Eng. Spaskova, Manager of Hoval: People's knowledge and skills are not linked to their gender, but to how motivated they are to achieve something

2026-08-103 min.

While not suspecting that engineering will be her calling, since her student days Eng. Tsvetelina Spaskova displayed a strong interest in the field. Curiosity coupled with tenacity, consistency, and readiness to take on new challenges, have led to her engineering profession. Today she is an expert and leader responsible for an affiliate of one of the most well know companies in the heating and ventilation industry – Hoval. Eng. Spaskova shares more about the qualities behind professional success, why courage begins with the first step, and which stereotypes about women engineers belong in the past, in our special material "She Is an Engineer," dedicated to women in the field.

Hello, Eng. Spaskova! Could you please introduce yourself to Engineer.BG’s readers?

My name is Tsvetelina Spaskova and I’m the manager for Hoval EOOD. I graduated from the Technical University of Sofia with a Master’s Degree in Thermal Engineering.

When did you decide that engineering is for you?

The truth is, early on I didn’t see engineering as my profession. I have chosen this type of profession because during my university years I was good with sciences such as mathematics and physics, and higher technical education was a natural progression for me. I subsequently became convinced of just how interesting, practical, and beneficial to people the disciplines of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning—which I still work with today—actually are.

What was the bravest decision you’ve taken in your professional career?

The bravest decision is to always start, to always take the first step! Afterwards you need more consistency, effort, tenacity and patience, to achieve your desired results and continue developing.

What stereotype regarding women engineers would you like to be gone?

I have never understood or approved of stereotypes in general. I am convinced that people's knowledge, qualities, and skills are not linked to their gender, but rather to how motivated they are to learn or achieve something.