Stefan Chekanov

Stefan Chekanov

Bulgaria
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Technical University of Sofia

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Software development and project management focused on Internet, mobile, and desktop…

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Experience

Education

  • Technical University of Sofia

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Volunteer Experience

  • Co-founder

    Hackafe

    - Present 11 years

    Science and Technology

    A community of professionals to spread the computer and other related knowledge among people.

Publications

  • What is sucess?

    TEDx

    Spoke on a TEDx conference on the means of "success". Told the story for the path Stefan and his brother Svetoslav had until now, the struggles and the wins. Finally it came out that they experienced the success in different and unusual ways.

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  • Team programming

    PlovDev - a speaker on a software development conference

    Spoke on a software development conference how programmers should work in a team. Explained to the audience the importance of teams when creating software. This leads to how to work with the code to make it easier for team-mates and also how to be the person that helps the team. The end result should be better programmers that produce better software.

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  • Mobile applications that communicate

    TuxCon - a speaker on a conference for mobile, embedded and wearable devices

    Spoke on a TuxCon conference about mobile applications that communicate. What obstacles meet mobile apps. What are the limitations. What should be considered while planning and building the application communication layer. And most important, how to build the communication to make the application work properly.

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  • How to earn by WordPress

    WordCamp - a speaker on a conference for the WordPress community

    Spoke on a WordPress conference about the ways people can earn money and improve their businesses using WordPress.

    It was a challenge to prepare the topic because all my life I have worked in the field of commercial software and I did not imply that Open Source can be used to earn money.

    But it turned out that several years working with WordPress I had the opportunity to observe how things happen from two perspectives: а user of WordPress and а developer of plugins and themes for…

    Spoke on a WordPress conference about the ways people can earn money and improve their businesses using WordPress.

    It was a challenge to prepare the topic because all my life I have worked in the field of commercial software and I did not imply that Open Source can be used to earn money.

    But it turned out that several years working with WordPress I had the opportunity to observe how things happen from two perspectives: а user of WordPress and а developer of plugins and themes for WordPress. I shared my experience and observations of the different channels that can be used to earn.

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  • Power and weakness of C++

    PlovDev - a speaker on a software development conference

    Spoke on a software development conference about the power and the weakness of the C++ programming language. Presented to the listeners the power side of the language, how it can help them in thei projects. Also presented the weak side they should be aware of.

    I had noticed over the years that there are programmers who underestimate C++ or afraid of it. Others use it in a way that actually damages the projects they work on. So I wanted to show the audience the strengths of the language…

    Spoke on a software development conference about the power and the weakness of the C++ programming language. Presented to the listeners the power side of the language, how it can help them in thei projects. Also presented the weak side they should be aware of.

    I had noticed over the years that there are programmers who underestimate C++ or afraid of it. Others use it in a way that actually damages the projects they work on. So I wanted to show the audience the strengths of the language and how to use them in practice. At the same time I wanted to show them the weakness of the language and how to use it for the benefit of the work.

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Projects

  • TuxCon

    TuxCon is a free annual conference about free and open-source software for Internet of things as well as mobile, embedded and wearable devices. The first edition was held on 28-29 June in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

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  • GuestVista

    GuestVista is a revenue generating smartphone application that helps hotels connect with their Guests. Offering real-time engagement. It also allows hotels to message all of their checked in guests at once. GuestVista is one of the most exciting revenue generating products to hit the hospitality sector.

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  • Brosix

    - Present

    Brosix is an Instant Messenger (chat) for enterprises, teams and groups to improve their communications, business productivity and relationships with partners and customers.

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  • Audio Compass

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    Audio Compass is a software product that allows to transfer low-delay, crystal-clear audio over the Internet (Audio Over IP) from one location to another.

    Audio Compass is used by radio stations to remotely broadcast shows.

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  • BeamYourScreen, Mikogo

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    BeamYourScreen, later grown to Mikogo, is a cross platform (Windows, Mac and Linux) screen-sharing and collaboration product.

    I was responsible for the product development since its first day. I did researches, development plans, tests, design, coding and implementation of the desktop client application, servers system, database and back-end. I was also responsible to build the servers infrastructure that worked across north Atlantic.

    Built and led the technical team including…

    BeamYourScreen, later grown to Mikogo, is a cross platform (Windows, Mac and Linux) screen-sharing and collaboration product.

    I was responsible for the product development since its first day. I did researches, development plans, tests, design, coding and implementation of the desktop client application, servers system, database and back-end. I was also responsible to build the servers infrastructure that worked across north Atlantic.

    Built and led the technical team including developers, QA, system administrators as well as support.

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  • Java Virtual Machine

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    Leading a team of software developers to build a Java Virtual Machine running on multiple platforms - Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, QNX and VxWorks.

    This virtual machine is 100% compatible with Java specification published by Sun.

    I was responsible to build the team from the ground, design the JVM, lead the development and deliver the product.

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Honors & Awards

  • Interview with Bloomberg TV Bulgaria about Secure Business Instant Messaging

    Bloomberg TV Bulgaria

    http://www.bloombergtv.bg/video/stefan-chekanov-za-biznesa-sas-zasekretena-ofis-komunikatsiya

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