Summary
Ivan Filipov is a versatile software engineering leader and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building robotics, embedded, and Edge AI systems while founding and scaling multiple ventures. Currently Head of Software Engineering at Smart Farm Robotix and CEO of VConsult and VTrading, he blends hands-on C/C++ and systems design with strategic product and business execution across agriculture, industrial automation, and mobility domains. His background includes teaching core C++ courses to hundreds of students, designing end-to-end IoT and autonomous robotics architectures, and driving cross-disciplinary teams (HW, cloud, mobile, web) to production. Notable for moving between deep technical roles (robotics firmware, IMU sensor fusion, POS and telemetry systems) and executive leadership, he often translates complex technical constraints into commercial solutions. Based in Sofia, he pairs academic roots in mechatronics and informatics with pragmatic startup grit and a knack for connecting markets and people.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Sofia High School of Mathematics "Paisii Hilendarski"
Master's degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Master's degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Bulgarian, English, German