Tsvetomir Petrov

Tsvetomir Petrov is a hardware/software/ML architect and two-time IOI gold medalist (Bulgaria, 1990 and 1993). He holds a BSc (1998) and MEng (1999) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and has worked across chip design (Qualcomm, 1999-2010), large-scale distributed systems (Google, Yahoo), quantitative finance and crypto trading (TGS Management, a statistical-arbitrage hedge fund; Omniex, an institutional crypto-trading platform), and machine-learning infrastructure (Facebook via Intelliswift; doc.ai federated learning). Most recently listed at Broadcom (2021) as a Principal Software Engineer, his headline now reads 'HW/SW/ML Architect (REMOTE ONLY)'.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. LinkedIn profile and its own summary state two roles at trading firms: Senior Software Engineer at TGS Management Company, LLC (2014-2015, Irvine CA), described by the subject as 'a leading-edge stat arb hedge fund', and Senior Software Engineer at Omniex Holdings, Inc. (2018-2019), 'building a platform for crypto currency trading'. TGS Management (TGS) is an American quantitative investment management firm founded 1989 (offices Irvine CA and Princeton NJ) doing statistical arbitrage; Omniex is an institutional crypto-asset trading and investment platform, later acquired by Gemini. Both are actual paid software-engineering roles (not student programs), and the identity is supported (Bulgaria IOI gold medalist -> MIT EECS -> US tech career). Employer classification: TGS = quantitative hedge fund (stat arb) CONFIRMED as quant employer; Omniex = institutional crypto trading platform (quant-adjacent/trading technology) CONFIRMED as trading.-finance employer.Sep 2026
• IOI record: Tsvetomir Petrov represented Bulgaria at four IOIs - 1989 (Bulgaria 2), 1990 (Gold, 160 pts, rank 1/100), 1991 (Bronze, 110 pts), and 1993 (Gold, 187 pts, 93.5%, rank 10/155); a two-time IOI gold medalist.Jul 1993
• Career is centered on low-level/high-performance engineering rather than a single finance track: 11 years at Qualcomm (EDA/DFT chip design), then Google/Yahoo distributed systems, then two trading-firm roles (TGS, Omniex), then ML infrastructure (Facebook via Intelliswift, doc.ai federated learning) and Broadcom security software - suggesting a generalist systems/architect profile that moved into and back out of finance.
• Current self-described status (headline 'HW/SW/ML Architect (REMOTE ONLY)', summary 'open to REMOTE-ONLY, hands-on Principal Engineer / ARCHITECT roles') indicates the subject is actively seeking a new role rather than settled; Broadcom is listed as the most recent (2021) position, so 'current employment' should not be inferred beyond that index entry.
• Google, Yahoo, Qualcomm, Broadcom and Facebook (via Intelliswift contract) are major technology employers but NOT quantitative-finance firms; only TGS (quant hedge fund) and Omniex (institutional crypto trading platform) qualify as finance/trading employers among the listed roles.
• MIT education 1994-1999: BS 1998 and MEng 1999 in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - the standard 5-year MIT EECS path, with graduate work immediately after an undergraduate degree that overlapped the final IOI (1993).
• The LinkedIn URL linkedin.com/in/tpetrov unambiguously resolves to this Broadcom/MIT individual (Broadcom Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Paradise CA, ~6.8k connections), matching the caller's unverified identity lead.