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Candidate for the post of the Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau

Dr. Krastu Ivanov MIRSKI
Director of European Integration and International
Co-operation Division, Committee of Posts and Telecommunications, Bulgaria

CURRICULUM VITAE

Born: 26 February 1942, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Nationality: Bulgarian.
Marital Status: Married with one daughter.
Languages: English, French, Russian, Bulgarian -mother tongue.
Professional Qualifications:
1969-1974 Ph.D. of Economics, Electrotechnical University of Telecommunications, Moscow, Russia;
1958-1964 Engineer /M.Sc./ of Telecommunications, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
International Telecommunication Union /ITU/ Experience:
1996 - 1997 Chairman of the ITU Council;
1994 - 1996 Vice-Chairman of the ITU Council;
1994 - present Chairman and member of a number of Committees and Working groups of the ITU and its Council, e.g.:
  • WG on Policy and Strategy Planning /1992 - 1994/;
  • WG on Effective and Efficient Use of Languages in ITU/1995 - 1997/;
  • Steering Committees /PP'94, II WTDC, several annual Council sessions/;
  • Budget Control Committees /PP'94, II WTDC/;
  • Personnel Committee to the Council.
1992 - present Councillor /representative/ of Bulgaria in the Council of ITU;
1992 - 1998 Head /Deputy Head of delegation of Bulgaria for:
  • WARC’92, Torremolinos, 1992;
  • Additional Plenipotentiary Conference, Geneva, 1992;
  • WRC’93, Geneva, 1993;
  • I WTDC, Buenos Aires, 1994;
  • Plenipotentiary Conference, Kyoto, 1994;
  •  II WTDC, Valletta, 1998.
1988 - 1995 Member of delegation of Bulgaria for:
  • IXth Plenary Assembly of CCITT and WATTC, Melbourne, 1998;
  • Plenipotentiary Conference, Nice, 1989;
  • TELECOM'91, Geneva, 1991;
  • TELECOM'95, Geneva, 1995.
Career summary:
Sept. 1997 - present Director of European Integration and International
Co-operation Division, Committee of Posts and Telecommunications /CPT/

Bulgarian Policy-making and Regulatory PTT Authority, established in July 1991, Sofia Co-ordinating the activity of Bulgaria in the appropriate international organizations as ITU, UPU, CEPT and others. Strengthening the relations with other countries in telecommunications and posts. Co-ordinating the process of preparation of Bulgaria /in the field of telecommunications and posts/ for membership of the European Union.
July 1991 - August 1996 and
Feb. - Sept. 1997		 Vice-president of CPT

Practically leading the reform of Bulgarian telecommunications being responsible for the elaboration and personally involved in the implementation of Program for restructuring Bulgarian posts and telecommunications according to the principles of market driven economy: split of policy and regulatory functions from economic activity, separation of postal and telecommunication operations, elaboration of CPT policy for liberalisation. and the appropriate regulatory framework, issue of licences to a number of telecommunication operators. On the basis of the first PHARE project results and after negotiations with IBRD, EIB and EBRD - providing the appropriate financial resources from the banks for starting digitalisation of Bulgarian network.
Jan. 1987 – July 1991 Director of Strategy Planning Department, Association for Posts and Telecommunications /APT/ - former Ministry of
  Posts and Telecommunications, Sofia

Conducting the elaboration of guidelines for APT for modernization of Bulgarian telecommunications taking into account the emerging information technologies.
1979 - Dec. 1986 Senior Researcher /Associate Professor/, Head of Departments "Network Planning" and "Overall Strategy",
Institute for Scientific Research in Telecommunications /ISRT/, Sofia:

Carrying out practical guidance and participating directly in the elaboration of Master Plan for the Development of Bulgarian Telecommunications until 2006, incl. all technical, economic and organisational aspects. Development, in the framework of an ITU/UNDP project, of the ITU Network Planning Tool, known as PLANITU.
1977 - 1979 Researcher, ISRT
  Resolving problems concerning traffic forecast, network planning and quality of service of Bulgarian Telecommunications and connection of Bulgarian national network to other networks.
1975 - 1977 Chief specialist, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Sofia
  Involved in solving problems of the development of the national telecommunication network.
1965 - 1975 Researcher, ISRT
  Carrying out the elaboration of the first Bulgarian Quality of Service Plan.
July 1963 - 1965 Engineer, ISRT
  Involved in solving technical problems of the national telecommunication network.
Related activities:  
May 1997 -
May 1998		 Chairman of the Assembly of Parties of EUTELSAT;
1991- 1995 and
April - Sept. 1997		 Member of the Board of INTERSPUTNIK;
1992- 1995 and March - Sept.1997 Chairman and Member of the Board of directors /BD/ of Bulgarian Telecommunications Company /BTC/;
March 1997- present PAO /Project authorizing officer/ of the PHARE multi-country program/incl. 13 countries from Central and Eastern Europe/ for telecommunications and posts;
1991-1996 PAO of all PHARE and IFI /International Financial Institutions/ projects in the field of posts and telecommunications in Bulgaria;
1995 - present Director for Bulgaria of multi-country Distance-Learning project /4 CEE countries/ in the framework of COPERNICUS program;
1990 - 1994 Member of the Board of Scientific Union of Bulgaria

Publications:
Study book "Technical and economic problems of modern telecommunications", 1981, Sofia;
More than 100 papers and articles in Bulgarian and foreign scientific and technical journals on telecommunication development, network planning, traffic theory, strategy planning, e.g.:
  • The Reform in the National Communication System, Bulgarian Media Studies, Sofia, 1996;
  • Survey "Economic Aspects of the Quality of Telecommunications", ISRT, Sofia, 1984;
  • Lois générales pour l’établissement des plans de développement d'un réseau téléphonique national, Journal des Télécommunications, vol.44, N° 4, 1977.
Reports and lectures at a number of national and international telecommunications forums e.g.:
  • Information Society and Countries in Transition, Strategies Summit, 7th Telecommunication Forum, Geneva, Oct. 1995;
  • Bulgarian Telecommunication Market - Liberalisation and Investment Possibilities, The White House Conference on Trade and Investment in CEE, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Jan. 1995;
  • Present Status and Future Prospects of Telecommunications in Bulgaria, Telecommunications in CEE, London, Sept. 1991;
  • Some Aspects of Trunk Traffic Forecasting, International Teletraffic Congress - 10, Montreal, Canada, 1983.
Academician Acknowledgement, Membership:
1996 Academician /Member/ of the International Telecommunication Academy, Moscow;
1979 Associate Professor on Network Planning, Institute for Scientific Research in Telecommunications /ISRT/, Sofia;
1996 Member of International Telecommunications Society, Berlin, Germany
1965 Member of Scientific Union of Bulgaria.
Honours and Awards:
Silver medal - ITU 1996;
Medals and charters from governmental and telecommunication organizations; Biographical records in:
  • WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD, Marquis Who's Who, USA, 1997, 1998;
  • WHO'S WHO IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Marquis Who's Who, USA, 1998;
  • WHO'S WHO IN FINANCE AND INDUSTRY, Marquis Who's Who, USA, 1998;
  • DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, International Biographical Centre /IBC/, Cambridge, England, 1998;
  • 2000 OUTSTANDING PEOPLE OF THE 20th CENTURY, IBC, Cambridge, England, First Edition, 1998.

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