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Responsible for the Product Management of the next generation IPTV platform (Minerva 10) user-facing applications and features on set top box, web, mobile (iOS, Android) and OTT, currently leading their market entry with Cablevisión Argentina- Product vision, strategy and lifecycle management- Customer collaboration and requirement elicitation- Roadmap and release planning- Productization- Multi-platform user-centered design- Successful product deployment and customization to multiple customers- Competitive analysis- Direct management of Agile Product Owners and UI/UX experts- Agile/Scrum process management - workflows, tools, metrics (JIRA)

Agile Product Ownership of Minerva IPTV client applications across multiple platforms (STB, mobile)- Product vision and definition- Requirement definition and management- Multi-platform user-centered design- Branding and customization- Direct management of a team of UI/UX experts- Introduced and implemented Agile processes company-wide

Managed the development and productization of Blizoo TV Master, the first local PVR product on the Bulgarian market to a successfully launch to over 100,000 cable subscribers.Product Management- Market research- Product vision- Business analysis and productization- Requirement management- User Interaction / User Experience (UI/UX) design- Partner coordination – hardware vendors, middleware providers, operations- Support for Marketing and Operations during product launchProject, Program, and Engineering Management- Scoping, scheduling, execution, and progress tracking using Agile methodologies- Full configuration and deployment of Atlassian system - JIRA, Greenhopper, Confluence, Fisheye, Crucible- Software development lifecycle and process improvements- Build packaging for limited beta and production deployment- CONAX certification compliance (CT and SE)- CEO and CMO level progress reporting and live demosPeople Management- Screening and hiring- Performance reviews and feedback

BlizooEPG 1.0 – a set-top application built from scratch, powered by a custom GUI library and deployed to more than 100,000 usersDesign and develop application software for hybrid set-top box solutions.- Requirement analysis- Software architecture and design- Technology research and evaluation- Stability and performance evaluation and improvement- Software development management- Development & test environment setup- Quality Assurance- Technical screening and training of new hires

Leading a mixed hardware-software team designing, developing and testing control units for intelligent network equipment- Concept design- Hardware and PCB design- Software and firmware design and development, including building a custom Linux distribution from scratch- Technology research and evaluation- Project scoping and project management- Task and priority management- Stability and performance evaluation and improvement- Technical screening and training of new hires

Leading a mixed hardware-software team developing and testing telematics solutions- Software and firmware design and development- Task and priority management- Test plan design for hardware and software components- Stability and performance evaluation and improvement- Technology research and evaluation, dealing with manufacturers directly- On-site installation and consulting- Technical screening and training of new hires

Professional photographer specialized in Concert and Sports.

Leading all stages of development of a GPS-based vehicle tracking embedded system- Concept, system design and architecture- Schematics design- PCB design and layout- Mathematical apparatus for mapping GPS coordinates to a bitmap and significantly improving positional accuracy- Firmware and software design and implementation- Network protocol design- Protocol implementation (embedded client and Linux-based server)- UI implementation (server-side)

Writing articles, describing real-life projects on Embedded systems thematic.

Design, manufacturing, testing and quality control of specialized electronic equipment- Remote power and surge protection for LAN / MAN segments- Hi-end audio active filters, tube amplifiers, and cabinets- Serial dongle for copy protection of PC software

Research, analysis and evaluation of current security, radio communication and telemetry systems. Design, manufacture, testing and quality control of security and navigational systems. Hardware, software and firmware development. Research, design and implementation of methods, algorithms and custom communication protocols for reliable data transmission over various media and networks.

Administering company local network, Windows NT, Linux, file server, ICQ server, firewall, DNS, email; IT consulting and support