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Dr. Vatchkov has been a Chairman of
the State Agency for Information Technology and Communications
since 2005. In Bulgaria, he also chairs the National Radio
Frequency Council and the Interdepartmental Commission for Space
Research. Internationally, Dr. Vatchkov has been elected as a
Chairman of the ITU Council for the period November 2008-October
2009.
Dr. Vatchkov obtained a M.Sc. in Industrial Electronics and
PhD in Technical Sciences at the Moscow Power Engineering
Institute at 1977. He is Associate Professor in Technical
Sciences at the Higher Commission for Attestation. Dr. Vatchkov
has specialisations in Microprocessor Devices, Management and
Quality Management.
Dr. Vatchkov started his career in 1973 as engineer at the
Central Computing Institute in Sofia. He has gained his wide
professional experience both in the public and private ICT
sector. His professional and personal qualities have allowed him
to hold a number of highly responsible positions, like Assistant
Professor at the Technical University in Moscow; Deputy Director
of the Institute for Technical Cybernetics and Robotics of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; General Director of Micro
Processing Systems; Managing Director of Bulvar Electronics,
Ltd; Director of Information Technology, Overgas Holding; Deputy
Director Operations of Cabletel.
From 1985 until 1992 Dr. Vatchkov was a member of the
Scientific Council of the Institute for Technical Cybernetics
and Robotics. Now he is a member of the Academic Council of the
International University and a member of the Balkan Academy of
Sciences.
Dr. Vatchkov is a member of the Federation of the Scientific
and Technical Unions in Bulgaria and the Union of Scientists in
Bulgaria. He is the 2007 prize-winner of the Bulgarian
Association of Information Technologies for overall personal
contribution to the development of the information technology in
Bulgaria. |
