Milko Georgiev

Current

Managing Partner at IFG Software Company
Head of Operations at Buzzdash Bulgaria
Trainer at eFLAG

Founder, Owner and Editor at yvox.net

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Past

Business Development Director and Board Member at Mail.BG EAD
Marketing Manager at Nexcom Bulgaria
Sales and Marketing Director at Dir.BG

Marketing Director at GlobalTech Bulgaria
CEO at ADM Ltd
Corporate Communications Manager at MobilTel AD
Station Manager at Europa Plus Skyfy - Russia
Marketing Manager at Remapool
Marketing Executive at Media Trans JSCo.
TV Anchor at Nova TV

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Education

University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Robert Kennedy College Zurich

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Milko Georgiev’s Summary

Highly performing management and business development professional with more than thirteen years of experience, with a strong focus on productivity and efficiency. Background reflects proven track of record in developing opportunities into cash-generating businesses, building winning and loyal teams and creating superior relationships with customers. Constant emphasis on personal example, professionalism in a consistent and integral behavior both at customer side as well as a team leader. P&L oriented approach to work and constant focus on bottom line.

Milko Georgiev’s Specialties:

• Main specialties: business development, marketing management, sales management, leadership and general management
• Perfect mix of technical competence, managerial knowledge and experience.
• Skilled team leader with proven track of record of building successful teams
• Excellent technical background
• Language skills including native Bulgarian and Russian, excellent command of English and French, good understanding of Italian

Milko Georgiev’s Experience

Managing Partner

IFG Software Company

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2009 — Present (6 months)

A startup in the field of cross-media (Web, TV, Mobile) applications
Head of Operations

Buzzdash Bulgaria

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2009 — Present (6 months)

BuzzDash Bulgaria is a cross-media (Web, TV, Mobile) polling service. My role is managing day-to-day operations of the company as well as taking full responsibility of the business development on Bulgarian soil.
Trainer

eFLAG

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

March 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)

Trainer in Integrated Marketing Communication, Media Planning and Interactive Marketing
Founder, Owner and Editor

yvox.net

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

April 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

YVOX is the leading Marketing & Communications portal in Bulgaria. The site offers to professionals in the filed of marketing and marcom a viable source of information and know-how, together with a forum platform for discussing and promoting the marketing market in Bulgaria
Business Development Director and Board Member

Mail.BG EAD

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 4 months)

Broad scope of responsibilities including strategic planning, business development, new product development strategy, sales forecasting, pricing, training of personnel. Heading the implementation of business processes, based on Robert Kaplan's Balanced Scorecards. Responsible for setting the strategy, project management and implementation of a large set of web 2.0 based services. Managed the process of setting the new mission, vision and strategy of the company.
Marketing Manager

Nexcom Bulgaria

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

March 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 6 months)

Responsible for setting and executing the overall marketing strategy of the company. Project management of the launch of WiMAX services of the company, including products’ definition, pricing, communication strategy, distribution and partnership negotiations. Extensively participated in the development of the investment business plan of the company. Extensively participated in the process of acquisition by Intel Capital and MCI Poland of the majority stake in the company by preparing the marketing, sales and operation part of the investment business plan of the company. Setting the overall new company’s communication strategy and leading the repositioning and rebranding of the company. Responsible for the design, planing, implementation and post-evaluation of several marketing campaigns on product launches.
Sales and Marketing Director

Dir.BG

(Internet industry)

April 2004 — September 2004 (6 months)

Leading the Sales and Marketing Department of the largest internet portal in Bulgaria. Broad range of responsibilities ranging from setting up and implementing the sales strategy of the company (pricing, sales targets, yearly contracts with media agencies, discounts policy, key customer management), marketing strategy (setting up communication goals, new product development, branding) to various management tasks (recruitment, setting up and implementing KPI’s, retention policy for both sales and marketing teams). Managed an international team of developers in terms of product development
Marketing Director

GlobalTech Bulgaria

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 1 month)

Leading the Marketing and Sales of a US-Based Turn-key Telco Solution provider. Switching, Signaling, VoIP and hybrid PSTN/VoIP solutions
CEO

ADM Ltd

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year)

A software company, specialized in media-oriented Marketing Information Systems (MIS). The company was appointed to develop and implement the MIS of the Bulgarian National Television.
Corporate Communications Manager

MobilTel AD

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 1999 — December 2001 (2 years 4 months)

Project leader of the largest rebranding and repositioning communication effort in Bulgaria’s modern business history (a 22M+ euro project). Directly in charge of budgeting, advertising and PR agencies pitches, briefing and supervision. Responsible for the marketing communication campaign for the launch of the first prepaid cellular service in Bulgaria (Prima, 2000) with a budget of 2M euros. Directly managed and coordinated a large interdepartmental team (120+ persons) with an international management team
Station Manager

Europa Plus Skyfy - Russia

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

September 1998 — June 1999 (10 months)
Marketing Manager

Remapool

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years)
Marketing Executive

Media Trans JSCo.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

February 1995 — April 1996 (1 year 3 months)
TV Anchor

Nova TV

(Internet industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years)

Additional Information

Milko Georgiev’s Websites:

Milko Georgiev’s Interests:

Wireless Data, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Mobile Voice, Value-Added Services, Content Management, Mobile and Data Content Delivery, Payment Service Providers, Advertising, PR, Integrated Marketing Communications, PDA, Smartphones, Mobile applications, SMS applications, web