Philip Yankov
Consultant at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski
Sofia-City, Bulgaria
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Yankov is a consultant and technology leader with 11 years of professional experience bridging academia and industry from Sofia, Bulgaria. He has combined hands-on engineering and leadership as CTO, product manager/team lead, and principal engineer across startups and established firms including VMware, SAP Labs, and Toptal. As founder of x8academy and an adjunct professor at Sofia University since 2009, he mentors and cultivates technical talent while still shipping product-focused solutions in a stealth-stage startup. His background spans software development, technical project leadership, and building developer-focused education programs—demonstrating comfort moving between deep technical work and strategic direction. Currently pursuing a PhD trajectory at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, he brings research-minded curiosity to practical engineering problems. Colleagues would note his persistent drive to build and teach, often balancing academic rigor with startup velocity.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Candidate, Ph.D. Candidate at Rijksuniversiteit GroningenBSc, BSc at Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiPMG "N.Obreshkov"
Github Skills (5)
hamcrest10
jsonp10
java8
phonetics4
python2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HackBulgaria/Programming101-Java
Nov 2015 - Apr 2016
Course materials & problems for HackBulgaria's Programming 101 with Java. Starting November 2015.
Contributions:89 commits, 65 pushes, 1 comment in 4 months
novemberproblemshamcrestjava8jsonp
HackBulgaria/Core-Java-2
Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 3 months
bulgariajava-coresecondsecond-editionjava
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