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)