Iskren Vankov
COO, Europe at Alpha Ring
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolIskren Vankov is a technology leader and operator blending hands-on software engineering with strategic commercial leadership across deep tech and consumer startups. Currently COO, Europe at Alpha Ring, he has driven business development for aneutronic fusion commercialization while earlier co-founding and serving as CTO of 3veta, a platform for service providers to meet clients online. With 8–10+ years of development experience spanning low-latency trading systems (Java/C#/C++/FPGA), ML-driven trading research, and full-stack product delivery, he pairs technical depth with go-to-market execution. An Oxford, Edinburgh and Caltech-trained physicist who has published in Quantum Science and Technology and taught ML to over a million students on Udemy, he uniquely crosses academic rigor, educator reach, and startup grit. Based in Cambridge, he brings a competitive, fun-driven ethos—summed up on GitHub as "Passion, Fun, Love and Competition"—to mission-driven energy and software ventures.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science and Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science and Physics at The University of EdinburghMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of OxfordCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMathematics and Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Natural Sciences at High School of Mathematics Varna
English, Bulgarian, Russian, ItalianProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Quant14/BeamADAS
Aug 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:129 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
Quant14/ACC-Chroma-Mod
Jun 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:71 commits, 71 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 8 months
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