Experience

East – Eastern European IT expertise and market data – with a Nordic touch

• Bulgaria
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  East helps companies find the best IT talents from the Balkans for the most demanding needs. We offer an extensive and reliable partner network with a personal touch in order to help you find the best IT experts that fit your company’s culture and technical requirements. My roles:- Helping Nordic companies manage nearshoring projects by finding the best IT talents from the Balkans- Offering Balkan IT partners opportunities to collaborate with Nordic clients- Negotiating client’s procurement contracts with Bulgarian IT vendors, coaching supplier companies and managing expectations between clients and vendors. Show less

• Business Director

  • May 2016 - Oct 2021

  My roles:- Helping companies find the best IT talents – from software developers and DevOps to quality assurance engineers and project managers – from Bulgaria- Negotiating clients’ procurement contracts, coaching IT vendor companies and managing expectations between clients and vendors.



Droxic

• Bulgaria
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Director, Nordics

  • May 2016 - Oct 2021

  Droxic is a proactive digital agency with a compulsion for precision, a partner for fellow agencies and clients around the world, creating branded experiences in web and mobile. I am responsible for building Droxic’s brand awareness and generating sales in the Nordics. I’ve delivered IT teams and digital projects for various Nordic clients – from enterprises, IT companies and world-class game companies to numerous startups & digital agencies. I’ve helped Droxic grow by generating over 5M€ of sales from the Nordics. Show less



Couples Deals

• Online

• Co-Founder & CEO

  • Mar 2015 - Jan 2016

  Couples Deals is a premium deals app that offers best handpicked deals and daily actions for couples and lovers. – Branding, designing the app, marketing and partnerships – Mobile app creation using a platform for iPhone and Android within a month Couples Deals is a premium deals app that offers best handpicked deals and daily actions for couples and lovers. – Branding, designing the app, marketing and partnerships – Mobile app creation using a platform for iPhone and Android within a month



Relationship Games

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Founder & CEO

  • Feb 2010 - Jan 2016

  Relationship Games created the world's first real life game for couples in Facebook. Relationship Games helped couples to add spark in the relationship online and real life. www.relationship-games.com – Branding and designing the game – Managing remote development team in Bulgaria – As a side project and without a real marketing budget, gained 10K+ registered couples and amazing feedback from the users – Got featured on international media, such as The NextWomen, Flybe Uncovered (Nordic), Female First and PC World Bulgaria Show less



Kuusakoski Recycling

• Finland
• Environmental Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Global ERP Project Manager

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2015

  Kuusakoski is a recycling solutions company, that has locations in Finland, Baltic countries, China, Denmark, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Group’s turnover in 2014 was 655 M€ and it employed 3,275 persons. Total volume of recycled and processed material is approximately 2.5 million tonnes annually. www.kuusakoski.com. – Managed global ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) project (budget over 2 M€, 8 sub-project managers) with standard IFS solution and customized Recycling extension through contract negotiation, planning, definition and testing phase with no significant increase in project budget– Streamlined business and support processes by setting up several sub-projects during the solution definition phase Show less

• Project Manager

  • Dec 2009 - Mar 2010

  Biggest achievement– Group wide product unification project – Improved group wide material steering and risk management by defining and implementing an IT solution, and unifying 10.000+ different products from nine countries into global unified products in a very short timespan

• Project Manager

  • May 2009 - Nov 2009

  Biggest achievement– Implemented project management practices and the associated project management culture, and managed the Sales & Product Management project portfolio.

• Project Manager

  • Apr 2008 - Apr 2009

  Managed several IT and business process development projects in Sales & Marketing.Biggest achievement– Order to Cash process development – Streamlined 'Order to Cash' process (global sales - local loading - global & local billing) process between parent company and subsidiaries by defining and implementing an IT solution, that increased the traceability of the loading and billing data and decreased manual work

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Mar 2008

  Biggest achievement– UK market entry project for WEEE (The Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment) business – Supported business expansion by being part of the market entry research project

• Quality & Environmental Manager

  • Jul 2002 - Dec 2007

  Managed Kuusakoski Recycling operations’ environmental issues and quality management system in Finland.Biggest achievements– Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and environmental permits – Enabled business expansion to higher volumes and new recycling materials by accomplishing 2 EIA projects and 10+ environmental permit projects– ISO 14001 environmental management system – Reduced environmental emissions and accidents in Finland by training the personnel and conducting environmental audits– Environmental due diligence in business acquisition in Estonia – Reduced financial and environmental risks by participating in the due diligence for 8 scrap yards and processing plants– End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) receiving centers partner network building –Supported partner network building by creating partner environmental audit program and completing environmental audits to 20+ partners and supporting their environmental permit projects Show less

• Quality Manager

  • Aug 2000 - Jun 2002

  Biggest achievement– Quality management system – Streamlined business and information processes by defining common processes for global sales, sourcing and logistics

• Quality Manager

  • Oct 1999 - Jul 2000

  Biggest achievements– ISO 9002 quality management system – Streamlined processes and opened possibilities for new customers by implementing quality management system and gaining ISO 9002 quality certificate for Heinola zinc plant– QS-9000 quality management practices – Opened possibilities for new Asian and US automotive industry customers by implementing required automotive industry’s QS-9000 quality management practices in Heinola aluminium plant

• Quality Engineer

  • May 1998 - Sep 1999

  Biggest achievement– ISO 9002 quality management system – Streamlined processes and opened possibilities for new customers by implementing quality management system and gaining ISO 9002 quality certificate for Heinola aluminium plant