Nikolay Stefchov Kostov

Born on 22^nd June 1990

Email: admin@nikolay.it

Website: http://nikolay.it/

CV last updated on 14^th 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

• Telerik Academy (http://academy.telerik.com);
• Telerik School Academy (http://schoolacademy.telerik.com);
• Telerik QA Academy (http://qaacademy.telerik.com);
• High-Quality Programming Code course (http://www.telerik.com/academy/courses-and-seminars/high-quality-programming-code-course.aspx)
• Web application development with .NET Framework and ASP.NET MVC course;
• Co-author and editor of “Introduction to programming with C#“ book (http://www.introprogramming.info/intro-csharp-book/);

Web developer

09/2005 - now

• http://aznepusha.bg
• http://music-core.net
• http://prepishi.com
• http://nikolay.it
• http://rubixstudio.com
• http://zamunda.info
• http://reprobiomed.eu
• http://vapostolov.eu
• http://managerteams.com
• http://uniken.bg
• http://agency-angel.com
• http://vsepeta.com
• http://training-bg.net
• http://ooo.bg
• http://zvyn.com
• http://jaltici.com
• http://ribarskatahija.com
• http://selectronic-bg.com

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

.NET projects

06/2004 – now

• RatioMaster.NET (http://ratiomaster.net)
• NStudio (http://nstudio.nrpg.info)
• NRPG Skyper (http://skyper.nrpg.info)
• NPMG Salary (Program used by the administration of National High School of Science and Mathematics for calculating salaries and printing documents)

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

Participation in programming competitions

02/2005 – now

• National Olympiad in IT (2007; 2008 – 4^th place in the individual ranking, 1^st place in the test, 1^st place in the project category (Desktop applications); 2009 – 11^th place in individual ranking, 1^st 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