Nikoleta Koleva

Conducted AI prompt analysis, response scoring, and error annotation; developed rubrics and test cases to assess model behavior and improve prompt clarity.

Owned and managed retail operations for 14+ years, leading staff coordination, process optimization, and decision-making under pressure to maintain steady business performance.

Managed daily store operations including sales, staff supervision, and customer relations to drive store performance and maintain operational standards.

Provided translation services and linguistic quality checks for clients, delivering accurate translations and meeting tight deadlines across multiple projects.

Performed direct sales and customer service activities, meeting sales targets and supporting product presentation and store merchandising.

Designed evaluation frameworks, performed prompt/response assessment, annotated model outputs for correctness and safety, and improved workflows through structured test cases.

Activities and societies: Foundations of Cybersecurity; Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks; Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security; Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL

Completed foundational cybersecurity courses as part of the Google Cybersecurity learning pathway and currently on track for the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate.

Activities and societies: Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT; Advanced Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT; ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis; Chat with Your Data; ChatGPT + Excel

Completed multiple Coursera specializations and certification courses related to prompt engineering and AI tools (dates listed as 11.2025).

Activities and societies: Courses include Advanced Prompt Engineering for Everyone; Chat with Your Data: Generative AI-Powered SQL Data Analysis; ChatGPT + Excel; ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis; Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT; OpenAI GPTs: Creating Your Own Custom AI Assistants.

Multiple Vanderbilt University professional credentials in generative AI, ChatGPT, prompt engineering, and data analysis issued November 2025.

Activities and societies: Skills covered: Generative AI, Responsible AI, Business Strategy, Governance, Strategic Leadership.

Course on building and executing an organisational AI strategy issued November 2025.

Completed CCNA Routing and Switching Essentials coursework and certification through Cisco Networking Academy on 2017-04-30.

Grade: 5.64 (A)

Activities and societies: Student Scientific Creativity Review — 3rd Place; Certificate of Excellence; Certificate of Merit

Pursued studies in Computer Systems and Technologies (Bachelor of Engineering) and completed coursework with a reported grade of 5.64 (A); did not graduate due to not attending master thesis defence.

Grade: 5.52 (A-)

Completed high school diploma at the Natural Science and Mathematics high school with a strong STEM focus and a final grade of 5.52 (A-).

Enrolled in Bachelor's level studies in Organic Chemistry technologies and passed all first-year exams before discontinuing education.

Grade: 100%

Earned multiple applied AI and data analysis certificates awarded with top grades and recognized by the university's Center for Informatics and Technical Sciences.

Activities and societies: Includes Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL (Jul 2025) and Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security (May 2025).

Professional training on Linux, SQL, and network security tools issued in 2025.

Activities and societies: Includes ChatGPT: Master Free AI Tools to Supercharge Productivity Specialization; Generative AI Data Analyst Specialization; Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks; Foundations of Cybersecurity.

Multiple certificates related to generative AI, productivity, and cybersecurity issued in 2025.

Grade: 73/100 (C2 Proficient)

EF SET English Certificate (C2 Proficient) with a score of 73/100 issued May 2025.

Activities and societies: Coursework: CCNA Routing and Switching: Routing and Switching Essentials.

Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA) credential originally issued April 2017 and expired April 2022.