Rossen Zhivkov

Managing Partner, SharePoint & .NET Architect at Abilitics

Bulgaria

Current
  • Managing Partner, SharePoint & .NET Architect at Abilitics
Past
Education
  • Sofiiski universitet Sv. Kliment Ohridski
  • Math and Science High School - Montana
  • Private School Europe
Connections
258 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Rossen Zhivkov’s Summary

Rossen Zhivkov is
- founder and managing partner of Abilitics Ltd.
- consultant and trainer for SharePoint Server 2007
- solution architect and consultant for SharePoint, .NET and SQL Server
- certified technical trainer & presentator

Professional experience and specializations:
- portals, collaboration and teamwork solutions with SharePoint Server 2007
- workflows and document management with SharePoint Services
- custom ASP.NET solutions design and development
- eLearning solutions
- enterprise project management solutions using Project Server 2007
- business processes integration and automation with BizTalk
- InfoPath electronic forms development
- enhancing corporate security with RMS
- SQL Server 2005 consulting and support

Presentation & Training exerience:
- deliver the international 4-day Microsoft Touchdown training event for SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2 for Microsoft Bulgaria
- deliver SharePoint trainings for Microsoft Serbia & HP Global Delivery
- present SharePoint at Microsoft Days and .NET User group

Contact me at rzhivkov@gmail.com if:
- you look for SharePoint support, development, training services
- you want to outsource part of your SharePoint development
- you live in Bulgaria and you are looking for a job
- or you just want to network

Rossen Zhivkov’s Specialties:

SharePoint Server 2007 Expertise:
Workflows & Business Processes, Document & Records Management, Forms Server, Excel Services, Web parts, Business Intelligence

Microsoft Technologies:
SQL Server 2005, BI, Data Mining, BizTalk Server, RMS, Project Server, TFS

Development:
.NET 2.0, C#, ASP.NET, WinForms, XML, WF, WCF, InfoPath, Excel automation
MSF, OOP, Algorithms

Soft skills:
Management, Presentation, Consulting, Presales

Rossen Zhivkov’s Experience

  • Managing Partner, SharePoint & .NET Architect

    Abilitics

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

    Abilitics is young and dynamic company for IT Services, Consulting, Training and Outsourcing, focusing on Microsoft technologies - SharePoint, CRM, SQL Server and .NET Framework.

    Abilitics is Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Custom Solutions Development, Information Worker Solutions and Data Management Solutions.

    Contact us on office@abilitics.com if:
    - you look for SharePoint/.NET/SQL Server/CRM consulting, training, development or support.
    - you are looking for a job as developer, consultant or business analyst

  • Freelance SharePoint Consultant / Trainer

    Freelance Computer Services

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)

    Implement and architect SharePoint 2007 solutions for corporate clients
    SharePoint / .NET development outsourcing
    Provide consultancy services to companies
    Deliver SharePoint and .NET courses for Training Centers and Microsoft
    Implement SharePoint pilots and proof of concept projects

  • MCT and Consultant SharePoint / Solutions Development

    ITCE Ltd.

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 2 months)

    Technology consultant and MCT trainer for the followin technologies: SharePoint 2007, SQL Server 2005, IIS 6.0 and Visual Studio
    - Lead Microsoft Technical training in these technologies
    - Implement customized solutions based SharePoint 2007 and .NET
    - Provide support for corporate clients for SQL Server 2005
    - Deliver presentations in Microsoft Days events and the .NET user group
    - Presales support for SharePoint and .NET solutions
    - Implement proof-of-concept and pilot projects for MS Technologies
    - Mentor associate consultants
    - Co-founded the Bulgarian SQL&BI user group

  • .NET Engineer

    ITCE Ltd.

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    January 2005 — August 2005 (8 months)

    Develop custom .NET solutions with Excel Automation
    Develop ASP.NET web sites for corporate clients
    Develop e-Business applications based on BizTalk Server 2004
    Develop InfoPath forms with .NET scripting
    Write techical documentation

Rossen Zhivkov’s Education

  • Sofiiski universitet Sv. Kliment Ohridski

    Informatics 2003 — 2008

    Received admission to university without exam from National Olympiad in Informatics, 2003

    Activities and Societies:
    .NET Framework, Network Security, Internet Programming, Object oriented programming, Data structures

  • Math and Science High School - Montana

    Mathematics, English, Informatics 1997 — 2003

    Activities and Societies:
    National olypmiads in Informatics and Physics,
    Development contests in programming (Delphi and C++) - LISH,
    Contests in matematics
    School newspaper

  • Private School Europe

    English 1999 — 2001

    Took FCE First Certificate of English

Additional Information

Rossen Zhivkov’s Websites:

Rossen Zhivkov’s Interests:

Sales skills, Management skills, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development, Health, Yoga, Meditation, Norbekov

Rossen Zhivkov’s Groups:

Bulgarian .NET User Group, Bulgarian SQL & BI User Group

  •    Microsoft Certified Trainers
  •    Enterprise Architect (Sparx Systems) User Group
  •    IT/Software Development Outsourcing and Offshoring
  •    Bulgarian Association of Software Developers (BASD)
  •    Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS (3,500+ members)
  •    Sharepoint Experts
  •    SharePoint MOSS User Group
  •    SofiaDev .NET User Group
  •    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
  •    SharePoint Users Group
  •    biz BULGARIA
  •    Sofia University FMI Alumni
  •    Bulgarian Trainers Forum
  •    Bulgarian IT Professionals
  •    Certified IT Practitioners
  •    Software Development Project Managers (Eastern Europe)
  •    Start UP
  •    Sharepoint User Group Bulgaria
  •    CEO CLUB BULGARIA
  •    OpenCoffee Club Bulgaria
  •    Sharepoint Guidance
  •    IIBA Sofia, Bulgaria Chapter
  •    Bulgarian Project Management Association (BPMA)
  •    Abilitics Ltd.

Rossen Zhivkov’s Honors:

Microsoft Certificates
- MCT
- MCSD.NET
- MCPD: Windows,Web,Enterprise Applications Developer (Charter member)
- MCTS: SharePoint Services v3, Configuring
- MCTS: SharePoint 2007, Configuring
- MCTS: SharePoint Services 3.0, Application Development (Taken at beta)
- MCTS: SQL Server 2005
- MCTS: Workflow Foundation (Beta)
- MCTS: Windows Communication Foundation (Beta)

Go to https://mcp.microsoft.com/authenticate/validatemcp.aspx to see my MS transcript: Transcript ID = 745278, Access Code = 13572468

Cambridge English Certificate - FCE

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