I have more than 25 years professional IT experience, started even before (when I was secondary school student) as freelance software developer, network and system administrator, self-employed, etc. And now I have more than 15 years experience working for big enterprise and multi-national companies like HVB-HebrosBank, Siemens and IBM. Almost all of the Bulgarian banks, Coca Cola and Telerik are on the list of my customers. I was full-time employed as Storage Brand Manager at IBM Systems and Technology Group (STG) and I was also Linux and Open Source consultant for IBM Bulgaria and IBM Global Services more than 3 years before joining IBM STG. Working for IBM was really amazing – especially the company and the team around me.
Now I’m working for my own company Openintegra as Sales and Business development manager.
I am author of many publications in specialized IT press (PC World, Personal Computer World, ComputerWorld) and I’ve also had my own commentary page in BusinessWeek Bulgaria. I had been editor-in-chief of Bulgarian magazine Linux. I have broad knowledge gained from the development of sucessful projects involving web services, very large scale network applications, entertainment systems, enterprise solutions, databases, data centers, storage systems, monitoring and managment of complex infrastructure, security consulting, multiplatform solutions, high-availability, business continuity and resilience, etc.
I have a M. Sc. Graduate Degree of Telecommunications Engineering.
I prefer using Mac OS X, Linux, UNIX and open technologies than proprietary ones but I pefectly know both of the worlds and usually implement hybrid solutions.
My areas of interest and experience are:
- Data management and storage services and consulting
- Security and privacy consulting
- Implementing management and monitoring solutions
- Linux and Open source consulting
- Implementing MS Windows infrastructure solutions
- System integration of heterogeneous platforms
- Hybrid solutions for multiplatform environments
- Clusters and High-Availability solutions
- IT Architecture and IT infrastructure design
- Business continuity and resilence
- Web, Internet and Intranet services
- Networking and communications infrastructure
- IBM Tivoli Enterprise solutions
- Learning and training services
- Photography and Video services
I work from my office in the heart of Bulgaria – our capital Sofia. It is not unusual to travel all around Europe engaged in some project. If you need to hire me just drop me a note. Consulting agreement must be signed before commencement of any work. I am also usually happy to sign additional NDAs and contracts as provided by my customers.
I usually work for several non-for-profit projects (I’m actually a founder of some of them) such as Open Projects Foundation, Free Software Association – Bulgaria, Bulgarian Open-Culture Network, etc. Well, it is not too hard to have me working for such project without a penny. Regardless of this I am a businessman and I will never work without a contract, signed NDAs, letters of attorney and negotiated price.
I greatly enjoy my work and I take real pleasure in providing great value to my customers. When I were small child IT was my dream and hobby. Now IT is my life. My permanent residence is usually the Internet.
Sometimes I never get to meet most of my consulting customers face to face, on request I will provide a few personal pictures; this way, you can place a face with the voice on the telephone when we talk. ;-)
Yes, I am a photographer also. If you are interesting of this side of my personality, pls visit my photography site.
