Ivan Dimitrov

I lead a small team that owns automation of the infrastructure in Sitefinity product. The team supports systems that Sitefinity rely on to keep the business growing. The team is focused on developing tools to run product infrastructure systems, internal portals and systems, configuration management, automation and scaling problem which requires high professional combination of infrastructure systems engineering with software development.

Lead a team delivering mission-critical software to ensure flawless operation of the main product. Architecting and implementing the entire Test Automation Environment and custom APIs based on .NET/C#/WCF to verify that the CMS is functioning as expected and ensure the quality of Test Driven Development. Architected and implemented the product’s Build Infrastructure using the MSBuild platform. Develop several critical in-house applications. R&D of extensibility points. Release engineering.

Worked on extensibility points to adapt Sitefinity to support Test Automation, Continuous Integration, distribution builds. Upgraded and adapted the code to support 3rd party APIs used in Sitefiniy core-ASP.NET AJAX,MVC,HTML/JS,ORM libraries. Performed code and performance analysis of the entire system and applied fixes where needed. Involved in developing the products download service(WCF)used by all WEB and WPF installers of Telerik portfolio. Developed internal solutions/tools with WebAPI/MVC3

Provide code level technical support to developers. Developed .NET/C#/HTML/JS apps to demonstrate resolution of a problem Interacted with customers to resolve complex technical problems they faced with Sitefinity APIs via support tickets, remote sessions, phone calls and on-site visits. Applied fixes to the product when the issues could not be resolved otherwise and prepared custom builds. Leading the first CHM documentation of the product and ensured that it is up-to-date.

My major focus was on the User Control Panel and the backend administration system, all based on PHP 5.2. I was also involved in the development of Sign-Up forms, login UI and User Management as well as the Shopping Cart experience. I monitored the server systems to identify leaks and perform optimizations. I was dealing with customers to help them resolve complex problems.

Led regular classes in Biology and Chemistry complying with all the governmental education regulations.

Configured security system assets such as motion detectors, electronic readers and cards. Configured Windows based monitoring systems - user managements, reports, localization, gps tracking etc. Performed regular firmware upgrades.