Contributors

Gediminas Jaisionis

Gediminas Jaisionis

Kaunas, Lithuania
Gediminas scans the Micro Cap world in hopes of finding interesting penny stocks that may greatly contribute to investors. Holding a bachelor degree in economics and accounting, he puts his knowledge in action when analyzing the performance of various companies to evaluate their future perspectives. With a few other members of Hotstocked, Gediminas is also responsible for the research section of the website – adding pure cold facts in the research reports to adjoin the articles he writes.
Ekaterina Zelenkova

Ekaterina Zelenkova

Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Ekaterina joined Hotstocked in 2010 as a financial columnist. Prior to joining the team of Hotstocked, she was Head of Internal Audit Department at the Investment Intermediary Populiarna kasa 95, PLC. She has done publications for "Glas” daily about the capital market, as well as published an informational bulletins on the status of the Bulgarian capital market in its early stages. Ekaterina has a master's degree in economics from Economic Academy “O. Lange” – Wroclaw, Poland.
Violeta Slavtchevska

Violeta Slavtchevska

Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Violeta is a columnist and senior editor for Hotstocked. She is a graduate from the University of Trier in Germany and has a degree in Economics with a major in Finance. Her interest in analyzing stocks arose during her university courses in financial management and capital markets. Violeta also worked on a project related to Electronic Business in Germany and participated in a seminar in Luxembourg dedicated to Hedge Funds.

Nelly Shishkova

Nelly Shishkova

Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Nelly has been working as a journalist since 1998 with a main focus in Finance and Economics. Since 2010, she has been a financial reporter and columnist for www.hotstocked.com. She graduated the University of Plovdiv as a Bachelor in English Philology and Master in Linguistics and Translation. Later Nelly received a postgraduate certificate in Business Management from Scott's College, UK.

Jovita Baltrusaityte

Jovita Baltrusaityte

Kaunas, Lithuania
Jovita has been with HotStocked for several years now. In the very beginning, she was dedicated to spying on the penny stock promoters, but now she analyzes Internet security stocks. Although she has finished her Master studies in Applied English Linguistics, she has always been interested in finance and has completed several courses in Business English and Economics.

Petar Ilievski

Petar Ilievski

Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Petar joined Hotstocked at the end of 2010. Prior to joining the columnist team of the company, he has served as Business Development Specialist for Eastern European Companies. His duties at that point would include negotiations with CEE private equity funds, development of feasibility studies mostly for commercial and industrial real estate projects in the region and executing various strategies for entering new target markets.

Nikolai Tomov

Nikolai Tomov

Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Nikolay has an economic background, and has also studied finance and financial management in his International Economic Relations BA program. He also has a Master's Degree in International Trade obtained at the University of Plovdiv in 2003. His education, together with his passion for Mathematics, provide for the deep insight of his analysis in which he shows a mastery of various technical and fundamental indicators.

Maria Maneva

Maria Maneva

Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Maria is the Creative Director for Hotstocked, and produces the "Failure Report" videos. Her goal is to add some fun and entertainment to those informational videos and make them pleasent to digest. During her career, she has has worked on various projects: 3D character animation, landscape visualization, motion graphics and web design. Her eye for aesthetics is also shaped by her experience in the more convenient arts such as sculpture, drawing and photography. And her sense of humor is inspired by her favorite book series The Discworld by Terry Pratchett and the cartoons South Park and Family Guy. Maria has a bachelor's degree in Computer Graphics and Imaging from CUNY's Lehman College.