MDE Profiles: Tsvetko Parandiev

Personal Profile

My name is Tsvetko, but better known to most as "Ceco". I have extensive experience in web development but my knowledge doesn't end here, I'm really keen on automotive engineering and house constructions.

Favourite hobbies:

• working on cars
• hiking
• cycling

Favourite marine creature: octopus

Party trick: Pretending that I can fix everything that goes bad and to be honest most of the time it happens.

2 truths & a lie:

• I've never broken a bone.
• My mom has a twin.
• I don't drink coffee.

Career Profile

I joined Ascent almost 2 years ago as Team Leader and Marine Data Exchange was my first and only project so far. I'm extremely happy that I'm still part of the project and I really enjoy my time spent on it. At the beginning of my journey with the project, I was amazed by the amount of data that revealed exciting and interesting obstacles to solve. Before Ascent I've been working for different companies, from outsourcing to production ones with various technologies like AWS, Azure, GCP, SQL, Mongo, .Net, NodeJS, React, Angular...

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cvetko-parandiev-739049161

Responsibilities: Keeping the team members motivated and supported. Actively listening to team members’ feedback and resolving any issues or conflicts. Leading the technical direction of the project. Help define the scope of work and keep track of its accuracy - Proposing implementations based on any constraints that may be present.

Why did you choose this career? The career choice did come naturally, at school programming began to be more and more appealing to me. Math was also extremely easy and interesting for me and a couple of years later I graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science.

What do you love about your job?: The fact that I'm learning new things every day.

What do you find challenging about your work? Understanding customer requirements, how they fit in the business and how they can stay beneficial in the future.