"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man"
~Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915)

About

SaaS Startups and Stock Exchange Listed Companies | P&L tens of $MM | Global Teams of 80+ | 80% Cloud Margin | Rule of 40

Management experience with diverse (fast and slow-paced) environments. Successfully led different IT, Cloud, Software, Support, PMO and FinOps teams - built from the ground up, as well as built by other managers.

With + years of experience in the IT, I have passed through different knowledge areas (Management, Administration, Software Development, Hardware). More than years of virtualization experience. I have broad and deep knowledge/experience with many infrastructure service domains (having personally designed, implemented and supported all of them). I have had the chance of transforming a "Stone Age" infrastructure into a 21st century modern, secure and highly available infrastructure spread over a few continents. Another infrastructure was redesigned with geographically dispersed (across continents) data-centers.

Professional Storyline

Vice President, Cloud Operations March 2025 - Present (
Senior Director, Cloud Operations November 2021 - February 2025 (3 years, 4 months)
Director, Cloud Operations November 2017 - October 2021 (4 years)
Director EMEA Cloud Infrastructure January 2017 - October 2017 (10 months)
Director IT Production and Customer Support February 2016 - December 2016 (9 months)
Director IT Infrastructure March 2013 – January 2016 (2 years, 11 months)
IT Manager October 2011 – February 2013 (1 year, 5 months)
Network Infrastructure Manager April 2008 – October 2011 (3 years, 7 months)
Senior Support Engineer II - Technical Lead September 2005 – April 2008 (2 years, 8 months)
Support Engineer 2001 – September 2005 (4 years)
IT Consultant 2004 – 2005 (1 year)
Support Engineer 1998 – 2001 (3 years)

Certifications

Management & Leadership
Member of Chartered Management Institute, UK
IT Manager
Managing People (US)
Managing People (UK)
Change Management (US)
Project Management
Coaching
Leading with Vision
Body Language for Leaders
Technical Certifications
Microsoft® Certified Professional - MCP®
MVP (Most Valuable Professional) - Tumbleweed Communications
ITIL 2011 Foundation
Microsoft AZURE 202x
System Administration
Windows System Administrator
MS Windows 2000 Server Administration
MS Windows 2000 Desktop Administration
MS Windows XP Desktop Administration
Windows 2000 Small Business Server
Windows XP Administration
MS Windows Server 2003
Server Administration (Master Level)
Compaq Server Administration (Win NT/2000)
Directory Services
MS Windows 2003 Active Directory
MS Windows 2008 Active Directory
Networking
Network Administrator
VPN with Windows
LAN/WAN Communications
TCP/IP Administration
Networking Concepts
Network Monitoring
Network Authentication
Security
Information Security Administrator
Internet Security
Network Security
MS ISA Server 2000
Microsoft Security
Firewall Administration concepts
Information Technology Security Fundamentals
Database
MS SQL Server 2000 Administration
MS SQL 2005 Server Programming
MS SQL 2005 Administration
RDBMS Concepts
Linux & Unix
Unix Administration (Solaris 10)
Linux Administration (General)
Linux Administration (Red Hat)
Apache 2.0 Administration
Support & Documentation
Technical Writing
Network Technical Support
Technical Help Desk (Microsoft)
Technical Help Desk
Computer Technical Support
Customer Assistance
Hardware
Servicing 1 & 2 CPU Intel Servers
Business & Communication
Business Communication
Listening Skills
Listening Comprehension English (UK) – (Master level)
Information Technology Terminology
WWW Concepts
Disaster Recovery and Planning

Education

CMI Level 7 Diploma CMI - Chartered Management Institute, UK
Executive MBA University of Sheffield, UK
BSc Computer Systems Technical University - Sofia, Bulgaria
Computer Specialist Vocational School of Computer Technologies and Systems (УКТЦ)

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