About Me
Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world applications
Passionate Software Engineer & AI Researcher
With over 8 years of experience spanning full-stack development, machine learning, and optimization, I'm currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, specializing in AI and optimization techniques for real-world problems.
Research & Innovation
My journey has led me from developing cloud infrastructure to creating cutting-edge AI applications. I'm particularly interested in the intersection of artificial intelligence, optimization algorithms, and sustainable technology—exploring how these fields can create innovative solutions for complex challenges.
Forbes Recognition
In 2021, I was honored to be recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 Greece for developing a decentralized energy platform in collaboration with a major energy provider, which marked a significant milestone in my career.
Community Impact
When I'm not coding or conducting research, you can find me mentoring aspiring developers, contributing to open-source projects, and exploring the latest advancements in AI and software engineering.
Impact & Achievements
Technical Expertise
Programming Languages
AI & Machine Learning
Frameworks & Tools
Cloud & DevOps
Education
Ph.D. Candidate
Constraint Acquisition for Optimization Problems in Data Centers
University of Western Macedonia • 2021 - 2024
Master of Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Western Macedonia • 2015 - 2021
Professional Experience
8+ years of building innovative solutions and leading high-performing teams
Co-Founder & CTO
Innovation Bee
- Led a team of seven engineers and developers in AI and emerging technologies, successfully delivering over 10 projects.
- Shaped the company's strategic direction alongside co-founders, contributing to a 50% year-over-year increase in revenue and expanding market presence.
- Acquired four EU-funded projects with a total budget of €1m, generating €120k in direct company revenue.
- Designed, developed, and launched four AI-powered platforms—Askity.ai, KreativeWrite.com, Logowizard.pro, and Postmatrix.app—that collectively attracted over 1,000 active users.
- Implemented auto-scaling infrastructure using AWS ECS and Kubernetes, reducing response times by 60% during traffic spikes while maintaining 99.99% uptime and reliability and deployments with zero downtime.
Key Technologies & Skills
Researcher
University of Western Macedonia
- Led Ph.D. research on a novel Hybrid Constraint Acquisition framework combining passive and active learning techniques to automate optimization modeling in data center environments, reducing human-expert workload by 60%; resulted in three peer-reviewed scientific publications.
- Developed cloud optimization solutions including a Reinforcement Learning model for AWS CRIs (65% improved utilization, 40% cost reduction), and a Mixed-Integer Programming model reducing AWS EC2 costs by 70%.
- Designed and deployed AI systems for real-world applications, including a computer vision solution for agriculture (94% accuracy) and an IoT-based monitoring system for district heating networks (23% consumption reduction).
- Instructed university courses in programming and databases while maintaining research commitments and industry collaborations.
Key Technologies & Skills
Co-Founder & CTO
Gridustry
- Developed a decentralized energy platform recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 Greece securing pre-seed funding from the second-largest electricity provider in Greece.
- Led end-to-end technical development, including system architecture designed to handle 100,000+ simultaneous energy transactions, blockchain protocols, and smart contract design, ensuring scalability and security.
- Designed and implemented the architecture for a secure, scalable Green Energy Certification platform leveraging AWS Serverless (Lambda, DynamoDB, Cognito), Kafka event sourcing, and the SUI blockchain.
- Transitioned to CTO at Innovation Bee post-merger.
Key Technologies & Skills
Software Engineer
Upcom
- Led the development of the ICARUS Decision Support System, utilizing a microservices architecture with Spring Boot. Collaborated with stakeholders to define requirements and optimize the system to handle high data throughput.
- Delivered three client projects as part of the production team, ensuring timely releases and maintaining high-quality standards.
- Implemented key features for one of Greece's top news website with over 500,000 monthly users, effectively resolving critical scalability challenges
Key Technologies & Skills
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
ONEUP Group Ltd.
- ONEUP was a cloud web hosting provider that I built with my team.
- Planning, design, development, management, maintenance, and support of the cloud-based solutions of the company.
- Ensuring infrastructure performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of service.
- Troubleshooting incidents, identifying the root cause, fixing and documenting problems, and implement preventive measures.
- Migrating multi-tier applications on our cloud infrastructure.
- Implementing cost-control strategies.
- Educating the team on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives.
Key Technologies & Skills
Career Impact Summary
Selected Projects
VELOS: Intelligent Pesticide and Irrigation Management in Precision Agriculture
Jul 2021 - Aug 2022
VELOS is a smart ecosystem for pest management and irrigation of bean farms in the Prespa Region, Greece. The project leverages IoT technologies, UAVs/UGVs, AI, and ML techniques to create integrated solutions for efficiently managing pesticide usage and irrigation scheduling, contributing to sustainable precision agriculture.
Auvril Audiobooks Mobile App
May 2021 - Feb 2022
Auvril is the leading audiobooks provider in Greece. Auvril covers several categories of books: one is educational and covers high school, middle school and elementary school books and the other is nonfiction mainly books about marketing, economics and general self-improvement through collaborations with authors and publishers.
ICARUS Decision Support System
Sep 2019 - Oct 2021
The ICARUS Decision Support System is a software solution based on modular architecture that combines several different technologies in the fields of IoT, SQL, NoSQL and spatial databases, data processing and WebGIS.
iLunch: Integrated University Cafeteria Management System
Aug 2019 - Sep 2020
An integrated system for managing the needs of the University Student Canteen. iLunch is a web‑based platform that streamlines every major workflow in a university canteen—from daily meal planning to real‑time reporting—so that students get faster service and staff spend less time on manual administration.
HEALS Environmental Data Management System
Apr 2017 - Jun 2019
HEALS EDMS is used to improve and standardize environmental data collection, management, and reporting in an efficient and cost-effective manner. This is accomplished by implementing a documented, auditable process for the collection, storage, and reporting of environmental data.
Power Consumption Measurement System for AC Devices
Nov 2015
Using an Arduino to measure power consumption of AC Devices. This project addresses the need for energy awareness by providing real-time data about the power consumption of electrical devices.
DiceBNB - Blockchain Dice Gaming Platform
2023 - Present
Askity.ai - AI-Powered Business Chatbot Platform
2024 - Present
A comprehensive AI chatbot platform that empowers businesses with data-driven conversational AI for customer support, sales conversion, and 24/7 availability. Features no-code implementation, automatic website crawling, and multi-language support.
Postmatrix.app - AI-Powered Social Media Management Platform
2024 - Present
The ultimate AI-powered social media scheduling and management tool that streamlines content creation, automates posting schedules, and provides comprehensive analytics across all major social media platforms.
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