Joro Penchev
Senior Expert at Екипът на София
Bulgaria
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Top SchoolJoro Penchev is a senior expert with about 25 years of software development and project management experience, currently focused on national data governance and digital transformation initiatives at the World Bank and in Bulgarian public institutions. He combines deep full‑stack web and systems architecture expertise with hands‑on work in nodejs, frontend JS, PHP, Rails, Python and legacy platforms, and a track record of leading teams, R&D partnerships, and EU research projects. Equally comfortable in agile delivery and bespoke management strategies, he has taught computer science at Sofia University and advised multiple ministries on data policy, e‑governance and smart city planning. Outside software he is an active civic technologist and policy practitioner—chairing the national open data portal project, coordinating municipal strategy work, and consulting on governance, process optimization and innovation. His profile blends technical depth with policy impact and a cosmopolitan curiosity spanning economics, venture capital and cultural heritage, making him a bridge between engineering, public policy and civic initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Center for Economic Strategy and CompetitivenessHigh school Italian language Natural sciences, High school Italian language Natural sciences at National School of CultureAssociate's degree, Associate's degree at Babson CollegePostgraduate Degree RNA Folding Algorithms, Postgraduate Degree RNA Folding Algorithms at The University of Electro-CommunicationsBulgarian School of PoliticsMaster's degree Computer Graphics, Master's degree Computer Graphics at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
English, Bulgarian, Italian, Japanese, French, Spanish
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Github Skills (45)
plugin8
wordpress-plugin8
seo7
wordpress7
metadata7
release-management6
php6
meta-tags6
objective-c6
uiviewcontroller6
uiview6
nodejs5
google-chrome-extension5
schema-org4
structured-data4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jorr/gics-3D
Sep 2020 - Jul 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 40 pushes in 10 months
mkraeva/edu-strategy-dashboard
Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:20 pushes in 5 months
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