Contact Details
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Name: | Georgi Dimitrov Sotirov |
| Country: | Bulgaria (BG) |
| Current address: | 1715 Sofia Mladost quarter |
| Personal mobile: | +359 88 837 18 17 |
| Email: | gdsotirov_@gmail.com (remove the underscore before the @ sign) |
| Preferred contact method: | Personal mobile |
Personal Information
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Birthday: | 19 October 1979 |
| Birth place: | Dupnitsa, Bulgaria |
| Preferred employment type: | Full time |
| Driving license: | Yes, active driver |
| Ability to travel abroad: | Yes, no restrictions |
Education
University
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Name: | New Bulgarian University |
| Department: | School of Distance, Online and Continuing Education |
| Major: | Business Administration |
| Degree: | Master of Business Administration (MBA) |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Period: | October 2012 – November 2017 |
University
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Name: | Technical University of Sofia |
| Department: | Faculty of Computer Systems and Control, Department of Computer Systems |
| Major: | Computer systems and technologies |
| Degree: | Bachelor (BA) |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Period: | September 1998 – June 2002 |
High School
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Name: | School of Mechanical and Electrical Technics Acad. S. P. Korolev |
| Major: | Electric equipment of industrial enterprises |
| Location: | Dupnitsa, Bulgaria |
| Period: | September 1994 – May 1998 |
Skills
Programming Languages
AWK, C, C++, Java, JavaScript®, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PL/SQL, Shell
Markup and Style Languages
CSS, Markdown, (X)HTML, XML, XSL, YAML
Development Environments and Editors
Borland® C++Builder™, Borland® Delphi™, Eclipse, GraphTalk™ Developer, KDevelop, Microsoft® Visual Studio™, Visual Studio™ Code
Development Tools
Bugzilla, JIRA
CVS, Subversion, Mercurial (Hg), Git
make, CMake
Data Bases and Modelling
SQL, MySQL, Oracle
MySQL Workbench, Oracle SQL Developer, PL/SQL Developer
Operating Systems
Linux, Unix, Windows
Virtualization Technology
VMware, qemu
Communication Interfaces
DeviceNet™, SNMP, TCP/IP
Spoken Languages
Bulgarian, English
Additional Qualifications
February 2020 - February 2025
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Title: | LPIC-1: Linux Administrator |
| Organization: | Linux Professional Institute |
| Description: | The LPIC-1 will validate the candidate's ability to perform maintenance tasks on the command line, install and configure a computer running Linux and configure basic networking. See more. |
| Verification: | See |
December 2019
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Title: | LE-1: Linux Essentials |
| Organization: | Linux Professional Institute |
| Description: | The certificate validates a demonstrated understanding of basic concepts and components of the Linux operating system. See more. |
| Verification: | See |
July 2003 – August 2003
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Title: | GraphTalk and A.I.A Developer |
| Organization: | Computer Sciences Corporation |
| Description: | The course prepares the students to work with GraphTalk Developer and introduces them in developing GraphTalk A.I.A Application. |
Employment History
October 2012 – Present
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Position: | Software Development manager |
| Organization: | Codix Bulgaria |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Team size: | 5-10 people |
| Duties: | Management of development process in the company, definition of rules and procedures, development of internal systems and tools to facilitate development process |
January 2008 – Present
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Position: | Software Development Team Leader |
| Organization: | Codix Bulgaria |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Team size: | 15-20 people |
| Duties: | Management of a virtual team of developers with specific domain expertise spread in three different geographical locations |
December 2006 – December 2007
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Position: | Software Developer |
| Organization: | Codix Bulgaria |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Team size: | 5-10 people |
| Duties: | Development of iMX software in Pro*C and PL/SQL |
October 2005 – November 2006
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Position: | Senior Programmer |
| Organization: | CSC (former OBS [Object Builder Software]) Bulgaria |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Team size: | 15 people |
| Duties: | Development and coordination of the development of software in the insurance field. |
July 2003 – September 2005
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Position: | Programmer |
| Organization: | CSC (former OBS [Object Builder Software]) Bulgaria |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Team size: | 5-20 people |
| Duties: | Software development in the insurance field. |
May 2002 – January 2003
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Position: | C/C++ Programmer |
| Organization: | Xpeqt |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Team size: | 5 people |
| Duties: | Designing, coding, testing and documenting of a module (plug-in) to be integrated in software for machine control. The purpose of the module is to communicate with DeviceNet™ devices. |
| Reason for leaving: | Stuff cut down due to business stagnation. |
April 2001 – February 2002
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Position: | Technical Collaborator |
| Organization: | Bitex.com (Bulgarian Information Technologies) |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Team size: | 8 people |
| Duties: | Technical support of the company's clients and writing of Perl scripts for the company's servers. |
September 2000 – January 2001
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Position: | System Administrator |
| Organization: | Bitex.com (Bulgarian Information Technologies) |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Team size: | 5 people |
| Duties: | Administration of Windows PCs and printers on a local network (LAN). |
Sample Projects
April 2011 – June 2015
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Name: | System for Management of Modifications, Patches and Installations (MMPI) |
| Description: | MMPI aims to centralize and streamline the development and delivery processes in the company by providing common environment where developers, software configuration specialists and project managers/coordinators could collaborate together. |
| Duration: | 4 years and 3 months |
| Technologies used: | Linux, MySQL, Perl |
| Position: | Database Architect, Project Manager |
| Team size: | 5-10 people |
| Organization: | Codix Bulgaria |
| Organization's description: | CODIX is the software company behind iMX – the event-driven enterprise management system, which is the leading software in industries such as Debt Collection, Commercial Finance, Factoring, Asset-Based Lending and Trade Finance. |
June 2002 – September 2002
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Name: | EP-12 |
| Description: | EP-12 is Ellipsometric Porosimeter and has the capability of measuring 200 and 300 mm wafers. |
| Duration: | 4 months |
| Technologies used: | Ellipsometric Porosimetry, DeviceNet™, C/C++ |
| Position: | C/C++ Programmer |
| Team size: | about 25 people |
| Organization: | Xpeqt |
| Organization's description: | The company is a manufacturer of a broad line of testing, handling, characterization and diagnostics equipment for the microelectronics and electronics industry. |
March 2005 – Present
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Name: | SlackPack |
| Description: | Software packages for Slackware Linux OS and front-end web site |
| Duration: | More than 14 years |
| Technologies used: | Perl, MySQL, (X)HTML, CSS, Shell scripting, VMware, qemu |
| Position: | Database architect, Software Developer and System Administrator |
| Team size: | Single person |
| Organization: | Personal project |
See also my profiles in GitHub, Bitbucket, SourceForge and other personal projects.
References
Note: References are available on request.