Entrepreneur working on the future of education. Kiril Rusev, Imagine Cup finalist, turned entrepreneur, co-founded and became the CEO of his first startup in his early 20s. Together with his younger brother and two friends from university, he wanted to revolutionize the Bulgarian education system by introducing technology in classes. His first company, Nimero, is focused on innovative software tool, called Envision that ensures active students' participation and was created as a result of participation in Microsoft Imagine Cup in 2009. Today Envision is used in more than 20% of all Bulgarian primary schools and has won several awards and recognitions.In May 2013, Kiril Rusev co-founded and became the CEO of Jumpido, an education start-up creating gesture-based games for schools using Kinect. The project is focused on transforming the way children learn mathematics in school by engaging them physically. Jumpido is already used in several European countries and has received seed investment from LAUNCHub.Kiril was member of the board of directors of the Bulgarian Association of Information Technology and was responsible for the educational projects of the association. He has participated in the “Youth: Key to Europe’s Future” event that Microsoft organized in Brussels and was a speaker at various events including TEDxBG and closing keynote speech at the Educational Leaders Forum in Warsaw.Among Kiril’s awards & recognitions are: Forbes 30 under 30, Darik 40 under 40, BETT awards finalist (BETT Show, 2014), Start-up of the year with Jumpido (Forbes, 2014), EdTech Innovator Award runner up (Edmix, 2014), Start-up of the year with Nimero (BAIT, 2011); Imagine Cup Bulgaria 2009 winner.
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