Alexandru Czimbor was born and raised in Transylvania, Romania, during the oppressive communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu. He has lived in the United States since 2001, and spends his summers in Europe. Throughout his career, Alexandru taught at a Romanian university and worked in the software industry. He has been an executive since 2011. Alexandru has a Master’s Degree in computer science, with studies at UTCN Cluj-Napoca and ETH Zürich. He is passionate about the brain, consciousness and AI. Writing fiction novels allows Alexandru to bring to a more relaxed medium the wealth of knowledge cognitive science offers and renders him the chance to grow and to discover himself in a fulfilling and different way. When he is not working or writing, Alexandru mentors his son, plays guitar, reads, and listens relentlessly to podcasts.