Emil Ivov
Jitsi Founder | Global Product Lead | Video Platforms & Services | Real-time Communications
- Role
- VP of Product for Video Platform and Services at 8x8
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Emil Ivov
I am the founder of the open source Jitsi project with 20+ years of experiencecreating product-fit opportunities, negotiating acquisitions by notable tech companies, and leading product and project.I am an experienced product lead for Video Platforms & Services. I am skilled in deploying globally distributed, highly scalable infrastructures and designing communication products and systems. I combine product and engineering leadership to bring real-time communications products toemerging global markets and into the hands of consumers & businesses. Real-Time Communications Platforms | Product Adaptability & Fit | Global Tech Launches | App Integration | Team Management | Agile Development Practices | Scrum & Project Management
Experience
VP of Product for Video Platform and Services
May 2021 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Launched Jitsi as a Service (JaaS) in just over 3 months, leveraging a product-led growth strategy- Grew 300% in 18 months, drawing immediate, worldwide customers across various industries including Healthcare, Education, Event Management, and global browsers such as privacy-conscious Brave Browser- Reworked original target audience for 8x8 video product to avoid competition with Microsoft & Zoom, conducting deep studyand analysis of audience and landing on product fit with software developers- Continue to lead the 8x8 Video Meetings product suite and integrated Product & Meetings Team
Education
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Computer Science
1998 — 2001
Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I)
PhD, Computer Science, Networks and Protocols
2001 — 2008
HEC Paris
Challenge+, Start-up Management
2008 — 2009
Skills
- Ipv6
- Ice
- Stun/Turn
- Unix
- Telecommunications
- Software Design
- Subversion
- Sip
- Distributed Systems
- Xmpp
- Webrtc
- Software Development
- Software Engineering
- Stun
- Bash
- Git
- Real-Time Communications
- Trickle Ice
- C++
- Java
- Voip
- Jitsi
- Nat Traversal
- Linux
- Open Source
- C/C++
- Computer Science
- C
- Programming
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