Hristo Georgiev
Consulting Manager at HiQ
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
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Top SchoolHristo Georgiev is a Consulting Manager and seasoned cybersecurity specialist based in Stockholm with nine years of hands-on experience spanning offensive security, security testing, and full-stack development. Currently leading consulting at HiQ after senior roles at Nixu and DNV, he blends practical pentesting expertise with software engineering skills in Java, NodeJS, React and MySQL to deliver secure, production-ready systems. He began his career supporting networks and IT operations and has repeatedly moved between development and offensive security, giving him a rare perspective on both building and breaking systems. A KTH ICT student with a background in languages, Hristo pairs technical depth with strong communication and team leadership—experience that includes scrum master responsibilities and leading security test efforts. He is passionate about ethical hacking and pragmatic security, often translating complex vulnerabilities into actionable fixes for engineering teams. Notably, his trajectory shows a consistent shift from infrastructure and maintenance roles into senior offensive security and management, reflecting deliberate growth toward strategic security leadership.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Information and Communication Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information and Communication Technology at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyForeign Languages and Literatures, General, Foreign Languages and Literatures, General at Mälardalen University
Bulgarian, English, SwedishProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dnshealth/dns-health-web
Apr 2020 - May 2020
A web interface for DNS Health
Contributions:10 PRs, 41 pushes, 3 branches in 17 days
healthweb-interfacedns
hristog121/ID1212
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:5 commits, 27 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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