Career
He obtained an engineering degree from the University Politehnica of Bucharest, and then pursued his studies at École supérieure des techniques aéronautiques et de construction automobile (ESTACA), in Paris. In 1939, he started working at Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR), in Braşov. There, he contributed to the design of the IAR-27, IAR-37, and IAR-80 aircraft, and in the production under license of the IAR-79 (with Savoia-Marchetti, Italy) and Maine-109 (with Messerschmitt, Germany) fighter aircraft.
He also directed the development of IAR 813, IAR 818-H and IAR 823 airplanes.
In 1945, he designed the Mont Rose car.