Krassy Nikolova has founded four companies and has over 20 years of experience in finance, business administration, human resources and project management. Krassy brings to 3TERA a unique blend of expertise in early-stage companies, including funding, management and human resources. One of her key strengths is implementing sophisticated, yet low-overhead systems for planning, accounting, metrics-based financial and management controls, and Board reporting.



At 3TERA, she is responsible for finances, human resources and vendor management. She has managed the company formation, developed financial models, budgets and projections for the business plan, and also handled the due diligence and closing of the company's funding. She implemented the accounting system and manages all budgeting and accounting activities. As head of human resources, she is also involved in hiring and administers the company's stock option plan and benefit plans.



Prior to 3TERA, Krassy founded Z-force, a storage networking startup that pioneered file switching and NAS aggregation, where she served as VP Finance from its inception through April 2002.



Before that, she founded Object Dynamics, a network software company, and served as CFO from the company's inception in 1993 until 1999, when it folded into Z-force. Prior to Object Dynamics, Krassy founded System Research, an infrastructure software company and one of the first 50 private enterprises in Bulgaria, where she was responsible for finances and human resources. Prior to System Research, Krassy managed human resources for Sofproekt, the leading engineering firm in Bulgaria with over 2500 employees. She started her career as a rank and file customs officer and rapidly advanced through the system to the position of second in command at the Sofia International Airport customs service, the second largest in the country.



She holds the equivalent of a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria.