Master's Degree, Technical University - Sofia (Bulgaria) 09 / 1992 -- 09 / 1997
Faculty of Communication Technics and Technologies Overall GPA: 5.90 / 6.00
Major: Communication Technics and Technologies
Specialization: Telecommunication Technologies
Thesis: "A Study on Voice Transmission in a Fast Packet Switching Network" Grade: 6.00 / 6.00
Professional Qualification, Technical University - Sofia (Bulgaria) 09 / 1994 -- 07 / 1997
Open Faculty, evening course of study Overall GPA: 5.44 / 6.00
Specialty: Management
Thesis: "A Study on Modern Logic-probabilistic and Structural Methods Grade: 6.00 / 6.00
in the Technology of Risk Analysis and Risk Management"
High School of Mathematics and IT, Sofia (Bulgaria) 09 / 1986 -- 06 / 1992
Professional qualification: Programmer GPA: 5.85 / 6.00
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS
* Japanese government scholarship for a two-year specialization at Osaka University (Japan) 1999
* Best Graduating Student award, Class of 1997 at the Faculty of 1997
Communication Technics and Technologies, TU-Sofia (Bulgaria)
* Fellowship for Highest Academic Achievements, TU-Sofia (Bulgaria) 1992 -- 1997
* Foundation "Eureka" scholarship for Best Student at the Faculty of 1993, 1994
Communication Technics and Technologies
* Winner (1st place) at the Olympiad in Electrotechnics, TU-Sofia (Bulgaria) 1994
* On the team of TU-Sofia, the winner in the group of technical universities 1993
at the National Olympiad in Mathematics, Sofia (Bulgaria)
* Over 30 participations in Olympiads in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry 1985 -- 1992
with very good results at the national level
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Alcatel Bell (Antwerp, Belgium) 05 / 2000 -- 01 / 2003
System Engineer, ADSL Modem Team
* High-level modeling, simulation, and analysis of ADSL transceivers and media:
- Validated, debugged, and expanded existing models.
- Developed models of new product releases.
- Contributed to standardization activities: ADSL for ETSI and ADSL2+ for ITU.
- Initiated the development of a new simulation architecture.
* Mixed-deployment scenario of ADSL from the central office and ADSL2+ from the remote unit:
- Performed a feasibility study and introduced a proof-of-concept ADSL2+ transceiver.
- Measured the performance of the transceivers and analyzed their behavior.
* Design of new product releases of ADSL over ISDN at the central office and the customer site:
- Adapted and improved the time-domain equalizers.
- Adjusted and optimized the DSP front ends.
* ADSL system analysis and problem solving:
- Fixed problems with time-domain equalization, high bit-error rate, and synchronization.
- Validated and optimized the system performance.
- Resolved interoperability problems with chipsets of other vendors.
* Other:
- Evaluated an ADSL chipset of Tioga Technologies.
- Conducted internal trainings and technology knowledge transfer.
- Documented the work and the acquired knowledge.
Sparnex CoC (Sofia, Bulgaria) 07 / 1999 -- 04 / 2000
Design Engineer, R&D Department 01 / 1998 -- 05 / 1998
* Developed a discrete-time simulator of non-uniformly sampled lumped circuits.
* Designed several signal processing algorithms.
* Performed functional and environmental qualification tests and reliability analysis of
a power supply and control unit for a satellite telescope module of the European Space Agency.
SmartCom (Sofia, Bulgaria) 07 / 1996 -- 04 / 1997
Design Engineer, R&D Department
* A PABX-serving terminal adapter for ISDN Primary Rate Access:
- Optimized the analog front end and digital hardware.
- Redesigned the two-level board system into a single board.
- Performed EMC measurements and improved the PCB design, leading to a successful EMI certification.
* Designed the clock recovery and front ends of a 2 Mbps converter between AMI and HDB3 codes.
Express Consult (Sofia, Bulgaria) Summer 1995
* Assembled PC hardware and installed computer networks.
