Mr. Iliya Krastev is a transformation and change management value advisor with many successful projects under his lead. He has hands on experience in all roles of the project completion success journey: as a customer, implementation partner, consultant, pre-sale executive, CIO, country manager, partner, advisor to a minister and a vendor.

With his deep industry experience in telecommunication, fintech, hospital management, public sector, as well as manufacturing, Iliya brings tools, knowledge, and skills to companies around the world. Iliya has led the IT Transformation program at the incumbent telco operator in Bulgaria when AIG was the owner.

Last but not least, he has started two businesses from scratch: a management consulting practice, and an IPTV provider. He has also been the first project manager on board at an American fintech startup (Wavecrest) in charge of the first eWallet to be launched in Europe in 2010.

Currently, Iliya is a senior value advisor at SAP. He is responsible for both the ERP portfolio of products, as well as developing new analytical, IoT, Big Data, digital agenda projects on top of SAP Cloud Platform. For the past 7 years Iliya is lecturing in project management in master’s degree program “Electronic Business” at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics in Sofia University, as well as the master’s degree program “Management Information Systems” at the Faculty of “Economics and Business Administration”.

As an author and consultant, he offers businesses and organizations the tools to create a successful transformation and meet strategic goals and long-term objectives.

As an author and consultant, he offers businesses and organizations the tools to create a successful transformation and meet strategic goals and long-term objectives. Iliya Krastev holds a BA in Business Administration from the American University in Bulgaria, an MA in Rhetoric from Sofia University, and a Global MBA from Alliance Business School at the University of Manchester in UK. He holds various certifications in project management, as well as business technology software and IT architecture tools.