Varty and Boyan cross their paths in Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2013, where they were working as project managers. In 2015, together with other colleagues, they began to conduct courses for PMP certification preparation. In just one year the course acquires extremely wide popularity. At the end of 2016, 220 participants have completed the course and over 1/4 of them are successfully certified in the field of project management, obtaining their project management Professional (PMP®) certificate.
In the beginning of 2018, the idea of a start-up company was born, focused on promoting project manager profession, by sharing a specific experience that the founders of the PM upgrade acquired during their practice.
The courses we offer cover both induction and advanced levels. The induction level is suitable for people who would like to learn more about the specifics of the profession and become part of it. Advanced courses are appropriate for already experienced project managers who are willing to increase their qualification, demonstrating their knowledge by taking PMP exam.
We have also planned a number of events related to the maintenance of the certificates, during which we will share experience from our already implemented projects. Through real examples we will uncover all the subtleties of the profession that have helped us to cope with complex situations, and we will look into specific cases.
Varty Kuyumdjian is working in project management field since 2006. In 2009, Varty is certified as Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). In his carrier, he has many completed projects, such as developing and implementing the electronic biometric voting system in the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria and multiple transformations for international clients, such as Panasonic, Yara International, Albert Heijn, Mazda, Kearcher, Datwyler, Ericsson, Posten Norge, DSB and others.
Varty is a happy father of a 3 years old son and he is passionate about the colorful Scandinavian culture and history.
Boyan Barzakov is a certified Project Manager Professional (PMP®) and professional Scrum Master (PSM), an expert with experience in project management. He began his career in the wonderful world of heavy goods trucks, where the most challenging part of the work is organizing information flows. Thus, for nearly 10 years, he creates and maintains the business management databases of many different companies. He acted as program manager for Postnord, as well as Account Project Lead and project manager for some of the biggest clients of Hewlett Packard and DXC Technology. Currently, Boyan is an Account Project Lead, the driving force of the PMP trainings at DXC Technology and he participates actively in the global company Agile organization.
Boyan uses his wide experience to continuously improve his talents in training and working with people. He relies very much on leadership qualities, thinking in the direction “This is possible and will happen”, communication skills and individual approach.
Boyan is married, father of two happy children. The little free time he has, Boyan likes to use for photography, playing drums, graphic design, biking, traveling and noisy concerts.