Anton Georgiev
Project Manager at Blindside Networks
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAnton Georgiev is a seasoned project manager and full‑stack engineer with 12 years of experience leading and hands‑on building open source web conferencing software from prototype to production. Based in Ottawa, he has been a key contributor and committer to BigBlueButton, driving the Flash-to-HTML5 client transition, performance and security improvements, and cross‑stack features spanning React/ES6, Node.js, Java/Scala, MongoDB and Akka. As a manager at Blindside Networks he leads teams of up to 10, coordinates with executives and customers, plans releases for both community and customized deployments, and prototypes architecture for customer features. His background in DevOps—maintaining install scripts, SSL/nginx configuration and adapting installs across Ubuntu and BBB versions—means he blends delivery management with deep platform and deployment know‑how. Notably, he ranks among the top contributors to BigBlueButton, reflecting sustained impact on a widely used open‑source conferencing platform.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science Honours, Bachelor of Computer Science Honours at Carleton University
English, Bulgarian, French
Github Skills (23)
javascript10
scripting10
ui-components10
bash10
bigbluebutton10
ubuntu10
html10
conferencing10
nginx10
react-intl10
react10
develop9
mongodb-database9
internationalization9
localization9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bigbluebutton/bbb-install
Aug 2018 - Dec 2022
BASH script to install BigBlueButton in 30 minutes.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:12 reviews, 82 commits, 125 PRs in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Anton primarily contributed to the `bbb-install` script, focusing on configuring and maintaining the BigBlueButton installation process. Their work involved modifying the nginx configuration for SSL and server behavior, updating the MongoDB version, and adapting the installation script for different BigBlueButton versions and Ubuntu releases. They also addressed issues related to the installation process, ensuring it supports various features and dependencies.
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bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton
Feb 2014 - Jan 2023
Complete open source web conferencing system.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:175 releases, 727 reviews, 6439 commits in 9 years
Contributions summary:Anton's contributions are centered around enhancing the BigBlueButton HTML5 client, with changes primarily involving the modification of frontend components and the introduction of new features. They were responsible for implementing improvements to the user interface and features, including adding changes for multilingual support, managing layout controls, and integrating new features into the application's user interface. The user also made several modifications related to the internal structure of the client by incorporating new functionality and fixing existing functionality. They have a solid grasp of the technologies related to the project.
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