Address Systems • Parking Systems • Software Integration SECURITY ANALYSIS & CONSULTING • Security Audit • Identify, Quantify & Mitigate Risks • Risk Management & Consulting • Security Policies & Procedures • Project Management • Financing & Budget Planning

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given me the opportunity to create and remain one step ahead at all times,” Rida tells us.

Global Technical is one of the leading technology and security integrators in Romania, ensuring that the company’s services are incorporated with design and value engineering in mind. The firm has the capability of assisting its clients with a broad range of services and industry expertise, from the development phase all the way to the completion of a project, and the critical maintenance services thereafter.

“Our clients enjoy a single point of contact, thereby ensuring maximum efficiency, effectiveness, and exceedingly successful project results,” Rida adds.

STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD Global Technical covers a large variety of services in the technology industry, yet what gives the company its edge in the field is combination of employeecentric trust, and the unique and customised experience it provides each and every client in the sector.

“We believe that our values differentiate us from the competition,” Rida elaborates.

“The trust we give to employees to participate in personal and professional development is very important. We have a team of young aspirants who learn from the most experienced employees and who challenge us daily with their energy and ideas.

“We have also always adapted to the needs of our clients and we have specialised our services so that we can respond to any challenge. The profile of Global Technical allows us to take an idea and turn it into reality. Our great advantage is this adaptation of service provided.”

This breadth of service is no better exemplified than Global Technical’s array of projects, each of which holds a special significance to the founder,

SCHRACK SECONET Schrack Seconet is an Austrian high-tech company and one of the international leaders in the field of fire alarm and hospital communication systems. On top of multiple global subsidiaries, we have local partners in over 50 Countries: from central and Eastern Europe, to the Far East.

The company was founded as ‘Schrack AG’ in 1920 by Eduard Schrack. In 1994, the security and communication system division were separated and became an independent Global Technical Groupd Schrack Seconet AG due to a management buyout.

A leader in high-tech top performance systems We have always been at the forefront with our solutions – with the first microprocessor-controlled fire alarm panel as well as with the first IP-based communication system for hospitals.

Schrack Seconet is responsible for the development of fire alarm, hospital communication, and billing systems.

We offer tailored, efficient solutions with customers in mind.

Fire alarms: Our products are easy to operate.

All Integral IP control panels are equipped with an IP interface, thus supporting the Internet Protocol. The control panels can also be monitored via remote access by software applications in various devices.

Health care: Visocall IP by Schrack Seconet is the leading common technology platform for communication, information, organisation, service, and care in health care facilities.

Digitalisation: The IP applications of Schrack Seconet in fire alarm enable the retrieval of information or the operation of systems via smartphone, tablet or PC. From various fire alarm systems to nurse call systems.

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We protect people and assets.

- Fire Alarm - Health Care - Digitalisation

SCHRACK SECONET AG Eibesbrunnergasse 18, A 1120 Vienna T+43 1 81157-0 office@schrack-seconet.com www.schrack-seconet.com

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Promelek XXI With over 24 years of experience in the field of electrical equipment distribution, PROMELEK XXI provides its partners with comprehensive solutions and highquality products from the most important and well-known global manufacturers, together with a complete range of consultancy services. Our clients are both professionals and end users, to whom we offer the optimal and complete solution in the field of electrical equipment.

In September 2011 PROMELEK XXI joined the Elektra Group (Spain), an important player in the international electrical equipment market. Thanks to the experience and know-how of the ‘mother-company’, Elektra Group (Spain), PROMELEK XXI extended its service offering with the design and installation of electrical control panels for industrial automation. Over the years our company has provided the electrical equipment solutions to many remarkable construction projects in Romania. These projects serve as proof of the high-quality of our solutions and our experience in this field.

professionals, and employees of the company. One such project is Central - a luxury residential complex in the centre of Bucharest - a highly accessible and well-developed area, with various facilities surrounding the local space, Rida comments.

“Thanks to our full-service concept, our client benefitted from our expertise during every phase of this project. A young team worked on this project and we are very satisfied with their involvement and the results,” he tells us proudly.

“We are delighted that in 2020 our expertise in building installations has expanded beyond the electrical and includes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), as well as sanitary installations for large scale projects.

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building management systems (BMS), that lower operating costs, simplify maintenance, offer better response times, and at the same time improve comfort and climate conditions.

Throughout this year, we will continue to work on projects with this execution profile.”

2021 promises to be a year that spurs forward global digital services in the wake of the challenges caused by 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic. The technology sector is the centre of this progressive attitude and necessity each individual company based in this sphere has both great opportunity and competition to provide customers with the latest and best products and services.

For the rest of 2021 and the years following, Global Technical plans to maintain its services in the light of a challenging 2020. On top of this, it plans to undergo the gradual growth of company operations necessary to answer the growing Romanian

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GLOBAL TECHNICAL GROUP’S SUPPLY CHAIN FADI RIDA: “We have a classic supply chain, and we are constantly trying to improve it. Most likely in 2021 we will automate some supply processes. We believe that our partners and suppliers are an important part of our business. We rely on their support in risky situations, like last year’s caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We choose our partners carefully and we trust in their professionalism.”

demand for services. Alongside the international movement to promote an increasingly digitalised environment, it is safe to say that Global Technical is one firm worth keeping an eye for the near future.

Rida ends on an optimistic note.

“We want to continue our development and offer our customers the best services - we focus on services that make their daily work easier. We have structured our services to cover all the needs of our clients, and this year we will focus on expanding building and technical maintenance services.”

GLOBAL TECHNICAL GROUP Tel: :+40 314 250 711 office@global-technical.com www.global-technical.com

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GLOBAL TECHNICAL GROUP 26 Frunzei Street, Bucharest, Romania, 021534 Tel: :+40 314 250 711 office@global-technical.com www.global-technical.com PRODUCED BY EME OUTLOOK MAGAZINE