Iordan Petrescu is a full professor at Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest, holding a PhD in Civil Engineering with a specialization in bridges, where he has made remarkable contributions to the field, including developing innovative bridge design methods. He has extensive experience in distance education, dating back to 1991 when he implemented the first course for training road technicians. Serving as president, with some interruptions, he led and coordinated the activities of the Commission for Distance Education and Part Time Learning within the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS), from 2000 to the present. From 2013, for 9 years, he served as president of ARACIS, where he developed and implemented specific methodologies and standards for quality assurance in higher education and distance education. He was responsible for and coordinated a significant number of projects related to the improving public policies in higher education and enhancing the quality of regulations by updating quality standards.