Team

Todor Todorov

General Manager

1999 - 2012 – Criminal psychologist in „Criminal psychology” Department in the Institute of psychology – MI, Bulgaria.

2009 - 2012 – Head of the „Criminal psychology” Department in the Institute of psychology – MI, Bulgaria.

Certified Criminal Psychophysiologist – graduated the Basic Polygraph Examiner Training Course PE-189, PCSOT / Post Conviction Sex Offender Testing / and Advanced PCSOT training by Backster School of Lie Detection, San Diego, USA, approved by the APA, held in 2013 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

• Criminal psychologist and polygraph examiner – worked with more 4 000 individuals regarding loyalty checks, pre-employment cases and criminal cases; supervised more than 10 000 polygraph examinations.
• Expert in the field of criminal profiling; hostage negotiation; crisis interventions; violent crime analysis; behavioral analysis; personality profiling; threat assessment; expert in court.

Author of publications regarding issues in the criminal psychology field in specialized journals and magazines.

Participated in national and international workshops and trainings in regards to the investigation and the prevention of different types of crimes etc.

CERTIFICATES
Advanced PCSOT Training
Appreciation Certificate - American Association of Police Polygraphists
Appreciation Certificate - American Polygraph Association
Appreciation Certificate - Lafayette Instrument Company
Appreciation Certificate - The California Association of Polygraph Examiners
First International Workshop - Criminal Psychology
Full Member of The American Polygraph Association
Instructor in Forensic Psychophysiology
Matte Institute of Polygraph Science

Velina Vladimirova, PhD

Criminal psychologist

Velina has extensive professional experience in polygraph examinations, psychological profiling of unknown perpetrators of crimes, crisis interventions, crisis management with suicidal individuals, work with crime victims, statement analysis, behavioral analysis, expert in court.

2008 - 2013, employed in department "Criminal Psychology" at the Institute of Psychology - Ministry of Interior. She is an author of specialized publications and scientific articles on topics related to criminal psychology in the periodicals of the Institute of Psychology - Ministry of Interior, the Main Directorate "Executions of Punishments", SWU, etc. She has participated in round tables, international seminars, conferences, and projects related to detection and prevention of hate crimes, work with victims of violence, psychological profiling, etc.

Certified to work with EyeDetect and EyeDetect+

Lecturer in the Master's Program "Criminal Psychology" at South-West University "Neofit Rilski".

Guest speaker in Bulgarian and foreign forums.

Velina has been working at "ASSESS" Ltd. since 2013 and is the manager of the "Polygraph examinations and training" department.

Member of the American Polygraph Association (APA) and the Bulgarian Association for Corporate Security (BACS).

Stanislava Savova

Psychologist

Stanislava is an expert in the fields of Social and Organizational Psychology, Mental Health and Psychological Support. She has more than 20 years of experience working with children and their families. Conducts individual and family consultations.

In the period 2000 - 2014 she worked on crisis management, critical incident management and psychological support for employees and their families. Participated in a number of researches and projects related to personnel evaluation and selection.

Stanislava has been part of ASSESS team since 2015 and heads the company's office in the Gabrovo - Veliko Tarnovo region.

In 2018 she participated in a series of international trainings in the field of mental preparation of professional athletes. In the period 2019 - 2020, took over as Chief expert the ASSESS` project for psychological preparation of one of the leading professional football clubs in the country. 

Along with her work with professional athletes, Stanislava participates in ASSESS` projects related to team dynamics, organizational change, individual and group effectiveness, and personal and team development.

Stanislava is a lecturer in a number of trainings and seminars related to communication skills, teamwork, conflict management, working under stress and adapting to new working conditions.

She is currently a doctoral student at The University of Veliko Tarnovo "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" and specializes in the field of Social and Sports Psychology.

Daniel Genkov

Criminal psychologist

Daniel is an expert in the field of psychodiagnostics, psychological profiling and prevention of malpractices in a work context. 

In 2010 Daniel has completed his bachelor's degree in Psychology at The University of Veliko Tarnovo "St. St. Cyril and Methodius", and in 2012 - master's degree in "Clinical and counseling psychology" at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". He has completed also a number of courses and trainings in the field of psychodiagnostics and hypnosis.

In the period 2013-2016 Daniel is an employee in The State Agency for Technical Operations, and since 2016 he`s part of ASSESS team.

In his professional practice at ASSESS, Daniel has conducted over 500 psychodiagnostics and over 3 000 polygraph examinations for loyalty checks, thefts, misuse of confidential information, robberies and other criminal offences. From the beginning of 2022, he is also certified to work with Eye Detect +.

Since December 2022, Daniel is a doctoral student at South-West University "Neofit Rilski", where he teaches students in the master's program in "Criminal Psychology".

Daniel is a lecturer in specialized trainings in the field of non-verbal communication, negotiation and detection of risky and fraudulent behavior.

He is a member of the Bulgarian Psychological Society and the American Polygraph Association.

Hristina Aleksova

Criminal psychologist

Hristina graduated with a bachelor's degree in Sociology at the South-West University "Neofit Rilski" in 2016. In 2018 she continued her studies at the same university and graduated with a master's degree in Criminal Psychology. She has participated in variety of trainings and seminars in the field of criminal psychology, including "Psychological Profiling", "Analysis of Nonverbal Communication", "Analysis of Facial Expressions" according to Paul Ekman's system. 

Certified expert for conducting interrogations of children - "Support for Interviewing and Listening to Children and Their Participation in Legal Proceedings ". 

In 2024 is certified by the "Agreements" Association after completing Mediator Training and Workplace Mediation courses. It is registered in the unified national register of Mediators in Bulgaria at the Ministry of Justice.

Certified to work with the Clinical Personality Assessment Questionnaire - "PAI Plus".

Certified to work with EyeDetect+ at Converus.

Hristina has conducted over 2 000 polygraph examinations on a variety of cases related to loyalty testing, thefts, misuse of confidential information, robberies, and other criminal offenses. She is a lecturer in specialized trainings in the field of non-verbal communication, detection of deceptive behavior, behavioral analysis.

Hristina is part of ASSESS team since 2019.

Gabriela Simova

Criminal psychologist

Gabriela graduated with a master`s degree in Law at the "University of National and World Economy", Sofia in 2012 and has acquired legal capacity the same year.

She has also acquired a master's degree in Criminal Psychology at the South-West University "Neofit Rilski" in Blagoevgrad in 2017.

Gabriela has participated in variety of trainings in the field of Criminal Psychology.

She has also completed a number of internships in different government institutions, including the Sofia District Court, the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office, the Sofia Investigation Service agency, the Institute of Psychology at the Ministry of the Interior, etc.

Gabriela is part of ASSESS team since 2023.

Christina Shoushkoff

Certified forensic linguist and analyst

Specialized in:

• author identification;
• analysis of emergency numbers calls;
• suicidal texts;
• ransom texts;
• threats;
• profiling of an unknown author.

Qualified in the discipline "Statement analysis", with extensive practical experience in the field.

Trained to detect:

• hidden, sensitive and missing information;
• deceptive speech;
• social connections in speech;
• linguistic profiling.

She has training in interviewing interrogation techniques. Participated in many cases - murders, rapes, kidnappings, robberies and others.

Blagovest Bozhidarov

Criminal psychologist

Blagovest graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the South-West University "Neofit Rilski" in 2014. In 2024 he continued his studies at the same university and graduated with a master’s degree in Criminal psychology. He has participated in variety of trainings and seminars in the field of criminal psychology, including “Understanding people through their words, gestures, and behavior”, “The person behind the "Mask". People beyond their words and behavior”, “How to Recognize Toxic Personalities, Red Flags and Coping Methods”.

Blagovest has several years of experience in the field of online fraud investigation, analyzing behavioral patterns and the profile of the fraudster.

Blagovest is part of ASSESS team since 2024.

Lubomira Nikolova

Public Relations Expert

Lubomira Nikolova holds a bachelor's degree in History from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and in Business Administration from the International Business School, obtained in 2012. She completed her master's degree in Journalism and Media at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" in 2014. Lubomira has worked as a reporter and editor at the first private news agency and radio network "Focus." She served as the editor-in-chief of the "Bulgarian Transport Newspaper" and has been a proofreader and editor of numerous books on historical and military topics. Additionally, she is the author of concepts for programs, radio segments, and advertisements.

In 2016, she assumed the management of the Commercial Department at the Information Agency and Radio Network "Focus." Between 2019 and 2020, she served as the editor-in-chief of the news website Topnovini.bg.

Since 2020, she has been the political PR for "Republicans for Bulgaria."

In 2024, she joined the team of "ASES" Ltd.

Tanya Dimitrova

Psychologist

Tanya is a consultant with extensive experience in the field of mental health and personal development and growth. 

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a master's degree in Clinical and Counseling Psychology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". Along with her education in Bulgaria, she successfully completed additional academic courses at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. 

Tanya has been part of ASSESS team since 2014 and heads the company's office in the city of Varna. As part of ASSESS, she began her career in the field of Criminal psychology and worked on a variety of criminal cases, including with offenders and victims of first degree felonies.

In the period 2016-2019 she specialized in Cognitive-Behavioral counseling, and in 2017-2018 expanded her expertise with a series of international trainings in the field of Mental preparation of athletes. In 2017 became part of ASSESS` project for mental training of one of the leading professional football clubs in the country.  For 3 years she consulted club's A team, and between 2020-2022 Tanya took over the psychological preparation of the Youth Football Academy. In this period, the academy improved the records for top performance in three age groups simultaneously. Athletes from the individual sports who Tanya works with, climb the rankings and are included in the national selections.

In her practice, Tanya conducts sessions also both on request from organizations and companies from different industries, providing psychological support for employees and their families, and on private requests as well, regarding dealing with specific issue and/or seeking personal growth.

Tanya is currently a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". She is an author of specialized publications and scientific articles on topics related to mental health, published in Bulgarian and international journals.