About us
TechHuddle is one of the fastest growing IT companies in Bulgaria. We help companies of all sizes with their offshore IT and IT outsourcing challenges. From start-ups to established companies, our clients have benefited from abundant IT talent in Eastern Europe. We have hired over 500 people to date for clients and we have helped more than 70 clients from around the world and across virtually every industry sector.
What Sets Us Apart
Flexibility
To ensure that our services are tailored to customer needs, we provide two different engagement models – Dedicated and On-Demand teams.
Support
We will be there to support you every step of the way. We are only successful if our clients are successful!
Execution
We design and develop solutions using state-of- the-art technologies. We have delivered industry leading solutions for small, medium and large-sized enterprises.
Talent
With 53 universities and colleges, 90% of students studying English and many tens of thousands of IT specialists employed in the IT industry, Bulgaria has a wide pool of talent. It’s no wonder they call Bulgaria the Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe.
CEO & Founder
CEO & Founder, Entrepreneur based in London, United Kingdom
Richard Yeo
Richard is a technologist by background having been a respected CTO for 15 years for the likes of Stelios (founder of easyJet), fish4, eCommera, PrimeLocation and FindaProperty.
He has deep eCommerce experience having sat on the client advisory boards of Demandware and Sterling Commerce and having been involved with launching 16 eCommerce websites including House Of Fraser, ASDA Direct and Maplin on various eCommerce platforms including Demandware, Magento and Hybris.
Richard has extensive experience of launching and scaling businesses quickly and has founded three of his own businesses to date. He successfully exited a flash sales wine / gourmet food business and continues to run and grow TechHuddle and Elasticera.
Richard is the founder and CEO of Elasticera, a cloud based dynamic imaging service used by leading eCommerce websites such as Ted Baker, Maplin, Woolworths (South Africa), ChemistDirect and Surfdome. Elasticera accelerates the delivery of images and optimises images for omni-channel, international visitors and search engines resulting in increased visitors and conversion.
TechHuddle was born from Richard's frustrations with IT outsourcing and his belief that there must be a better way.
Managing Director & Co-founder
Managing Director & Co-founder Bulgaria
Ivailo Radev
Ivailo is a technologist by background having graduated from Maths School and earned a Diploma of Master of Computer Science from Sofia University.
He started his career as a Java developer in 1998 and went on to become a Software Architect, CTO and MD over 15 years for the likes of ML Systems, Prosyst (founder of SAP Labs in Bulgaria) and ICW Bulgaria.
Ivailo has 10 years eHealth experience having implemented electronic health card and personal health record systems for governments working with the likes of Siemens, G&D, GE Healthcare and Roche Diagnostics.
He has extensive experience of launching and scaling international businesses with the forming of SAP Labs in 2000 being a part of the transition to SAP and founder of ICW Bulgaria in late 2000.
Ivailo looks after the day to day running of TechHuddle's Bulgarian offices.
Chief Operating Officer
COO, London, United Kingdom
Charlie Lines
Charlie has extensive experience of service delivery and leading operational activity having worked across a diverse range of businesses such as classified advertising, search, eCommerce and metrics management.
He launched his career at fish4 and spent over fifteen years in increasingly senior positions with start-ups where building teams, solving problems and supporting solutions became his everyday passion. By applying strong business acumen, process acuity and leadership talents, Charlie is very much at home managing day-to-day operational excellence.
Charlie's academic journey culminated in a Computing with Psychology joint honours degree, studying how psychological research addresses real-life issues – such as designing computing and mobile systems in ways that promote their acceptance and effective use.
Our Management Team
Dimitar is responsible for leading the On-Demand department. Our experienced developers and testers can be hired by the day or project.
Mariyana is responsible for recruitment and leads a dedicated team of recruiters. She is also responsible for social and team building events.
Dilyana is responsible for human resources, rentention, administration, procurement and facilities for our Bulgarian offices.
Pavlina is responsible for all facets of marketing for TechHuddle including branding and online and offline marketing activities.