Alexander Tzonev

Experience

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  Self Employed

  Jun 1997 - Feb 1999

  Software Engineer and Product Manager

  Designed and delivered custom solutions for warehouse management, hospital pharmacy and surgery block management.

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  Military Medical Academy Sofia

  Feb 1999 - Apr 2000

  Software Engineer and System Administrator

  Supported and implemented new homegrown systems for managing the documents and workflow for different clinics, hospital pharmacy and warehouses in the academy. Designed and implemented the first computer network throughout the hospital. Provided IT support for the staff.

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  Haemimont-Smartcom

  Apr 2000 - Nov 2000

  Software Engineer

  Designed and implemented control software for multiplex device for Pair Gain managing HDSL, DSL and other data streams.

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  BRAVO Consulting Bulgaria

  Nov 2000 - May 2003

  Senior Software Engineer

  Designed and implemented UI framework, calculation and data management modules of a financial risk management system.Acquired by FinAnalytica.

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  Finanalytica Bulgaria

  May 2003 - May 2004

  Senior Software Engineer

  Designed and delivered UI framework, calculation and data management modules of a financial risk management system.

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  Johnson Controls

  May 2004 - Aug 2006

  Software Team Leader

  Delivered ahead of schedule a project for a large automotive customer.Won a bid for a multi-year multi-milion project with a large automotive customer and led delivery of the MVP.

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  Tumbleweed Communications

  Aug 2006 - Oct 2008

  Manager

  Built the roadmap and delivered a software platform across products in the company, coordinating across product organizations.

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  Axway

  Oct 2008 - Nov 2009

  Senior Manager and Requirements Analyst

  Built the product roadmap and delivered the MVP for a next gen secure file transfer product.Transformed the product organization to agile delivery model.

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  Cisco Systems

  Dec 2009 - Dec 2014

  Managed the entire R&D team in Bulgaria responsible for delivering multi-tenant, cloud based, enterprise scale products and supporting big enterprise customers over the years.Managed geo-distributed teams and coordinated delivery of products across geo locations.Built the processes in the site and established the collaboration across different groups and geo locations.Increased double the size of the site. Established a cross-site collaboration model and delivery of a multi-site project.Transformed the delivery model for the organization to agile.Delivered and maintained multi-tenant, cloud based software solutions.

  • Manager Engineering and Site Lead

    Mar 2010 - Dec 2014

  • Engineering Manager II Software Department

    Dec 2009 - Mar 2010
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  Intracol Technologies

  Dec 2014 - May 2021

  Mentored and supported growth of the company till full merger with BULPROS. Established the company business and drove recurring revenues.Established trusted relationship with Fortune 500 companies.Built deep technology expertise and reliable project delivery capability.Led the company to acquisition by BULPROS.

  • Managing Partner

    Oct 2017 - May 2021

  • CEO and Co-founder

    Dec 2014 - Oct 2017
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  BULPROS

  Dec 2014 - Jan 2015

  Head of Software Development

  Established project delivery practices.

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  BULPROS

  Mar 2016 - May 2021

  Drove Technology and Product Portfolio Vision and Strategy. Established the business operations for BULPROS group of companies in Americas, APAC and Australia region

  • CTO

    Jul 2017 - May 2021

  • General Manager Americas

    Mar 2016 - Jul 2017
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  IRZ Solutions

  Jul 2017 - now

  Co-Founder
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  Google

  May 2021 - Jun 2023

  Googler
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  Tech Hub Sofia by Lufthansa Technik AG

  Aug 2023 - now

  VP, Technology