Stephan Mitchev

Current

• Senior Techincal Lead at Universal Service Administrative Company

Past

• Software Engineer at Universal Service Administrative Company
• Lead Software Developer at Webcast1, Inc.

Education

• George Mason University
• Concord University

Recommended

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Connections

75 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Stephan Mitchev’s Summary

Skilled, motivated, and self-starting software engineer with broad exposure to different development and management practices. Particularly interested in project/people management in an enterprise IT environment.

Stephan Mitchev’s Specialties:

Certified SCRUM Master.
Programming languages: .NET (VB, C#, WF), LISP, TSQL,
XML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Java, C / C++

Programming IDEs: Visual Studio, Eclipse, LISP Works

Database Software: SQL Server 2000 / 2005,
Oracle 8i/10g, MySQL 3 & 4

Mark-up: HTML / DHTML, XML, XAML, Windows CHF

Office: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Project, Outlook)

Server Software: Microsoft IIS 5/6, WebTrends Reporting
Console, Lyris List Manager, UltraSeek Enterprise Search Engine, Apache

Stephan Mitchev’s Experience

• Senior Techincal Lead

  Universal Service Administrative Company

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  Lead a small development team of highly skilled individuals responsible for the transition. operations, and maintenance of a complex financial system.
  
  Adopt and optimize exiting and establish new processes (SDLC, CM, RM) for efficient management of work items related to the O&M of the system.

• Software Engineer

  Universal Service Administrative Company

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  January 2006 — February 2009 (3 years 2 months)

  • Strictly follow company’s SDLC while creating rapid prototypes with innovative technologies, which results in better business users’ experience and evaluation.
  • Participate in creation of project plans and timelines. Interact with different departments to define proper project requirements.
  • Develop an enterprise-wide Coding Standards and Guidelines document to standardize development efforts and apply well-known design patterns to achieve better predictability.
  • Integrate legacy and newly created systems into the existing enterprise infrastructure. Provide support and maintenance to business users’ systems while introducing optimized business processes.
  • Perform code reviews on peers with assessment of Security, Style, and Optimization. Mentor peers in programming techniques, design patterns, and style.
  • In-source projects from other programs in order to increase the overall performance of the department.

• Lead Software Developer

  Webcast1, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  • Design, develop, and maintain business web applications. Provide technical assistance, problem solving, and mentorship to the company’s development team, design flowcharts and schematics to facilitate the internal development process.
  • Develop e-commerce web solutions, in particular the design and implementation of real-time payment transaction applications in order to provide maximum consumer convenience and security.
  • Function as an architect / leading programmer charged with creating of a unique web-based media streaming solution involving a sophisticated media content management system.
  • Developed e-commerce modules for transparent communication between web sites and different service providers (Authorize.net, IFulfill.com, and NetSuite.com).
  • Project-managed an off-shore development team through the development of e-commerce solutions. Coordinated inventory delivery, timeline, preview sessions and testing procedures.

Stephan Mitchev’s Education

• George Mason University

  MS , Computer Science / Artificial Intelligence , 2007 — 2009

• Concord University

  BS , Computer Science, Math , 2001 — 2004

  Graduated the four-year BS in CS program for three years.
  
  Bonner Scholar - 1 out of 20 recipients of a four-year award recognizing extensive involvement in community service, which required completing over 500 hours of community service per school year.

  Activities and Societies:

  CompuMat, MSUB, Trio Program, Bonner Scholars, Concord TV Broadcast Station

Additional Information

Stephan Mitchev’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Stephan Mitchev’s Interests:

Evolutionary Algorithms, Machine Learning, Programming, Heavy Metal (playing), Fitness

Stephan Mitchev’s Groups:

Association for Computing Machinery
American Management Association

•    Artificial Intelligence Researchers, Faculty + Professionals

Stephan Mitchev’s Honors:

ACM International Programming Contest – participated in 2002 and 2003.

Bonner Scholars Program - 1 out of 20 recipients of a four-year award recognizing extensive involvement in community service. It requires completing over 500 hours of community service per school year

Stephan Mitchev’s Contact Settings

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