Hristo Merdjanov
Software Engineering Manager at Progress
Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
Summary
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Top SchoolHristo Merdjanov is a Software Engineering Manager with 12 years of experience leading the Telerik UI for WinForms team at Progress, combining hands-on C# and native Windows expertise with people and product leadership. He spearheaded the world's first Visual Studio designer for custom WinForms controls in .NET and collaborated closely with the Microsoft WinForms team, work showcased at .NET Conf. Hristo blends UI component design, Visual Studio tooling, and new .NET features with infrastructure skills—introducing Infrastructure as Code and optimized Azure DevOps pipelines to cut build times and improve scalability. He progressed from technical support and client-facing solutions to senior engineering and team lead roles, giving him a rare mix of customer empathy and deep internals knowledge. Based in Sofia, Bulgaria, he is passionate about WinForms and native Windows development while continuously driving quality across code, builds, docs, and support. An engineer-turned-manager, he still dives into refactorings and complex technical problems rather than delegating them away.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School of Mathematics “Geo Milev”Master of Science (MSc), Structural Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Structural Engineering at University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy
Github Skills (38)
silverlight10
uwp10
xamarin10
linux10
dotnet10
winforms10
desktop10
windows-forms10
telerik10
csharp10
windows-desktop9
markdown9
cross-platform9
windows9
dotnet-core9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
telerik/Telerik-CAB-Enabling-Kit-for-RadControls-for-WinForms
Nov 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:8 commits in 8 days
TheseusTelerik/TheseusTelerik
Sep 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:17 commits in 3 days
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