Ruben Vasile Marcu is the founder and CEO of Durandir Technologies, a company building lasting agentic software for privacy and security. He is also Director of Araintel, a technology community and news publication, where he writes on intelligence and cybersecurity. He pairs hands-on work in technology development with strategic communications leadership across academic and industrial environments, and serves as Communications Director at the Association of Privacy Professionals of Aragón while supporting communications at the Fundación Luis Pinilla Soliveres.

He authored the communications and crisis management plan for the School of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Zaragoza, together with its social media brand guidelines. His work has been recognized with First Prize at INCIBE EMPRENDE, the national competition run by Spain's National Cybersecurity Institute, and an award at the Datathon held for the 40th anniversary of the Technological Institute of Aragón. He was a finalist at the IX ESET Awards for Communication in Information Security and in the "Sello SODIAR" competition of the Industrial Development Society of Aragón, and a semi-finalist in the Cyber-League.

Reporting for Araintel, he has covered CCN-CERT's JSTIC conference, RootedCON, Spain's national defense exhibition, and The Wave, among other leading industry events. His academic grounding spans sociology, political and electoral communication, international relations, photojournalism, strategic communication and organizational intelligence, corporate communication, and journalistic writing.