<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>The ApplauseLab team on ApplauseLab</title><link>https://applauselab.ai/team/</link><description>Recent content in The ApplauseLab team on ApplauseLab</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://applauselab.ai/team/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Trifon Getsov</title><link>https://applauselab.ai/team/trifon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://applauselab.ai/team/trifon/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="co-founder--ceo--applauselab"&gt;Co-Founder &amp;amp; CEO @ ApplauseLab&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;January 2025 - Present&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Leading a specialized R&amp;amp;D and idea acceleration lab focused on building products and helping founders turn B2C ideas into MVPs and secure funding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Building next-gen products in personal development and wellbeing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Guiding startups from concept to market-ready products&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Built smart. Delivered fast. Designed to solve.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="co-founder--ceo--from-farm-to-table"&gt;Co-Founder &amp;amp; CEO @ From Farm to Table&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;October 2024 - Present&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Building a cutting-edge manufacturing facility that converts agricultural waste into biodegradable materials, advancing sustainable materials and circular economy solutions.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Kris Nikolov</title><link>https://applauselab.ai/team/kris/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://applauselab.ai/team/kris/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="co-founder--cto--xhealai"&gt;Co-Founder &amp;amp; CTO @ xHeal.ai&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;October 2025 - Present&lt;/strong&gt; | Miami, FL (Remote)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Building the future of preventive healthcare - making it understandable, actionable, and affordable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Launched platform live in the US with Europe expansion coming soon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Architecting 360° healthcare platform that transforms how people think about their health&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Creating technology that catches health issues before they become critical&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Building scalable infrastructure to support international growth&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="cloud-architect--equitymultiple"&gt;Cloud Architect @ EquityMultiple&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;October 2022 - Present&lt;/strong&gt; | Remote (Contract)&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Kalin Stoev</title><link>https://applauselab.ai/team/kalin/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://applauselab.ai/team/kalin/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="full-stack-architect--ai--mobile-systems--xhealai"&gt;Full-Stack Architect | AI &amp;amp; Mobile Systems @ xHeal.ai&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;October 2024 - Present&lt;/strong&gt; | Miami, FL (Remote)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Architected and shipped production AI-powered healthcare platform transforming reactive healthcare into proactive wellness management through intelligent data unification and personalized recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Architected entire React Native application from scratch following iOS Human Interface Guidelines and best practices, implementing scalable architecture with Zustand for global state management and modular component&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designed the database schema and AI workflow architecture for consistent data flow&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designed and launched production app to US App Store with 5000+ active users, 99.9% uptime, and 4.8★ average rating&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Integrated Apple HealthKit API enabling real-time bidirectional synchronization of 50+ health metrics (heart rate, sleep patterns, activity levels, nutrition data) across iOS ecosystem&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="lead-ai-software-engineer--applauselab"&gt;Lead AI Software Engineer @ ApplauseLab&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;October 2024 - Present&lt;/strong&gt; | Remote&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Nikolay Kolibarov</title><link>https://applauselab.ai/team/nikolay/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://applauselab.ai/team/nikolay/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="senior-software-engineer--finonex"&gt;Senior Software Engineer @ Finonex&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;April 2023 – Present&lt;/strong&gt; | Bulgaria (Remote)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Designed, developed, and maintained a distributed lead recommendation and scoring system for fintech call centers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Built reactive lead scoring system using Python, Redis, Lua, and Kafka to process 3M+ leads in real-time across thousands of sales representatives.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Developed call dialog synchronization and A/B testing features for lead conversion optimization.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Migrated deployments from raw YAML to Helm for improved maintainability.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Enhanced CI/CD pipelines with automated integration testing and ephemeral environment provisioning in Kubernetes.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designed APIs with Express, MariaDB, Redis, and Kafka.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Built desktop and web apps for call center agents and support teams.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reduced AWS RDS costs through data modeling and query optimization.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Developed monitoring dashboards and alerts in Grafana.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="senior-software-engineer--fieldin"&gt;Senior Software Engineer @ Fieldin&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;July 2022 – April 2023&lt;/strong&gt; | Bulgaria (Remote)&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Samuil Dimov</title><link>https://applauselab.ai/team/samuil/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://applauselab.ai/team/samuil/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="ux-lead--xhealai"&gt;UX Lead @ xHeal.ai&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 2025 – Present&lt;/strong&gt; | Miami, Florida, United States (Remote)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Leading the design of xHeal&amp;rsquo;s user experience, creating intuitive flows, dashboards, and logging tools that help users manage chronic conditions. Conducting user research and collaborating with product teams.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="designer--the-missing-link-tech"&gt;Designer @ The Missing Link Tech&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;December 2023 – November 2025&lt;/strong&gt; | Sofia, Bulgaria (Hybrid)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Full-time designer focusing on web design, UI testing, and creating user-centered digital experiences.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>