Apr 2017 – Present · 9 yrs

• 365 Data Science is a proprietary, end-to-end upskilling platform for AI, data science, and analytics, designed to take learners from beginner level to job-ready professionals.
• Students gain access to:
• Personalized learning paths tailored to goals, background, and pace
• Best-in-class online courses created with industry practitioners
• Portfolio strategy and feedback
• Hands-on portfolio projects with structured guidance
• Career coaching and consultation
• Interview preparation for data, analytics, and AI roles
• The business spans a broad and complex operating model, including:
• Building and scaling a custom proprietary learning platform, developed in-house with dedicated engineering, product management, and QA teams
• Direct-to-consumer marketing via owned social channels:
• YouTube (350K+ subscribers)
• LinkedIn (200K+ followers)
• Instagram (100K+ followers)
• Managing long-term partnerships with instructors, subject-matter experts, and educational institutions
• Running student success and support operations across a global user base
• Serving both B2C learners and B2B enterprise clients
• As CEO, my contributions included:
• Bootstrapping the company and managing capital allocation in the early stages
• Recruiting the initial core team and working hands-on across product, marketing, and content to achieve product–market fit
• Establishing the company’s early social media and content strategy, building large owned audiences from zero
• Leading and collaborating with the marketing team on global campaigns reaching 1M+ people
• Designing and executing the B2B sales motion, including closing six-figure enterprise deals
• Building strategic partnerships with international organizations and institutions
• Setting the long-term product vision, learning methodology, and quality standards for the platform

Oct 2015 – Jun 2016 · 8 mos · London United Kingdom - Sofia Bulgaria

• Involved with the transition of performance planning activities that were initially carried out in the company's headquarters and were later transferred to the newly created Centre of Expertise in Sofia. Helped with the implementation of a new forecasting tool (Promax) that allowed a significantly better view of the company's expected sales and expenditures.
• Responsibilities included the following:
• Amending existing reports and creating new reports through manipulation of data in Excel and/or Promax
• Providing ad hoc reporting & analysis support for consolidated Sales & Margin activities
• Calculating amounts resulting from royalties and trading agreements and invoicing franchise partners
• Providing data and analytical input to support business planning initiatives
• Analysing data through reports and provide commentary on performance
• Supporting analysis of historical trends across Sales & Margin reporting utilising analytics

Aug 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 8 mos

• 365 Careers is a leading provider of AI, data science, business, and finance education on Udemy.
• Over the past decade, the company has:
• ✅Reached more than 4 million people worldwide, with over 6 million total enrollments
• ✅Taught 1+ billion minutes to engaged learners who value the quality of our content (we’ve represented 1–2% of Udemy’s total minutes watched in several years)
• ✅Inspired people to start new jobs, earn promotions
• As the solo founder and CEO, I:
• Bootstrapped the business from ~$5K in initial capital
• Recruited the first hires and scaled the team to 30 people at peak
• Created a clear and functional organizational structure
• Built and managed a global network of 50+ external instructors
• Partnered with professionals from Meta, Amazon, Google, Spotify, and other leading companies to co-create courses
• Designed a fair, durable revenue-sharing model for creators that has scaled over time
• Established a best-in-class, repeatable course-creation process
• Set and enforced strong quality criteria across all content published by the firm
• Worked directly with enterprise B2B clients to deliver custom training programs
• Personally authored several of the company’s top-performing courses

Sep 2012 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Milan

• As part of the Transaction Services team in Milan, I worked on a wide range of M&A and advisory engagements across multiple industries:
• Supported the post-merger integration of a leading fashion brand into an international holding group, including the design and implementation of an internal transfer pricing framework
• Contributed sell-side to the multi-billion-euro acquisition of a national energy operator, assisting with financial due diligence, transaction analysis
• Participated in the acquisition of a premium luxury goods manufacturer, focusing on financial analysis, normalization of earnings
• Prepared buy-side financial due diligence for the acquisition of a web-based advertising software company with an enterprise value north of €100M, analyzing revenue and earnings quality
• Independently conducted full financial due diligence for a regional elevator services company operating across several Northern Italian cities, with approximately €3M in annual revenue
• Built DCF and trading/transaction multiples valuations for companies operating in diverse sectors, including energy, consumer goods, technology, and industrial services
• Provided financial advisory support to the European Club Association, analyzing the financial activities and sustainability of key football teams
• Performed comprehensive financial due diligence analyses for both private equity and corporate clients, supporting investment decisions and transaction structuring

Nov 2011 – Mar 2012 · 4 mos · Munich,Germany

• Internship in the M&A department of one of the leading semiconductor producers. The activities performed included: financial modeling, target screening, industry analysis, preparation of presentations.

Jul 2011 – Aug 2011 · 1 mo · Sofia

• Foreign currency dealing, monitoring of cash flows for liquidity purposes,covering risks of various nature through derivative contracts