Hi, I'm Radoslav Gatev
Solution Architect & Consultant, specializing in designing and building complex solutions in the Microsoft Cloud.

About Me
I'm Radoslav Gatev, an experienced solution architect and consultant based in Bulgaria, specializing in designing and building complex solutions in Microsoft Azure.
My expertise lies in crafting highly performant and resilient applications that maximize the efficiency of the cloud for companies worldwide, ranging from startups to enterprises. As the founder of Verityware Opens in a new tab , I help organizations navigate complex cloud challenges. With my roots as a .NET developer, I remain deeply technical and keep my coding skills sharp.
I possess an unwavering passion for staying at the forefront of technology. I embrace the cutting-edge and constantly seek innovative approaches to solve challenges and drive success for my clients.
My ongoing contributions to the tech community have been recognized by Microsoft, awarding me the Microsoft Azure MVP title 7 times in a row since 2018. This recognition reflects my commitment to sharing knowledge and helping others succeed in their cloud journey.
I authored the book Introducing Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr) Opens in a new tab , published by Apress in 2021.
Areas of Expertise
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I speak at conferences, lead discussion panels, and share insights on Azure architecture, cloud-native development, and distributed systems.
Upcoming
New features in Redgate Data Tools, SSDT, and Azure SDK
March 14, 2017 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event Sofia
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Be the almighty creator of intelligence with Azure Bot Service
April 22, 2017 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bootcamp Bulgaria 2017
Mission Mars Workshop
April 25, 2017 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Webit Festival 2017
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Building intelligent creatures w/ Azure Bot Service & Node.js
November 18, 2017 • Sofia, Bulgaria
JSTalks Bulgaria 2017
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Build a great conversationalist using Azure Bot Service
January 23, 2018 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Azure User Group Bulgaria
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Bringing DevOps to your database
June 2, 2018 • Plovdiv, Bulgaria
SQLSaturday #711 Plovdiv
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Mission: Reactive Cloud - Azure Event Grid
September 15, 2018 • Sofia, Bulgaria
IoT Bulgaria Summit 2018
Mission: Reactive Cloud - Azure Event Grid
October 13, 2018 • Sofia, Bulgaria
SQLSaturday #763 Sofia
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Designing Big Data Analytics solutions
February 21, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Meetup
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Microsoft Azure Meetup
March 13, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Microsoft Azure MVP Unplugged
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Container tools and Kubernetes in Visual Studio 2019
April 17, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Visual Studio 2019 Launch Bulgaria
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Designing Big Data Analytics solutions
April 27, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bootcamp Bulgaria 2019
Stream analytics of IoT data using Microsoft Azure
September 14, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
IoT Summit Bulgaria 2019
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Creating Custom Visuals in Power BI with TypeScript and D3.js
November 23, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
JSTalks Bulgaria 2019
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Cloud Computing Fundamentals w/ Microsoft Azure
December 5, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
SoftUni Tech Stage
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Microsoft 365: SMB Technical Fundamentals
December 13, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Microsoft Partners Meetup
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Build a Machine Learning Model with the Azure Machine Learning for wine quality prediction
December 14, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
AI Bootcamp Bulgaria 2019
Azure Custom Vision - Find the Right Tool
December 14, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
AI Bootcamp Bulgaria 2019
Microsoft Azure Discussions
January 28, 2020 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Microsoft Azure MVP Unplugged - 2nd Edition
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Microsoft Azure Discussions
March 30, 2020 • Virtual
Microsoft Azure MVP Unplugged - 3rd (Virtual) Edition
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Let's Daprize those microservices
March 31, 2020 • Virtual
Virtual Azure Community Day
Let's Dapr-ize these microservices!
April 24, 2020 • Virtual
Global Azure Virtual Bulgaria 2020
ML models interoperability with ONNX
June 6, 2020 • Virtual
Global AI on Tour Bulgaria 2020
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Let's Dapr-ize that microservice!
August 31, 2020 • Virtual
Azure Bootcamp Bulgaria 2020
MVP's Panel Discussion - Staying Relevant in Today's Digital Revolution
March 11, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
C3 Events Bulgaria
Bringing Azure Communication Services into your apps
April 17, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bulgaria 2021
Building better distributed apps with Dapr
August 16, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Online event
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Microsoft Azure
October 28, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Microsoft Azure MVPs Unplugged - 5th Edition
Learn more (opens in a new tab)To The Cloud And Beyond
November 28, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
FMI All-stars 2021
Learn more (opens in a new tab).NET Talks and Discussions
December 2, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
.NET Conf 2021 Bulgaria Live
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Chaos Engineering in Microsoft Azure
March 31, 2022 • Virtual
Microsoft Months @ ITCE
Better Distributed Apps With Dapr
May 17, 2022 • Online
Microsoft Azure Zurich User Group
Flying in the clouds: Cloud panel moderator
May 11, 2023 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Technovation 2023
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Navigating the Complexity of Microservices
October 17, 2023 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Software Architecture User Group
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Passwordless deployments with GitHub Actions to the cloud
November 8, 2023 • San Francisco, USA
GitHub Universe 2023
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Microsoft Bot Framework in the world of modern AI
April 20, 2024 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bulgaria 2024
Radius: Uniting Developers, Infra Engineers, and Operators for Cloud-Native Innovation
May 10, 2025 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure 2025
Radius: Uniting Developers, Infra Engineers, and Operators for Cloud-Native Innovation
July 8, 2025 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Dev.bg .NET User Group
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Why We Start - and Why We Stay Microsoft MVPs
December 29, 2025 • Online
Online event
Learn more (opens in a new tab)AI agents are the new apps: Enter Microsoft Agent Framework
April 18, 2026 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bulgaria 2026
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Recent Appearances
AI agents are the new apps: Enter Microsoft Agent Framework
April 18, 2026 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bulgaria 2026
Why We Start - and Why We Stay Microsoft MVPs
December 29, 2025 • Online
Online event
Radius: Uniting Developers, Infra Engineers, and Operators for Cloud-Native Innovation
July 8, 2025 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Dev.bg .NET User Group
Radius: Uniting Developers, Infra Engineers, and Operators for Cloud-Native Innovation
May 10, 2025 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure 2025
Microsoft Bot Framework in the world of modern AI
April 20, 2024 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bulgaria 2024
Passwordless deployments with GitHub Actions to the cloud
November 8, 2023 • San Francisco, USA
GitHub Universe 2023
Navigating the Complexity of Microservices
October 17, 2023 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Software Architecture User Group
Flying in the clouds: Cloud panel moderator
May 11, 2023 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Technovation 2023
Better Distributed Apps With Dapr
May 17, 2022 • Online
Microsoft Azure Zurich User Group
Chaos Engineering in Microsoft Azure
March 31, 2022 • Virtual
Microsoft Months @ ITCE
.NET Talks and Discussions
December 2, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
.NET Conf 2021 Bulgaria Live
To The Cloud And Beyond
November 28, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
FMI All-stars 2021
Microsoft Azure
October 28, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Microsoft Azure MVPs Unplugged - 5th Edition
Building better distributed apps with Dapr
August 16, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Online event
Bringing Azure Communication Services into your apps
April 17, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bulgaria 2021
MVP's Panel Discussion - Staying Relevant in Today's Digital Revolution
March 11, 2021 • Sofia, Bulgaria
C3 Events Bulgaria
Let's Dapr-ize that microservice!
August 31, 2020 • Virtual
Azure Bootcamp Bulgaria 2020
ML models interoperability with ONNX
June 6, 2020 • Virtual
Global AI on Tour Bulgaria 2020
Let's Dapr-ize these microservices!
April 24, 2020 • Virtual
Global Azure Virtual Bulgaria 2020
Let's Daprize those microservices
March 31, 2020 • Virtual
Virtual Azure Community Day
Microsoft Azure Discussions
March 30, 2020 • Virtual
Microsoft Azure MVP Unplugged - 3rd (Virtual) Edition
Microsoft Azure Discussions
January 28, 2020 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Microsoft Azure MVP Unplugged - 2nd Edition
Build a Machine Learning Model with the Azure Machine Learning for wine quality prediction
December 14, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
AI Bootcamp Bulgaria 2019
Azure Custom Vision - Find the Right Tool
December 14, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
AI Bootcamp Bulgaria 2019
Microsoft 365: SMB Technical Fundamentals
December 13, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Microsoft Partners Meetup
Cloud Computing Fundamentals w/ Microsoft Azure
December 5, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
SoftUni Tech Stage
Creating Custom Visuals in Power BI with TypeScript and D3.js
November 23, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
JSTalks Bulgaria 2019
Stream analytics of IoT data using Microsoft Azure
September 14, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
IoT Summit Bulgaria 2019
Designing Big Data Analytics solutions
April 27, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bootcamp Bulgaria 2019
Container tools and Kubernetes in Visual Studio 2019
April 17, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Visual Studio 2019 Launch Bulgaria
Microsoft Azure Meetup
March 13, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Microsoft Azure MVP Unplugged
Designing Big Data Analytics solutions
February 21, 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Meetup
Mission: Reactive Cloud - Azure Event Grid
October 13, 2018 • Sofia, Bulgaria
SQLSaturday #763 Sofia
Mission: Reactive Cloud - Azure Event Grid
September 15, 2018 • Sofia, Bulgaria
IoT Bulgaria Summit 2018
Bringing DevOps to your database
June 2, 2018 • Plovdiv, Bulgaria
SQLSaturday #711 Plovdiv
Build a great conversationalist using Azure Bot Service
January 23, 2018 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Azure User Group Bulgaria
Building intelligent creatures w/ Azure Bot Service & Node.js
November 18, 2017 • Sofia, Bulgaria
JSTalks Bulgaria 2017
Be the almighty creator of intelligence with Azure Bot Service
April 22, 2017 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Global Azure Bootcamp Bulgaria 2017
New features in Redgate Data Tools, SSDT, and Azure SDK
March 14, 2017 • Sofia, Bulgaria
Visual Studio 2017 Launch Event Sofia
Life Outside Tech
Snorkeling & Freediving
Exploring the underwater world on a single breath is something that brings me calm and focus. Whether it is snorkeling over reefs or pushing depth limits while freediving, there is a quiet peace beneath the surface that is hard to find elsewhere.

Public Markets Investing
Public markets investing is one of those activities where the research is half the fun. I like digging into companies, understanding their fundamentals, and then watching how things play out over time.

Photo by Todd Jiang (opens in a new tab)
Music
I picked up the guitar as a kid. Never got particularly good at it. Still trying. I have always appreciated music - after all, I married a singer. Together, we try our hand at recording covers every now and then. We recorded a few Christmas ones. No pressure, just for fun.