About Me

Data scientist, AI developer, and sports psychologist bridging human behavior and technology.

I'm Vladimir Novkov — a data scientist, AI developer, and sports psychologist based in Sofia, Bulgaria. For over a decade, I've been building intelligent systems that bridge the gap between psychology and technology.

My journey began at 16Personalities.com, where I spent 10 years as a senior data scientist building personality assessment dashboards used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. This experience gave me deep expertise in psychometrics, data visualization, and building products at scale.

In parallel, I developed SportPersonalities.com — a 183,000-line AI platform that applies personality science to athletic performance. This project combines my passion for sports psychology with cutting-edge machine learning.

In Bulgaria, I'm known as the "Synergistic Man" — appearing on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, hosting psychology podcasts, and speaking about the intersection of human behavior and technology.

Career Timeline

2015

Joined 16Personalities.com

Started as a data scientist, building personality assessment infrastructure from the ground up.

2019

Bloomberg TV & Media Appearances

Started appearing on Bulgarian media as the "Synergistic Man," discussing psychology and technology.

2025

Left 16Personalities after 10 years

Completed a decade of work, having contributed to 200M+ personality tests taken worldwide.

2025

Founded SportPersonalities.com

Launched an AI-powered personality profiling platform for athletes, combining psychology with machine learning.

2025

InstaCarousel Generator

Built a React 19 app for creating beautiful Instagram carousel posts with one-click export.

2026

Launched DataWeaver.app

Built and launched a SaaS platform for point-and-click statistical analysis with AI-powered interpretation.

2026

Co-founded Stoicism.bg

Launched a Bulgarian podcast on practical stoicism with co-host Petar Theodosiev.

Skills & Technologies

Data Science & AI

PythonRTensorFlowPyTorchScikit-learnPandasPsychometricsIRTFactor AnalysisStatistical Modeling

Full-Stack Development

TypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsPHPWordPressFastAPIREST APIsPostgreSQLTailwind CSS

Tools & Infrastructure

AWSDockerGitVercelStripeD3.jsViteLinuxCI/CDSEO

Psychology & Research

Sports PsychologyPersonality AssessmentPsychometric ValidationResearch DesignData VisualizationAcademic Publishing