Software Group CEO and leadership

Kalin Radev is the CEO of Software Group, a global technology company that is specialized in delivery channel and integration solutions for the financial sector. Mr. Radev is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the Microfinance Center (MFC) and the Indian-Bulgarian Business Chamber. He brings 20+ years of professional experience in IT, 15+ of which in financial inclusion, banking and microfinance. Kalin has extensive international experience leading strategic projects in Europe, Africa, Asia, Pacific and Latin America. His expertise has been crucial for carrying out more than 100 projects around the globe, focused on developing IT strategies and designing solutions that accelerate financial inclusion and enhance efficiency. The beneficiaries were organizations from the financial sector as well as NGO’s such as: USAID, World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), World Bank, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), Opportunity International, Triple Jump, Finance in Motion, echange, Chemonics and others.

Bozhana has more than 15 years of experience in Human Resource Management. Seasoned in recruitment and selection, training and career development, performance appraisal, policy development and implementation, internal communication and regulatory compliance amongst other related roles, she has worked in the Telecom, Banking and Software Development industries. Prior to joining Software Group Bozhana held various HR managerial positions with one of the top 5 banks in Bulgaria where she was involved in the overall manpower planning process as well as a key HR role with a leading multinational full service web development and design agency where she established the HR function from scratch.

Lucija is a seasoned international development management professional with over 15 years of experience in managing operations across Europe, Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East. She focused on housing and housing micro-finance, capital mobilization, new product development and market entries, as well as complex integrated solutions targeting the bottom of the pyramid. Lucija has extensive experience in development management and multi-stakeholder relations, from different type of organizations among which not-for-profits, governments, corporates and financial institutions.

Russell is an accomplished executive with solid knowledge and experience in the banking and technology industry. He has worked for more than 20 years in Retail Financial Service delivery and Information Technology consulting and management, in both developed and emerging markets, with extensive experience in North America, Latin America, Africa, CEE countries, Central Asia and the Caribbean. Russell carries specific industry knowledge of micro-banking, SME, and niche players who offer solutions to expand access to technology and services in mass markets.

Geraldine O'Keeffe is a Chief Innovations Officer at Software Group and is based in Nairobi, Nairobi National Capital Area, Kenya. She has worked as COO at Software Group, Director of Implementation/ Support at Craft Silicon, and consultant at Emerging Markets Group.

Application developer and architect of financial software systems

Technologies: Delphi 2009, Indy Tiburon, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Tapestry, Jetty, SmartClient, Oracle FLEXCUBE, Temenos T24, Abacus OneWorld, MSSQL 2000-2008, Paragon ATMulator Plus, ISO8583, APTRA Advance NDC, ProCash NDC, PayShield 9000, SMPP 3.4, USSD, SMTP, OpenSSL, Eclipse, NetBeans, Ubuntu, Windows 98-2008, VirtualBox, HyperV, VMWare, Amazon EC2, IPSEC, Delegate