Experience

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  Standard investment

  Oct 2007 - Aug 2011

  Equity trading and research

  Joining my associate professors from the university, I was part of the Standard Investment Group for 5 years, in which I took various financial roles like portfolio analyst, equity research analyst, execution trader of equity and debt. Operating on various emerging markets stock exchanges. During those years, I got certifications and permits to operate as a broker at Xetra, Bulgarian Stock Exchange, Financial Authorities’ Commission, etc. During those 5 years, I rediscovered and actively pursued my passion for IT. Thus, some of the roles and projects I took included automation of operations with VB macros developments, web site development for the corporate website and active involvements with the R&D around automated trading algorithms for a hedge product we launched in the fall of 2010. What I learned in this role were valuable lessons on risk management, methodical discipline, coping with stress, and process optimization and automation, which led to my natural transition to the world of programming. Show less

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  Progress

  Aug 2011 - Jul 2017

  As a manager of a medium sized team, my role was equally split between technical and non-technical tasks and responsibilities. The position is effectively the bridge between delivery teams and customers. Closely working with development teams within Progress, Sitefinity partners, customers and 3rd party web agencies to increase their execution capability on delivering Sitefinity applications. Focusing on identifying and managing risks for companies incorporating Sitefinity powered solutions into their digital presence strategies.Key responsibilities• Ensure the Progress Sitefinity professional services team delivers exceptional service• Training, mentoring and consulting customers and partners through the entire project lifecycle• End to end development and tech leadership on Sitefinity projects• Developing and maintaining official Sitefinity developer training & certification programsKey achievements• Project delivery for multinational, multibillion revenue companies• Designing the architecture for some of the largest and most challenging Sitefinity deployments• Helped dozens of Sitefinity customers and partners overcome technical and business challenges• Helped Sitefinity become a better product and Progress a more successful company• Developed the Sitefinity Basic and Advanced Developer training & certification programs Show less After numerous customer interactions as a sales engineer, I identified the need for a dedicated technical success engineering role within the organization, which was absent at the time. Founded and led the success engineering team within Telerik. The goal was to guarantee the successful delivery of Sitefinity projects through complete project lifecycle guidance and supervision. My daily tasks included helping customers translate strategic goals and business requirements into Sitefinity specifications, setting delivery milestones and project KPIs, troubleshooting and profiling Sitefinity applications, escalation and implementation of feature requests and bug fixes, developing patterns and recommended practices examples for development teams.Key responsibilities• Providing technical account management for Sitefinity partners and customers• Identifying and mitigating project risks• Designing parts of the software architecture and developing prototypes to validate solutions• Training, onboarding and consulting technical teams during the implementation and design phases• Driving collaboration between customers’ internal IT teams, partners, and Sitefinity team – support, engineering, product management, account management, marketing, and executivesKey achievements• Onboarding new partners and customers• Development of the showcase Sitefinity project for MVC best practices, the DevMagazine site• Being instrumental for the delivery of Sitefinity project on time, and on budget Show less The role of the sales engineer is the ultimate combination of technical and business skills. As a sales engineer, my focus was building bespoke solutions for customers. Through constant interactions during and after the evaluation phase, my main concern was to set the right expectations on the product capabilities and guide the teams to ensure that those expectations are met. I was conducting solution feasibility assessments and designing high level architecture to identify the challenges ahead of any given project and interact with key stakeholders to address those challenges. When needed, I was implementing the more complex parts of the solutions, fixing core product bugs and developing escalated features for Sitefinity.Key responsibilities• Supporting customers and partners during evaluation and development• Delivering personalized product demonstrations• Developing proof of concepts• Platform evangelism through participation in forums, events; delivering solutions, blog posts and other content to the technical community Show less

  • Manager, Sitefinity Professional Services

    Dec 2014 - Jul 2017

  • Customer Success Engineer, Sitefinity

    Jan 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Senior Sales Engineer

    Aug 2011 - Dec 2013
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  Athracian

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  Product & services director

  As Products & Services Director, my key responsibility is to ensure that Athracian delivers world class consulting and development services. The focus is on achieving great customers' experience with high quality products and solutions delivered on time and on budget. Key responsibilities• Ensure Athracian delivers exceptional solutions to customers• Providing vision, guidance, and execution for product development• Develop solution and product delivery principles, processes, and standards• End to end development and tech leadership on projects Show less

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  Americaneagle.com

  Aug 2019 - Oct 2023

  Director of information technology
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  Athracian

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2020

  Director information technology services
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  Endatix

  Sept 2024 - now

  Co-founder

  I co-founded Endatix, an open-source form management backend for the SurveyJS library. We’re building a platform that’s set to redefine how organizations handle data collection, processing, and insights—boosting productivity and delivering unmatched value.Though still evolving, our vision is to simplify complex workflows, accelerate the form development lifecycle, and seamlessly integrate with business systems. We’re actively working toward full compliance with data privacy and regulatory standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA. Our goal is to transform raw user and customer data into actionable insights, empowering data teams to make smarter decisions and build stronger customer loyalty.At Endatix, we’re committed to making your data work for you—so your business can focus on what’s next. Show less