Nikola Vasilev

Born in 1973 in Kardzhali, I spent my childhood in Svishtov, town at the Danube. Back in my hometown I moved into my teenage years, where I studied at the mathematics high school. Farther on I continued to Plovdiv, where I graduate the Technical University (1991 - 1996) and started my first job - initially as programmer and later as head of R&D.

In 2001, I moved to Sofia and become a General Manager of a subsidiary of an international electronics company. Over the next seven years, we were able to develop the company and become 3 times winner of the Innovation Award. Also, at those times I became a member of FP7 SME Advisory Group.

As I don't like to stand in one place, in 2008 I accepted the challenge to become an Executive Director of the railway wagons factory in Karlovo. Together with the team there we succeeded to finalize an investment of 10 millions euro and to bring the factory on european level.

But enough is enough, in 2012 my son was born and I wanted to be more with my family in Sofia. So, I accepted to become an Executive Director of state owned telecommunication company. Along with this change, I enrolled in the Presidents EMBA program of an international business school in Slovenia.