Round Table: The IT Manager’s Influence over the Business Processes

Yuriy Genov

Executive Officer and Member of the Management Board at DSK Bank; Chairman of the Board of CIO Club

Yuriy Genov is Executive Officer at DSK Bank. He is part of DSK Bank’s team since 1999 – first, as head of "Long-term planning and general bank projects" department, and since 2004 as Head of Directorate "Development and Implementation of IT Systems". Prior to joining DSK Bank he worked for Biochim commercial bank – first, as expert, and later as head of Payment systems department. Member of the CIO Club Bulgaria and Chairman of the Board of CIO Club. He was awarded the prestigious prize of the CIO Club Bulgaria "CIO of the Year" for 2009.

Pepa Koleva

Director IT, UniCredit Bulbank AD

Pepa Koleva has over 15 years experience in financial sector. She joins UniCredit Bulbank in 2007 when the murger of Bulbank, HVB Bank Biochim was accomplished. Before she was Director IT in HVB Bank Biochim. Koleva has participated in numerous impressive IT projects. She has been responsible for implementing the new core banking system FlexCube, electronic channels, ERP, integration with over 10 major satellite systems, etc. Her department was nominated for the IT Team of the Year in 2007 in the prestigeous competition "European Banking Technology Awards". Pepa Koleva is among the founders of the CIO Club in Bulgaria and board member of this association.

Eng. Pavlina Hristova

Head of Information and Communication Technologies Department, Gabrovo Municipality

Pavlina Hristova is Head of Information and Communication Technologies Department at Gabrovo Municipality. During the last 4 years, under the leadership and with the active participation of Eng. Hristova, Gabrovo municipality modernized its IT infrastructure. As a result, the security and reliability of the information systems in the administration have been improved and the necessary prerequisites for introducing new information systems and updating the existing solutions have been created.

Vasil Masharov

CIO, EKO Bulgaria

Vasil Masharov has been CIO of EKO Bulgaria since January 2004. Over the years his work has focused on providing the compliance of information systems with the requirements of the dynamically changing legislation in the sphere of the company’s operation, as well as on the control of current and capital IT costs and interaction with the other business units. Over the past 2 years under the leadership and with the active participation of Vasil Masharov, EKO Bulgaria have implemented a series of important IT projects.

Zlati Zlatev

Manager, Proekt Trading

Tsvetomir Dochev

Commercial Director, Velex Inc

Lyudmil Stoytcheff

Managing Partner, CBN - Pannoff, Stoytcheff & Co