Chavdar Petkov
Scaled Agile, Entrepreneurship, and Video Marketing in New York
Media entrepreneur with a strong background in technology. Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant. Over a decade of experience with online video, including designing the high-level architecture for one of the first video-sharing websites on the Internet. Produced video projects featuring globally recognizable brands and entrepreneurs: Martha Stewart, Daymond John (ABC's "Shark Tank", FUBU founder), Marcus Lemonis (CNBC’s “The Profit” & “The Partner”), Chris Santos (Food Network’s “Chopped”), and Mike Ditka (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame).
EXPERIENCE
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Video Consultant / Producer
QD Vision Inc / Color IQ (acquired by Samsung)
Oct 2015 – Jun 2016
Lexington, MA, USA
• Produced a first-of-its-kind quantum dot video technology demonstration using own custom-designed process - instrumental in company’s recognition as a CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree
• Produced other high-impact, high-profile video projects to advance company's goals before global legislative and commercial entities
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Video Consultant / Producer
Blue Agility (Acquired by cPrime)
2013 – 2016
• Produced all 2D media for an ALM knowledge platform which won a 2015 IBM Beacon Award, a 2014 IBM Beacon Award, a 2013 IBM Innovate ‘Best of Show’ Award, and a 2014 IBM Innovate ‘Innovation in IT Development‘ Finalist
• Obtained a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant Certification
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Co-founder & CEO
Eleven Moons LLC
2005 - 2013 (8 years)
• Won the 2005 Great Valley Technology Alliance Business Plan competition - raised $50k in seed capital
• Developed the high-level architecture for the company’s video advertising web app (Patent Application US20090055207) - built upon On2’s Flix Engine (On2 acquired by Google)
• Managed geographically dispersed software development teams in North America, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe
• Forged strategic partnerships with top 3 U.S. radio broadcasters to commercialize the web app in 10 US media markets across 7 states
• Raised a Series A round of private angel capital