Desislava Stankova

Address: Mladost 2, bl. 252, entr.2, Sofia 1799, Bulgaria

Contact: d v s t a n k o v a @ g m a i l . c o m ; + 3 5 9 8 9 9 9 8 0 5 8 1
Date of birth - October 5, 1980
Nationality: Bulgarian

WORK EXPERIENCE

Telelink EAD, Sofia, Bulgaria

Jan. 2008 – present
Pre-sales Manager - management and supervision of pre-sales (on a leave for the
activities; setting up and managing an electronic system for period Sept 2009 –
administration of pre-sales service requests; project reporting; Aug 2010)
contract drafting and supervision; tender offers (incl. EU funded)
– drafting and supervision; actively involved in the R&D activity
related to outsourcing products; temporary in charge for the
Partners relations of the company

Philips Healthcare, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Nov. 2009 – Mar. 2010
Intern in the Emerging Markets Division, involved in project
coordination and management of an international legal
compliance project (incl. Philips distribution agreement update),
covering the territories of India, China, Latin America and Russia

Telelink EAD, Sofia, Bulgaria

Project Manager - project management (project planning, risk May 2005 – Jan. 2008
management, reporting, etc.), including EU funded projects,
Partner relations and communication management; drafting and
revising contracts and tender offers

Liberal Integration Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria

June 2004 – May 2005
Legal Adviser - EU Funded Projects – legal supervision and
project management – tender documents and contract
elaboration; drafting constituent documents, contracts, legal
opinions; legal and other project documents translation

Davco Group EAD, Sofia, Bulgaria

July 2001 – Aug.2005
Legal assistant – drafting legal documents – contracts, protocols,
statutes; personal statements on legal cases; legal documents
translation in English and Spanish

Work & Travel*, Maryland, USA

June 2002 – Oct 2002
Sales assistant and team leader at Royal Farms convenient store, June 2003 – Oct 2003
Ocean City, Maryland
Hostess at Ponzetti`s and Duffy`s restaurants, Ocean City,
Maryland
*Work&Travel USA is an exchange program, providing university students
with the opportunity to work in the USA in the tourist industry during the
summer for up to 4 months.
EDUCATION

Tilburg University ,
Tilburg, The Netherlands
Aug. 2009 – July 2010
Master Program in Law and Technology (LLM),
Graduated with distinction

Principal subjects - Innovative Technologies Risks and

Regulation, Cybercrime, E-Commerce, Privacy and Data
Protection, Contracts and ICT, Liability and the Internet,
European Intellectual Property Law and Technology

Master Thesis topic – Continuity in IT outsourcing

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”,

Sofia, Bulgaria
Oct. 1999 – Dec. 2004
Bachelor and Master in Law (LLM)

Principal subjects - Civil law, Criminal law, Commercial law,

International law, EU law, Intellectual Property law, Labor law,
etc.

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”

Center for educational services
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sep. 2004 – June 2007
International Relations – professional qualification

Principal subjects - International relations, Project Management,

International Policy, European integration, Diplomatic Law, etc.

Spanish Language High School “Miguel de

Cervantes”
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sept. 1995 – May 1999
Secondary education – high school diploma

Principal subjects - Spanish language, English language, Maths,

History, Biology, Philosophy, Spanish and Latin American
Literature, Bulgarian Literature, etc. – most of the subjects taught
in Spanish.
SKILLS

Languages Bulgarian: mother tongue

English: excellent, IELTS score 8.0 (March 2009), C2 level
Spanish: very good, DELE Básico certificate, C1 level
Italian: basic, A2 level

IT skills Excellent command of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Project)
User knowledge of SharePoint

Additional skills Lecturer to the Internet and Law course of E-business and E-
and competences government, and Technology Entrepreneurship and
Innovations in IT Programmes. Lecture Topics: IPR in
software and databases. Protection of IPR. Domain names –
legal nature and protection.
University Of Library Studies And Information Technologies
(UNIBIT), Sofia, November 2010

Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate

Project Management Institute, June 2008

Training course on team management, motivation and

leadership
May 2006

Training course on practical implementation of Bulgarian

civil law
April – July 2005

English language course and certificate

Harrow House College, London, UK, July 1998

Legal English and Business English skills

Language courses attended, Sofia, Bulgaria

Tourist Guide training and certificate – Spanish and English

June 1998

Hobbies and Scuba diving, travelling, dancing, photography

activities Rotaract, Sofia City, District 2482

Driving license Category B, Since 2001

References available upon request