Vassil TerzievCo-founder and CEO
Vassil is responsible for overseeing Telerik’s strategic direction and enabling its rapid growth as a global provider of enterprise-class software and services. As a co-founder of Telerik, Vassil was instrumental in growing the sales, support and business development units of the company and establishing the fanatical dedication to customer service. Vassil’s vision and dedication has helped Telerik keep its slogan to “Deliver more than expected” and enjoy a solid track record of growing revenues and profitability in the ever changing developer tools marketplace.
Vassil earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at the American University in Bulgaria and has served in various roles in companies from real estate, investment and high-tech industries.
Svetozar GeorgievCo-founder and CEO
Svetozar has been instrumental in establishing the Telerik brand and growing the Marketing and Financial organizations within the company. As a seasoned marketing executive, he has invented some of Telerik’s most successful marketing campaigns and has led to fruition many innovative ideas in the field of digital marketing. His profound expertise in the areas of product positioning, marketing research and communications has helped Telerik become one of the most recognized brands in the space of .NET developer tools.
Svetozar previously held management positions at Lowe Lintas, as well as several IT companies. He holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Business Administration and Journalism from the American University in Bulgaria.
Boyko IaramovCo-founder and COO
In his role as Chief Operations Officer, Boyko is in charge of establishing, evaluating and managing Telerik’s internal organization processes and resources and ensuring that they support the core processes and functions of the company in the most efficient manner. Boyko is also responsible for creating and executing operational policies securing the accomplishment of company objectives. Before occupying this position, Boyko was Telerik’s chief information officer and head of IT department. While dealing with the knowledge management and collaboration efforts within Telerik, Boyko led many of the company’s key infrastructure efforts and managed to take Telerik to the next dimension – the cloud.
Prior to Telerik, Boyko was a Managing Director of a leading UK software company developing HR solutions. He received his Bachelor’s Degrees in Business Administration and History at the American University in Bulgaria.
Hristo KosevCo-founder and CTO
Hristo is responsible for the evolution of the technical organization at Telerik and its never-ending quest for innovation and new products that serve unaddressed market needs. As the creator of Telerik’s first products, Hristo has always stayed close to product development but has also been heavily involved in creating the appropriate structure and development processes to help Telerik advance and keep its product leadership. At present, Hristo is leading Telerik’s foray into the .NET Productivity Tools market and is responsible for the rapid evolution of Telerik’s tools for code analysis, refactoring, unit testing and mocking.
Hristo has been developing software for more than 16 years and has served as Architect, Project Lead and Senior Developer in many software companies. Hristo holds a Master’s degree in Communication Technologies from the Technical University of Sofia in Bulgaria.
Viresh BhathiaCo-Founder and CEO InstallShield Software Corporation
Viresh is the Founding Chief Executive Officer, co-founder and visionary behind one of the most recognized software companies in World. Viresh’s strong vision helped InstallShield become the leading provider of innovative Internet-enabled software distribution and installation deployment solutions. A self-funded entrepreneurial venture, InstallShield’s products are the industry standard for ISV’s and developers. Macrovision Corporation purchased the company in 2004.
Viresh has received multiple industry awards including KPMG’s “Illinois High Tech Award,” Ernst & Young’s “Software Entrepreneur of the Year Award” and a mention in Silicon India Magazine’s “Top 100.”
Viresh has served on the Boards of various startup companies since 1998 and freely devotes his time to assist many emerging entrepreneurs.
Viresh is a Computer Science graduate from Northwestern University.
Richard CampbellCo-founder of Strangeloop Networks
Richard Campbell is one of the co-founders of Strangeloop Networks and today serves as product evangelist, introducing the company's unique story to advisors, investors, patent attorneys, beta-customer candidates, potential employees, etc.
Richard has more than 30 years of high-tech experience and is both a Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). He has consulted with a number of leading North American organizations; Barnes&Noble.com, Dow Chemical, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Services, Reuters, Subaru/Isuzu and the U.S. Air Force. In addition to speaking at conferences around the world, Richard is co-host of the ".NET Rocks!, the Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers" podcast and the host of "RunAs Radio, the Internet Audio Talk Show for IT Professionals" podcast.
Thomas JenningsManaging DirectorSummit Partners, L.P.
Tom Jennings is a Managing Director at Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm that provides growth financing to exceptional companies. Founded in 1984, Summit has raised more than $11 billion in capital and today makes equity investments ranging from $5 million to $500 million in growing and profitable companies. Tom focuses primarily on software, technology, healthcare and life sciences growth equity investments. His rich investment experience includes companies like Unica Corporation, Sage Telecom, Inc. Commnet Wireless, LLC, NameMedia, Inc. and many others. Tom holds an A.B. in Economics and Theology from Boston College.