| Website | nakov.com |
| Blog | nakov.com/blog |
| @svetlinnakov | |
| Birthplace | Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria |
| Birthdate | 6/14/80 |
| Sofia University, Ph.D. | 2010 |
| Computer Science | |
| Sofia University, MSc | 2005 |
| Distributed Systems and Mobile Technologies | |
| Sofia University, BSc | 2003 |
| Computer Science |
Svetlin Nakov is a famous Bulgarian software engineer and trainer. He is the person behind Telerik Software Academy.
Svetlin Nakov has 15 years of technical background as a software engineer, software project manager, consultant, trainer, and entrepreneur with rich experience with the .NET and Java EE platforms, information systems, databases, Web development, and software engineering. He is the author of 6 books about computer programming and software technologies, C# and Java, and tens of technical and scientific publications. Svetlin has been a speaker at hundreds of conferences, seminars, courses, and other trainings. He holds a PhD degree in computer science, medals from the International Informatics Olympiads (IOI), and the Bulgarian President’s award “John Atanassoff”. He is a part-time lecturer in Sofia University, New Bulgarian University, and the Technical University of Sofia.
Currently Svetlin drives the largest training center for software engineers in Bulgaria – Telerik Software Academy – where he coaches young people in computer science, software development, and information technologies.
His official Web site is: http://www.nakov.com