Nikolay Ivanov

 CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Nikolay Valentinov Ivanov Address “Janko Sakazov” Str 1504., Sofia, Bulgaria Telephone - E-mail -Nationality Bulgarian Date of birth WORK EXPERIENCE • Dates (from – to) • Name and address of employer •Type of business or sector •Occupation or position held •Company overview •Main activities and responsibilities - September 2017 – Present Tek-experts, Sofia, Bulgaria Outsourcing software development Professional Service Contractor QA A leading technology solutions company specializing in software development and support services.  Administrating (beginner) Salesforce; QA contractor for Apttus (Salesforce partner) clients’ projects (CPQ 1,2 and CLM certified); Experience in Dynamics. Experience in AIC Quote to Cash. QA lead/tester in more than 10 client projects (including platinum ones), focused on pricing/billing/lifecycle (agreements)/QTC Test plans/Test cases/Defects/Jira Dashboards/Etc • Dates (from – to) February 2016 – July 2017 • Name and address of employer SoftServe, Sofia, Bulgaria • Type of business or sector Outsourcing software development • Occupation or position held Senior Quality Control • Company overview A leading technology solutions company specializing in software development and consultancy services.  • Main activities and responsibilities • Prepare test plans, generate reports after each sprint; test design/review/execution, log/retest defects • Work in agile methodology with daily standups • Basic knowledge (courses held) in Python scripting and its automation with Selenium; Experience with Postman server testing; SQL commands • Dates (from – to) Feb 2012 – Dec 2014 • Name and address of employer Validata Software Ltd., 109-115 Todor Aleksandrov Str. 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria • Type of business or sector Enterprise testing solutions for banking systems • Occupation or position held offshore Test Lead / Senior Software Consultant • Company overview Validata is a company which is working in the business with testing banking systems and migrating banks from one bank system to another. Validata is mostly specialized in testing Temenos banking systems – Globus and T24. Validata has it’s own solution for testing, migration, release and change management for banks. Validata solution includes three main products: Advanced Testing Suit (ATS) - this is ASP.NET based application which is used mainly to manage testing scripts, it has several modules like: application requirements manger, test script manager, execution manager, defect manager and etc. Validata Connectivity – this is a .NET desktop application which is used for migration projects. Automated Build-Configuration (ABC) - this is a .NET desktop application which is used for release and change management for banking software development. Main activities and responsibilities • Prepare test plans, test analysis, scripting test cases, automate and execute test suites • Unit testing, Integration testing, System testing, Acceptance testing. Functional/non-functional/Regression/Re-testing. End to end testing of company software • Logging and following tasks/subtasks in Jira/Kayako system - distribution of tasks and planning among colleagues • On/Off site presentations/communications to/with clients for company products and benefits (projects in Chili, Qatar, Jordan, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Mexico for migration to T24) • Analysis on the business and user requirements of clients • Testing client's systems with company's software Creation and execution of mapping schemes for migration of data into client's system (ETL) ; jShell • Dates (from – to) 2007 – 2012 • Name and address of employer NBG Greece, Competence Centre T24 Project; Address: Sofia, Bulgaria • Type of business or sector Banking Software • Occupation or position held Senior Tester / Business Analyst •Main activities and responsibilities End to end testing of bank software (Temenos T24) On site (Banka Romanesca,Stopanska Banka,Voivodjanska Banke,NBG Cyprus,etc) presentations of Temenos 24 functionalities and development in Treasury,FX,MM,Asset Management and Risk area. Analysis on the business/user requirements of NBG Greece subsidiary banks. Preparation of Business Requirement Developments and thorough technical testing in T24 On site functional and user acceptance tests in NBG Greece subsidiary banks Migration and post migration support of NBG Greece subsidiary banks All kind of activities, including: Calculation of Treasury related formulas, different revaluation methods, accounting entries, preparation of documents and presentations, preparation of test cases and reports, end to end testing of versions/enquiries/routines, etc • Dates (from – to) 2002 – 2007 • Name and address of employer Citibank NA Sofia / Citi; Address: Sofia, Bulgaria • Type of business or sector Banking • Occupation or position held Senior Clerical • Main activities and responsibilities End-to-end processing of Bisera, Rings and internal payment orders. Authorization of FX/MM/Derivative transactions in FlexCube . Authorization of Citius33, Citigb2l, Worldlink transactions, etc. Propose and participate in product improvement projects. Communicate and resolve issues with local banks. Report customer FX/MM/Derivatives rates in eDealer. Scrutiny liquidity. End-to-end processing of FCY pmnts and all related to it issues. Citi Direct and eDealer control on transactions. Preparing BNB reports of incoming and outgoing FCY pmnts on a monthly basis with close coordination with Fincon Department. RCSA control on credit cards, account maintenance, cheques and loans/drawdowns. End-to-end processing of Cashlink/Cash pick-up/Visalink transactions and all related issues to it. Preparing presentations for Cash transactions for GTS team on a monthly basis. • Dates (from – to) 2001 – 2001 • Name and address of employer Actavis / Balkanpharma • Type of business or sector Pharmaceuticals • Occupation or position held Sales Executive • Main activities and responsibilities EDUCATION AND TRAINING Customer service, new markets penetration policy, preparing contract agreements, offers, orders of export, orders of expedition, packing lists, invoices. Comply with Bulgarian legislation policies Master’s Degree at University of National and World Economy Certificate in Quality assurance and testing - ISTQB MOTHER TONGUE OTHER LANGUAGES Bulgarian English • Reading skills Excellent • Writing skills Excellent • Verbal skills Excellent DRIVING LICENCE(S) Yes Computer skills MySQL, SQL server, Oracle Windows 9.x/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 Temenos T24; Flexcube Salesforce, Apttus HP Quality Centre, Selenium, Postman Jira, Kayako Citi Direct, Gate Way, IBBS, MTMS, Navision Financials; V-conn; ATS Etc.