Valentin Bozov
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SUMMARY
Software engineer with 10+ years commercial experience in object oriented
design (OOD) and programming (OOP). Excellent background and hands-on
experience with:
. C/C++, Visual C++ 5/6/7/8/9
. Multithreading
. Object Oriented Programming/Design
. Win32 API, MFC, WinINET
. COM/DCOM, ActiveX
. Microsoft Visual Studio 5/6/7/8/9
. ATL, STL (Standard Template Library) VMWare 4/5/6
. Windows services
. Visual Source Safe, SourceOffSite, Perforce
. Eclipse
. Work eligibility: US citizen
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT INFO
Operating Systems Windows 95/98/NT//2000/XP/Vista,
vxWorks/vxWorks based proprietary Real Time
OS, POSIX
Languages and C#, Visual Basic 5/6/.NET, VBScript, Java
Development Environments Script, HTML, Visual Source Safe 5/6,
SourceOffSite 3, IIS, MSSQL Server 2000
Technologies & Libraries CGI, IVI (Interchangeable Virtual
Instruments)
Tools Perforce, Siebel, Etrack, Prefast, WinDBG
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
SYMANTEC CORP (www.symantec.com) 05/2005 - 06/2009
Senior Software Engineer (client division)
Responsibilities:
. Designed, developed, maintained and troubleshoot: SymSetup, NCO (Norton
Confidential), NPC (Norton Protection Console), CRT (Consumer Response
Team) products, STAR (Security Technology And Response).
Achievements:
. Improved logging (thus overall) speed of Norton products.
. Implemented schema for instant change of UI language (MUI).
. Designed, implemented and troubleshoot new LiveUpdate repository allowing
unlimited rollbacks.
PACIFIC MINDWORKS (http://pacificmindworks.com) 04/2004 -
04/2005
Software Engineer (client division)
Responsibilities:
. Developed, maintained and troubleshoot IVI (Interchangeable Virtual
Instruments) driver for latest product of a major company in the market.
. Designed and developed numerous test clients in C/VC++, C#, VB.NET.
. Wrote complete driver documentation.
Achievements:
. Resolved device specific communication problems (device<-
>driver communications).
SonTek/YSI Inc (www.sontek.com) 08/2002 -
05/2003
Software Engineer (client/server divisions)
Responsibilities:
. Designed, developed and troubleshoot NT/2000/XP Windows service (multi-
connection LAN access to instruments), drivers (instrument's output
format to unified) and filters (file post-processing).
Achievements:
. Created stable working service for multiple client access to instruments.
. Improved signal processing speed and old communication protocol.
ABACUS AMERICA INC. (ISP) (http://www.aplus.net) 08/2001 -
07/2002
Software Engineer (server division)
Responsibilities:
. Developed server softare for ABACUS sites (CGI executables, COM servers),
site/server administering, researched & developed IDN (Internationalized
Domain Names) support.
Achievements:
. Wrapped over old class library for safer access.
. Implemented auction site for domain names.
KOMERO TECHNOLOGIES (http://www.komero.net) 09/2000 - 05/2001
Software Engineer (client division): (a company of MGI Soft)
Responsibilities:
. Coordinated Beta Releases of "Up404"- a Plug-in for Internet Explorer on
all Microsoft platforms - Windows 9x, NT, 2000.
. Designed andf implemented multithreaded client for stress-testing
(multiple Internet sessions).
Achievements:
. Shortened time for stress-test. Coordinated stable Beta release on all
platforms.
EON Technologies (http://www.eontechnologies.bg) 09/1997
- 09/2000
Software Engineer (client division)
Responsibilities (Major projects):
. Designed and implemented "Planmaster 4" - Circuit Board CAD/CAM system.
GUI part: porting "Workspace" control, configurable shortcuts, custom GUI
etc.
. Project design and implementation of ADV2 and ADV3 - ActiveX data
visualization tools for Oracle (controls<->form<->container
notifications, 'callback', 'do', 'undo' functionalities, data-tree
management, rollbacks).
. Participated of "UI Editor" 's conversion standalone into ActiveX for
Oracle, ActiveX implementation, cache functionality. Researched Oracle
Developer's suite support for Automation/ActiveX.
Achievements:
. Reliable and flexible design (ADV3) accommodating all changes in
requirements.
. Stable implementation of all features. Implemented in advance future
enhancements.
EDUCATION
Master's Degree in EE, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria