Emil Tabakov
Product at icanpreneur | file > new > startup®
Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
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Top SchoolEmil Tabakov is a product-focused software leader with 10 years of experience building developer-facing and consumer products, currently leading product at icanpreneur. He has deep roots in mobile and cross-platform technologies, having managed NativeScript at Progress and improved build automation for its CLI to smooth multi-platform developer setups. At Coursera he led Guided Projects, integrating an acquired startup product into a large ecosystem and driving measurable B2C/B2B impact. Emil combines hands-on engineering experience, open source community stewardship, and people management—running multiple engineering teams and mentoring talent. Based in Sofia, he blends pragmatic product strategy with developer empathy, often shipping tooling and process improvements that quietly accelerate teams.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiHigh School of Mathematics and Science "Acad. Nikola Obreshkov", Burgas
Bulgarian, English
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Github Skills (27)
windows10
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android10
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macos10
automations10
scripting9
exceptions9
java9
nativescript9
sql9
windows-service9
optimization9
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
NativeScript/nativescript-cli
Mar 2017 - Aug 2019
Command-line interface for building NativeScript apps
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:39 commits, 54 PRs, 58 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Emil primarily contributed to the project's setup and build processes. They focused on fixing installation scripts for macOS and Windows, updating the Android SDK configuration and tools. The commits demonstrate a strong focus on automating the setup process for various platforms, ensuring a smoother developer experience, and improving build configurations. They also removed deprecated commands.
nativescript-appsreact-nativecommand-line-interfacejavascriptandroid
5kmrun-bg/fivekmrun-app
Aug 2017 - Feb 2025
A mobile app for 5kmrun.bg
Contributions:30 releases, 5 reviews, 101 PRs in 7 years 7 months
react-nativefirebaseandroidmobile-appflutter
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