Emil Kirilov
Chief Executive Officer at ZEKENG JSC
Bulgaria
Summary
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Top SchoolEmil Kirilov is a hardware-focused entrepreneur and engineer with nine years of professional experience building products from concept to small-scale manufacturing as CEO of ZEK Engineering. He blends a rare mix of embedded software and electronics expertise—gained across roles in automotive, payment terminals, and desktop software—with hands-on product leadership as former Chief Product Officer at ConnectedBin, an IoT waste-management startup. Emil’s teams routinely deliver turnkey solutions by co-locating electrical, firmware and industrial design talent, enabling faster, cost-efficient prototyping and preproduction runs for startups. He switched back from a software career to pursue his passion for tangible products, and has supported 50+ projects for 15+ startups, often acting as a virtual hardware design department during peak demand. Based in Bulgaria with a master’s in audio and video technologies, he combines technical depth with commercial pragmatism to turn inventive ideas into manufacturable products.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Audio and video technologies, Master's degree Audio and video technologies at Technical University of SofiaHigh education Foreign languages mathematics history geography, High education Foreign languages mathematics history geography at English language scool, Vidin
English, Bulgarian, German
Github Skills (13)
breakout7
sensor5
temperature-sensor5
i2c4
arduino-library4
temperature4
servo4
hal3
stlink3
stm32f43
arduino3
bluepill3
esp322
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zekeng/msp432r-core
Aug 2018 - Jan 2022
MSP432 EMT core for the production silicon (RED LaunchPad only)
Contributions:21 pushes in 3 years 6 months
siliconmsp432emtapple2nes-emulator
zekeng/Arduino_Core_STM32
Dec 2018 - Mar 2022
STM32 core support for Arduino
Contributions:37 pushes in 3 years 2 months
stlinkstm32bluepillarduinohal
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