Honorary Consul: Mr Alexander Mihai POPOVICI

E-mail: mihai@popovici.com

Alexander Mihai Popovici is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Z-Terra Inc., a provider of state-of-the-art geophysical and geological technology, services and software for the upstream oil and gas industry. He holds Ph.D. (1995) and M.Sc. (1991) degrees in geophysics from Stanford University, and an equivalent B.S. (1986) in geophysical and geological engineering from University of Bucharest, Romania. He escaped from Romania in 1986, crossed two borders at night and spent a year in a refugee camp in Austria. Dr. Popovici is the founder and former CEO of 3DGeo Inc. The company was sold in 2008. 3DGeo grew from 2 employees in Palo Alto CA, to an international corporation with offices in Houston TX, Santa Clara CA, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and representation in Beijing and The Hague.

Mr Popovici is active in the community; he was president of Casa Romana, a non-profit organization serving Americans of Romanian origin living in the Bay Area. He was elected to this position in 1997 and built the largest Romanian community center and church on the West Coast. Casa Romana was dedicated in 1998 by the president of Romania Emil Constantinescu. At present he is Honorary Consul of Romania in Houston.

He is a scuba diving instructor, active fencer (ranked top ten in the veteran division of the US), plays paintball with one of the first established pro teams (The Wild Geese, founded 1985), practices karate, rock climbs, likes to hunt, and is working on his private pilot license.

Honorary Consul General: Mr Nicholas A. FLORESCU

E-mail: nflorescu@aol.com

Nick Florescu is the proud founder of The Florescu Foundation. An influential business figure, Nick is both the founder and President of Centrade USA, Inc.. Since its inception in 1991, Nick has been integrally involved in its growth and development.

Pledging to maintain Centrade’s nuanced operations, Nick is currently heading the expansion of Centrade’s digital marketing agency in Houston, where he serves as the CEO of Kubis Interactive. His entrepreneurial propensity drove him to establish and expand Romania’s first national billboard network, until it was sold to NewsCorp in 2002.

As the Honorary General Consul of Romania to Texas for over seven years, Nick has cultivated a solid relationship with Romanian businessmen and officials and has hosted several relevant Romanian delegations, such as Romania’s Minister of Industry and Trade and the Romanian energy delegation. He speaks both English and French.

Nick also serves as the Honorary Consul of Romania in Texas, a post he has held for over seven years. In this capacity, Nick hosts high-level Romanian delegations, such as Romania’s Minister of Industry and Trade and the Romanian energy delegation. In 2009, Nick founded private charitable organization called The Florescu Foundation, which has been actively involved in helping orphaned and street children in Romania.

Nick lives in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Boston College (1974) where he earned a Bachelors degree in Marketing. He speaks English and French.

Honorary Consulate General of Romania – Houston – Texas

Phone: +1 832 310 7016
Address: 19927 Parsons Green Ct, Katy, TX 77450