Ivan Balabanov

Ivan Balabanov is the Managing Director at Ubisoft Sofia in Bulgaria. Before attaining said position, he worked on a few projects as 3D Artist.
==Biography==
While doing a double major in Political Science, International Relations and History, Balabanov supported himself financially by freelancing as a 3D Artist. In 2003, he elected to drop his PhD in Foreign Affairs at the University of Manchester, instead starting a career in the video game industry. Balabanov joined Ubisoft in 2005 as a 3D Artist, one year prior to the opening of the company's branch in Sofia.Speakers | GDS Bulgaria 2012
During this time, he worked on the PS2 version of CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder, originally developed by Telltale Games, as well as Chessmaster Live, released on the XBox Live Arcade.Ivan Balabanov Video Game Credits - MobyGames Balabanov assumed the role of Production Manager in 2007, subsequently becoming the studio's Managing Director two years later; he also contributed to several of the studio's projects as Producer. Under his supervision, Ubisoft Sofia expanded notably, shipping 15 titles on a wide range of platforms as of 2014. On 31 August 2014, Ivan answered fans' questions on the Assassin's Creed twitter account under the hashtag #AskACIvan.
==Games credited==
*CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder (2007) - Ubisoft
*Chessmaster Live (2008) - Ubisoft
*Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (2012) - Ubisoft
*Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013) - Ubisoft
*Assassin's Creed: Rogue (2014) - Ubisoft
==References==
==External links==
*Ivan Balabanov's LinkedIn profile
*Ivan Balabanov's Facebook page
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Category:Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag development team
Category:Assassin's Creed: Rogue development team