Deliana Kostadinova - Personal Information

Personal Information

Name:
Deliana Kostadinova

Education:
BA in Cultural Studies, Sofia, University "St. Kliment Ochridski"
Now: working on thesis for MA in Cultural Studies/Cultural Management

Brief Bio:
Ms. Kostadinova is currently working on her thesis for MA in Cultural Studies/Cultural Management at Sofia University. She has previous experience as accounting assistant, manager of computer training center, and database developer for access control systems. Ms. Kostadinova worked as web-developer at WebStudio Ltd. She joined Netage Solutions as Internet Developer in November 1999. During the first 2 years in Netage she had completed a number of successful projects such as Mercurius e-shop, Nexcom, Unimasters Logistics Group, and LegaInterConsult web sites. Then she had become a member of NetageVC product development team, and has worked on solutions for Audax Group and YankeeTek Ventures. She was working on NetageVC v.3.0 and in the same time was responsible for the maintenance of Netage corporate web sites.
Since 2002 Ms. Kostadinova was a member of the Web Development team of Netage Solutions. She completed successfully several large web systems such as: TTFSE, GFP-DLI, GFPTT for the World Bank, a product catalogue for National Distributors, and numerous other websites for different clients. During 2004 she lead the development of a huge online university & distance learning system for the Medical University - Sofia.
In December 2004 Ms. Kostadinova joined Reality Invent as a senior developer. She was a member of a software development team working on media systems for interactive devices.
Since June 2005 Ms. Kostadinova has a leading role in PixelFlower webcreative community, as website producer, web developer & web consultant. In October 2005 four of PixelFlower's websites were nominated by the jury of the annual BG Site award, and two 1-st place awards were taken. In june 2006 three of PixelFlower's websites were awarded at the International Media Events, Albena 2006, with 6 awards, including the grand prix, "Site-of-the-year" statuette for the educational website Treasure Quest.
Contact Info:
e-mail: deli@diagonali.net
e-mail: deli@pixelflower.com

Websites' Nominations & Awards

2001

www.orac.bg, BG Site 2001,
2-nd place, category corporate website

www.mercurius.bg (currently www.classic-on-line.com), BGsite.org,
2-nd place, category eShop

www.historymuseum.org, BG Site 2001,
1-st place, category Foreign language site

2002

www.programata.bg, BG Site 2002,
nomination, category eZine

2004

www.illustrationcupboard.com, TV World
2-nd place, category Culture & Arts

www.mu-sofia.bg, IT Innovation Award, PC Magazine & spisanie.com
1-st place, category eLearning

2005

www.mu-sofia.bg, International Media Awards For Web Albena 2005
nomination, category Education

www.mint.bg, International Media Awards For Web Albena 2005
nomination, category Small and Medium Enterprises

www.mu-sofia.bg, Computerspace 2005
3-rd place, category Society & Institurions

www.mu-sofia.bg, World Summit Awards (WSA) 2005
selected to represent Bulgaria in category E-Learning


www.maleevaclub.com, BG Site 2005,
1-st place, category sport
1-st place, category online campaign
3-rd place (audience vote), category sport
3-rd place (audience vote), category online campaign

www.capasca.com, BG Site 2005,
2nd place, category Industry & production

www.darexpress.net, BG Site 2005,
3-rd place, category eCommerce

www.biotrade-bg.com, BG Site 2005,
nomination, category Health

2006

www.otkrivam.bg, International Media Awards For Web Albena 2006,
1-st place, category e-Learning
Special award for Best usability
Grand award - Best website, 2006

www.capasca.com, International Media Awards For Web Albena 2006,
1-st place, category Fashion
Special award for Best use of animation, video

www.maleevaclub.com, International Media Awards For Web Albena 2006,
1-st place, category sport

www.otkrivam.bg, Computer Space 2006,
4-st place, category Art & Culture
Special award for eGames

www.otkrivam.bg, BG Site 2006,
2-nd place, category Education & Science
3-rd place (audience vote), category Tourism & Travel

Skills & Interests

Technology Expertise

Client side: HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS
Server-side: .NET Framework, C#, PHP, ASP
Database: MS SQL, MySQL
Data transformation: XML, XSL

Professional Interests

Requirement Analysis
Project workflow
IA & Usability
XHTML & CSS
Front-end & back-end development
Web Standards
SEO

Languages Spoken

English (fluent - written & spoken)
Italian (written & spoken)
Russian (average)
Bulgarian (native)