Vesko Kolev

Founder

United States21 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Forbes Innovation Award Winner
  • Expert in AI Transformation for startups
  • Proven leadership in product management and development
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with strong leadership in product management and software development.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementLeadershipAi TransformationEngineeringSoftware DevelopmentUi DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentMobile Development

Other Skills

Startup GuidanceStrategic FrameworksAIStartup DevelopmentProduct StrategyProduct MarketingProduct DevelopmentUX DesignTech SupportEngineering ManagementBusiness Services ManagementEngineering LeadershipSystem ManagementTeam LeadershipWPF

About

Mission: To significantly improve the odds of success of tech startup founders and product builders.

Experience

21 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Ceo angels club

Angel Investor

Dec 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • CEO Angels Club is the largest network of business angels in Bulgaria and a key regional player supporting the startup ecosystem.

Icanpreneur

Co-Founder & CEO

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Sofia

  • For the dreamers and builders who want to make an impact, Icanpreneur is the first startup platform that works like an AI co-founder guiding you from raw idea to real traction.
  • Unlike static tools or generic LLMs, Icanpreneur knows your startup’s context and shows you the next best move by combining proven strategic frameworks with adaptive AI guidance.
AI TransformationStartup GuidanceStrategic FrameworksProduct ManagementLeadership

Tinusaur

Angel Investor

Apr 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

  • Programming & robotics for kids.

Progress

6 roles

VP, Product, Developer Tooling Product Development

Feb 2017 – May 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Leading the Telerik & Kendo UI Product Development (Product Management, Product Marketing, Engineering, UX, Tech Support).
Product ManagementProduct MarketingEngineeringLeadership

Director, Engineering, Business Services

Promoted

Jun 2016 – Feb 2017 · 8 mos

  • Responsible for the worldwide Business Services division (engineering + product management) - 80+ people in Bulgaria, India and USA.
Engineering ManagementProduct ManagementLeadership

Director, Engineering, Business Services

Apr 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Responsible for the Business Services Division. Heads the teams responsible for all systems that the Telerik's business runs on and the www.telerik.com website.
Business Services ManagementEngineering LeadershipLeadershipProduct Management

Senior Team Lead

Promoted

Jun 2013 – Apr 2014 · 10 mos

  • Responsible for the Business Systems Division. Heads the teams responsible for all systems that the Telerik's business runs on.
Business Services ManagementSystem ManagementLeadershipEngineering

Team Lead

Dec 2011 – Jun 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Silverlight & WPF
  • RadRichTextBox - MS Word like UI component
  • RadSpreadsheet - MS Excel like UI component
Team LeadershipSystem ManagementEngineeringLeadership

Senior Software Developer

Nov 2009 – Nov 2011 · 2 yrs

  • Silverlight & WPF
  • RadRichTextBox - MS Word like UI component
  • RadCodeEditor - MS Visual Studio editor like UI component
WPFSilverlightSoftware DevelopmentUI Development

National academy for software development

Team Leader, .NET Development

Sep 2008 – Nov 2009 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Working on various .NET based projects
  • ASP.NET
  • ASP.NET Ajax
  • ASP.NET Web Services
  • JavaScript
  • WPF
  • WCF
WPFSilverlightSoftware DevelopmentUI Development

Lightmaker

Development Team Leader

Apr 2008 – Sep 2008 · 5 mos

  • Participating in the integration process between Lightmaker and Vizibility
  • Lead the product teams (vContent, vShop, vProducts)
  • Internal training of the development teams (both in Sofia and Varna)
  • Building the vision about the future development of the products.
ASP.NETWPFWCFSoftware DevelopmentWeb Development

Vizibility ltd.

2 roles

Development Team Leader

Sep 2007 – Apr 2008 · 7 mos

  • Lead the product teams (vContent, vShop, vProducts)
  • Internal training of the development teams (both in Sofia and Varna)
  • Building the vision about the future development of the products

ASP.NET Developer

Jan 2007 – Sep 2007 · 8 mos

  • ASP.NET projects
  • Developing a CMS - vContent
  • Coaching new team members

Transclick

Software Developer

Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 · 2 yrs

  • Machine translation
  • Mobile applicatinos
  • C/C++
  • Sockets
  • XML/RPC
ASP.NETCMS DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentSoftware Development

Ibs

Software Developer

Mar 2005 – Sep 2006 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Business Software build with:
  • MFC + Win32 API
  • ASP
  • MS Access
Machine TranslationMobile ApplicationsSoftware DevelopmentMobile Development

Education

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

Bachalor — Computer Science

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010

Comprehensive Secondary School for Foreign Languages “Assen Zlatarov”

High School Degree — English

Jan 2002 – Jan 2006

High School of Mathematics and Nature Sciences „Vasil Drumev”, Veliko Tyrnovo

High School Degree

Jan 2002 – Jan 2006

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