Nikolay.IT

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Nikolay Stefchov Kostov

Born on 22nd June 1990

Email: admin@nikolay.it

Website: http://nikolay.it/

CV last updated on 14th August 2011

Summary

 

Very ambitious, young and quick-learning software engineer with experience in technical training, web development with PHP and MySQL and very good knowledge in application developing with .NET platform (C#, WCF, ASP.NET (WebForms and MVC), WPF, Silverlight, class libraries, WinForms). Possesses deep understanding of algorithmic problems and has a desire to achieve. Works with precision and is a good team player. Keen on keeping deadlines, has all his projects completed on time.

Computer skills

 

Languages

Expert knowledge in C# and PHP;

Very good knowledge in C, C++, JavaScript and Java;

Good knowledge in Adobe Flex (MXML, ActionScript) and SQL;

Operating Systems

Windows 98/XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/7;

Linux (CentOS and Ubuntu administration);

Software Technologies

Microsoft .NET Framework and related technologies – C#, Windows Forms, WCF, CLR, Mono, ASP.NET, WPF and Silverlight;

Web sites and client-side scripting – HTML, HTML 5, CSS, CSS 3, JavaScript (jQuery), AJAX;

Web programming – PHP, MySQL, Smarty, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC;

Distributed systems and multi-tier architectures;

Databases – designing and optimizing relational MySQL databases, good knowledge in MS SQL;

Object-oriented programming and modeling (still learning design patterns and desire to achieve);

Internet – HTTP, web-crawlers in C#;

Content management systems and social networks;

Virtualization – VMware Server 2, VMware Workstation 6/6.5/7;

Deep knowledge in algorithmic problems: data structures, graph theory, combinatorial problems, dynamic programming, etc.;

Development Tools

.NET related – Microsoft Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008/2010, MonoDevelop, SharpDevelop, Expression Blend 3/4, ReSharper;

C++ related – Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, CodeBlocks, DevC++;

PHP related – XAMPP, phpDesigner, Zend Studio, NuSpere PhpED;

Source control repositories – SVN, TFS;

Other computer skills

Very good skills with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint; Video and audio editing skills;

Experience

 

Technical Trainer in Telerik Corp.

05/2011 - now

Web developer

09/2005 - now

Technologies: PHP, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flex, Flash, AJAX, jQuery, Smarty;

.NET projects

06/2004 – now

Technologies: .NET, Mono, C#, WinForms;

Participation in programming competitions

02/2005 – now

  • National Olympiad in IT (2007; 2008 – 4th place in the individual ranking, 1st place in the test, 1st place in the project category (Desktop applications); 2009 – 11th place in individual ranking, 1st place in the project category (Internet applications))
  • National Olympiad in Informatics (2006; 2007; 2008; 2009)
  • National Autumn Competition in Informatics (2007; 2008; 2009)
  • National Winter Competition in Informatics (2006; 2007; 2008; 2009)
  • National Spring Competition in Informatics (2006; 2007; 2008; 2009)
  • Participated in various TopCoder algorithmic tournaments

Education

 

Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Specialty: Computer Science

2009 – now

Telerik Academy

(http://www.telerik.com/academy/about.aspx)

2010 – 2011

Participated in various school-camps for informatics organized by the Ministry of Education of Bulgaria

2005 – 2009

National High School of Science and Mathematics

Specialty: Chemistry; graduated with excellent marks;

2004 – 2009

105 SOU “Atanas Dalchev”

Graduated with excellent marks;

1997 – 2004