Miroslav Kostov, Project Manager in Sofia, Bulgaria
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Miroslav Kostov

Verified Expert  in Project Management

Bio

Miroslav has more than a decade of software management experience utilizing Waterfall and Agile methodologies in various subject-matter areas encompassing health, dentistry, banking, IoT, and entertainment industries. He excels at remote management—organizing as many as 150 remote colleagues at a time. Miroslav specializes in conceptualization from the ground up as well as mapping complex software solutions to well-established frameworks.

Project Highlights

Scan & Go
Led the project and utilized lean principles and various other agile methodology techniques.
Commercial Passport KYC
Transformed the project from a concept to functional, working enterprise software.
Kreo - Chat and Video
Oversaw the project using Agile and led the conceptualization, microservices, and chat pattern integration.

Expertise

  • Agile Project Management
  • Kanban
  • Lean Project Management
  • Mobile/Web Project Management
  • Project Discovery
  • Scrum
  • Scrum Master
  • Waterfall Development

Work Experience

Project Lead

2019 - PRESENT
Sprinting Software
  • Led the software development of a co-located remote team.
  • Applied agile and lean principles during the organization and the development of the projects.
  • Worked closely with the product owners for optimizing KPIs and maximizing the value of the projects.
  • Spearheaded project quality control.
  • Took part in the conceptualization processes of the functionalities being developed.
  • Emphasized the use of automation principles and ELK stack.

Project Manager

2010 - 2019
Scopic Software
  • Completed more than 50 middle-to-large software projects as a project manager utilizing a broad range of waterfall and agile techniques and frameworks.
  • Worked with enterprise clients in health and dental, banking, CNC, embedded software, IoT, communications, and entertainment industries.
  • Served as the director of project management, supervising more than 100 people remotely.
  • Served as the director of the new technologies group, exploring and prototyping projects utilizing artificial intelligence, machine learning, cryptocurrencies, and IoT technologies.
  • Gained varied project management experience spanning across all major platforms and technologies.

Quality Assurance Specialist

2009 - 2010
Blithe Computer Systems
  • Oversaw and was responsible for the quality of more than 250 desktop drug agency health systems.

Quality Assurance Specialist

2009 - 2009
Coomasis
  • Oversaw and was responsible for the quality of more than 250 drug agency health systems.
  • Monitored and ensured the quality of the internal management systems.

Project History

Scan & Go

Led the project and utilized lean principles and various other agile methodology techniques.

Scan & Go is an innovative project, which allows Netto customers to shop in the stores without waiting in line at the register. It incorporates many microservices as well as fintech technologies with the sole goal of saving time by allowing people with one swipe of a card to pay for their scanned purchases and exit the store.

Role: Project Lead

Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborated with the development team on a daily basis as the project manager.
• Managed product reporting and KPIs using Kibana.
• Coached the team and the entire organization on agile values.
• Led the quality control of the application.
• Handled the seamless release of mobile and web applications.
• Prioritized the backlog and value-maximized the project.
• Conceptualized functionality.

Commercial Passport KYC

Transformed the project from a concept to functional, working enterprise software.

Commercial Passport KYC provides fully digital documentary and analytical solutions to streamline business processes. Universal KYC Solution supplies reviewed, fully documented, and analyzed KYC data for legal entities and complex structures in an inherently efficient reusable digital master record format.

Secure Document Solution enables single-point, secure digital KYC storage and maintenance, true-copy certification and instantaneous document exchange, saving the cost, hassles and time lost to paper-format KYC requests. KYC Service maintains and exchanges always-current, certified master KYC records for organizations.

Role: Project Manager | Concept Creator | Scrum Master

Kreo - Chat and Video

http://mirokostov.com/portfolio/kreo-chat-voice-and-video/

Oversaw the project using Agile and led the conceptualization, microservices, and chat pattern integration.

Kreo is a VoIP communication tool similar to Skype that was custom developed to ensure seamless and secure communication among Scopic employees around the world. It was built with third-party chat engine PubNub and call servicer Twilio, so the app supports one-on-one and group chats, voice and video calls, and screen sharing. Scopic teams currently use Kreo for internal discussions; future versions of the app will include clients and other external parties.

Role: Project Manager

SketchList

https://sketchlist.com/

Managed the first two versions of the project and conceptualized version three of the project.

SketchList is used by woodworking professionals to create virtual plans for cabinet, furniture, and kitchen designs. With SketchList, the user enters dimensions and materials for the designs and the computer automatically generates the reports needed for planning, purchase, and production.

Role: Project Manager

FeederVu

https://scopicsoftware.com/portfolio/mobile/feeder-vu/

Managed and implemented waterfall methods for the successful release of two versions of the application.

FeederVu is the first realistic 3D virtual bird feeder app in the Apple App Store. Users are able to customize their bird feeder and admire the intricate detail and natural behavior of birds. Tapping on a particular bird species provides additional information on them.

Role: Project Manager

Education

2007 - 2011

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

American University in Bulgaria - Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

2002 - 2007

High School Diploma in French, Mathematics, and Information Technology

Natural Sciences and Mathematics High School - Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Certifications

NOVEMBER 2018 - PRESENT

Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)

Scrum.org

Skills

Tools

Jira, Trello, Confluence, Basecamp, Kibana, Postman, ELK (Elastic Stack), Jenkins, TestFlight, Bitbucket, Git

Paradigms

Agile, Scrum, Agile Project Management, Waterfall Development, Kanban, Agile Product Management, HIPAA Compliance, Lean Project Management

Platforms

Android, iOS, Taiga, Blockchain

Industry Expertise

Healthcare, Dental Care, FDA, Banking & Finance

Other

Mobile Apps, Native Mobile Apps, Product Design, Scrum Master, Project Management, Quality Control (QC), Web Platforms, Mobile, Mobile/Web Project Management, Project Discovery, Distributed Team Management, Product Management, Product Owner, Team Mentoring, Desktop, Cryptocurrency, Lean Development, Internet of Things (IoT), Live Chat, Videos

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