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Stefan Stefanov

CEO

Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria16 yrs 7 mos experience
AI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Over 15 years of experience in software organization scaling.
  • Expert in aligning cross-functional teams for product innovation.
  • Proven track record in driving P&L accountability across diverse business models.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS product leader with extensive experience in strategic growth and operational excellence.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyStrategic LeadershipProduct Management

Other Skills

EngineeringUXCross-functional Team AlignmentOperational ExcellenceTeam LeadershipSoftware DevelopmentSaaSGrowth InitiativesGrowth StrategiesBuilding GenAI ProductsEvaluating GenAI OpportunitiesMarketing StrategyPricing StrategyDesign ThinkingArtificial Intelligence (AI)

About

Strategic Business Leader & Advisor Results-driven leader with over 15 years of experience scaling software organizations and managing complex multi-product portfolios. Proven track record in driving full-cycle P&L accountability across SaaS, PaaS, and on-premise businesses. Expert in aligning Engineering, Product, Support and GTM functions to accelerate enterprise value, facilitate product innovation, and deliver market-leading CX. Passionate for scaling businesses via organic and in-organic growth. Experience in evaluating assets for in-organic growth - from initial selection to due diligence and integration.

Experience

16 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
9 mos
Current Experience

Icanpreneur | file > new > startup®

2 roles

Angel Investor

Sep 2025Present · 9 mos

Community Founding Member

May 2023Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • For tech entrepreneurs and product builders who want to get from idea to product-market fit without relying on luck, Icanpreneur is the first Accelerator-as-a-Software to boost the odds of market success through a structured approach to entrepreneurship and emerging online community.

Progress

9 roles

VP of Product

Promoted

Aug 2025Present · 10 mos

  • Leading the Sitefinity product line at Progress, with full accountability for Product Management, Engineering, and UX. In this strategic role, I drive the vision, execution, and growth of a core business unit that empowers enterprises to deliver modern, scalable, and personalized digital experiences.
  • My leadership is focused on aligning cross-functional teams around a bold product strategy, fostering innovation at scale, and ensuring operational excellence across the entire lifecycle — from ideation to delivery and customer success.
  • Key areas of impact:
  • Set and execute a long-term product vision that aligns with company strategy and customer outcomes
  • Lead and inspire global teams across PM, R&D, and UX to deliver high-impact digital experience solutions
  • Create a culture of ownership, agility, and innovation while scaling organizational capabilities
  • Strengthen customer and partner relationships to ensure product-market fit and business impact
  • Collaborate closely with executive leadership to drive growth, differentiation, and market leadership
Product ManagementEngineeringUXCross-functional Team AlignmentOperational ExcellenceProduct Strategy+1

Senior Director of Product Management

Promoted

Dec 2022Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Leading Product Management for the Digital Experience business unit at Progress, comprising of the following product lines:
  • Sharefile document collaboration platform
  • Telerik and Kendo UI Developer Tooling
  • Sitefinity DXP & Sitefinity Insight CDP
  • MOVEit managed file transfer platform
  • WS_FTP server and client
  • Corticon rules management platform
Team LeadershipProduct ManagementOperational ExcellenceSoftware DevelopmentSaaSStrategic Leadership

Director of Product Management and Product Marketing

Feb 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Leading the Product Management, Product Marketing and Technical Support functions for the DevTools business at Progress
Operational ExcellenceStrategic LeadershipGrowth InitiativesGrowth StrategiesProduct Management

Senior Manager, Product Management and Product Marketing

Promoted

Feb 2019Feb 2021 · 2 yrs

  • Leading the Product Management and Product Marketing functions for the DevTools business at Progress
Operational ExcellenceStrategic LeadershipGrowth InitiativesGrowth StrategiesProduct Management

Sr Product Manager

Apr 2018Feb 2019 · 10 mos

  • Developer Tools Product Manager working with a wide range of product lines:
  • AR\VR
  • UI for Xamarin
  • UI for WinForms
  • UI for WPF and Silverlight
  • UI for UWP
  • JustMock
  • Fiddler
  • JustDecompile and JustAssembly
Operational ExcellenceGrowth InitiativesGrowth StrategiesProduct ManagementStrategic Leadership

Product Manager

May 2016Apr 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Product Management role focused on driving the product strategies and roadmaps for the Telerik UI for WinForms, WPF/Silverlight, UWP, Xamarin products.
Growth InitiativesGrowth StrategiesProduct Management

Technical Team Manager & Product Manager Telerik UI for WinForms

Promoted

Dec 2014Nov 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Leading the Telerik UI for WinForms engineering team, as well as Product Management for the same product.

Technical Team Manager

Promoted

May 2013Nov 2016 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Managing the software development and support team responsible for the UI for WinForms product that helps developers to build reliable desktop applications faster, cheaper, easiers. We had plenty of achievements to keep this product on the trend line and to serve our customers.

Support Engeneer - Technical, Enterprise, Director

Jun 2010May 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Held various support roles in the organization, from assisting customers with their product inquiries, to helping run the whole support organization.

Mentor the young - bulgaria

Mentor

Mar 2023Mar 2024 · 1 yr · Sofia City, Bulgaria

  • Mentoring young talent towards achieving their entrepreneurial goals as part of the 2023 and 2024 Mentor The Young program

Sid-2008 ltd

Co-owner at SID-2008 Ltd.

Oct 2008May 2009 · 7 mos · Dobrich, Bulgaria

  • Running a small shop, where I was taking care running the business, including, accounting, staff, stock, maintenance.

Abes & al inc.

Summer Internship Program USA

May 2005Sep 2009 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Starting in 2005 to 2009, for five years I was on a summer internship program in USA, working as a employee and then manager of a retail store.
  • Taking care of the whole store (over 5000 items), personnel, merchandise
  • Making orders
  • Working with customers
  • Responsible for the cash overturn
  • Hiring and managing the employees (approximately 10 people)
  • Мarketing promotions

Education

New Bulgarian University

Master of Science (M.Sc.) — Management in Tourism

Jan 2008Jan 2010

University of Economics - Varna

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) — Management in Tourism Business

Jan 2004Jan 2009

High School of Tourism

High School Diploma — Management in Hotel Business

Jan 2001Jan 2004

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