Kiril A
Principal Engineering Program Manager, Symantec, Enterprise Security Group at Broadcom
Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
Summary
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Top SchoolKiril A is a Principal Engineering Program Manager with nine years in software-focused program and release management and a long track record scaling complex R&D programs across Bulgaria, India, Israel and the US. Currently leading enterprise security delivery at Broadcom/Symantec and formerly driving Carbon Black platform releases at VMware, he combines rigorous program discipline with hands-on technical fluency. His contributions to the govmomi open-source project—adding JSON transport, primitive type serialization fixes and richer client self-identification—reflect a deep understanding of API protocols and backend integration. Comfortable managing geographically distributed teams and customer-facing beta programs, he excels at turning messy cross-functional dependencies into clear, executable plans. Trained in advanced project management at Stanford and with an academic background in physics, he brings analytical rigor and a systems-thinking mindset to large-scale software delivery.
9 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business Administration and Management General, MBA Business Administration and Management General at City University of SeattleMSc Nuclear Physics, MSc Nuclear Physics at Sofia UniversityHigh school Physics, High school Physics at Sofia School of MathematicsStanford Advanced Project Management Certificate Advanced Project Management, Stanford Advanced Project Management Certificate Advanced Project Management at Stanford University
endlish, Bulgarian, Russian
Github Skills (13)
json10
deserialization10
serializable10
go10
api10
vaapi10
serializer10
apidoc10
serialization10
testing9
github9
git-repository9
git9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
vmware/govmomi
Jun 2022 - Jan 2024
Go library for the VMware vSphere API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 5 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Kiril primarily focused on enhancing the govmomi library by implementing JSON transport support for the vSphere API. This included integrating a JSON encoding package, mapping VMOMI primitive names to Go types, and adding JSON support to the SOAP client. Furthermore, the user addressed serialization/deserialization issues for primitive types and implemented support for binary and dateTime data types in JSON, demonstrating a deep understanding of the API's data structures and communication protocols. The user also contributed to adding self-identification of the calling executable's name, version, and the Go version.
govmwarevspheresdk
karaatanassov/go_polymorphic_json
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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