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IE Business SchoolMBA Candidate
Aug. 2023Athens, Attiki, Greece- Enrolled in the IE Business School part-time Global Online MBA
- GMAT: 740 (97%)
- Awarded a Scholarship for Entrepreneurship
- Created business transformation strategy for member of the Yale Africa Startup Ecosystem Lab (part of the Yale School of Management)
- Dual concentration in Strategy and Entrepreneurship
SyensqoProduct / Cloud Architect
Nov. 2022Athens, Attiki, GreeceAs a Product / Cloud Architect for the Lab Booster initiative, I devised Cloud architectures that enhanced customer value, advised project squads on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) best practices and facilitated the decision-making process for critical aspects of the application portfolio. I was also responsible for guiding key stakeholders in accelerating adoption of standardized cross-domain architectures, establishing key priorities of strategic future roadmap as well as defining profiles and skillsets for targeted recruitment. - Educated 30 team leads and team members on Cloud technologies and core GCP services
- Co-authored strategy and Target Operating Model to increase team efficiency by 30%-40%
- Investigated and analyzed high GCP consumption costs and identified optimizations to lower BigQuery costs by 97%
- Evaluated and remodeled Elasticsearch queries to boost performance by 50%
Mondelēz InternationalIntegration Tech Lead (contract)
Aug. 2022 - Dec. 2023Athens, Attiki, GreeceAs Integration Tech Lead at Mondelez International, I designed secure, robust and scalable solutions for capturing and sharing sensitive customer data with multiple systems such as CRM, Identity & Authentication, PII data lake etc. I incorporated Google Cloud native services such as API Gateway, HTTPS Load Balancer, reCAPTCHA Enterprise, Cloud Armor, Cloud Run, Secret Manager, Firestore, Workflows, Eventarc, Pub/Sub. Key Achievements:
- Managed and coordinated work of implementation partner teams ranging in size from 10 to 30
- Created frameworks and standards for ensuring cloud-native architecture best practices, reducing project reviews & approvals time by 50%
- Decreased time-to-market rollouts for new websites by 90%
DeloitteCloud Architect (contract)
Apr. 2022 - Jun. 2022London, England, United KingdomAs a Lead Cloud Architect at Deloitte I executed a new initiative of using external specialists as extensions of the Deloitte team. I developed Blueprint Architectures for key use cases for both AWS and GCP. Key Achievements:
- Designed and documented solution architectures for common use cases and accelerated overall solution by 20%
AppsbrokerLead Cloud Architect (contract)
May. 2021 - Mar. 2022London, England, United KingdomAs Lead Cloud Architect I planned and coordinated the cloud migration of critical workloads for clients. I executed the asset discovery of existing workloads using StratoZone and documented the detailed migration plans. Key Achievements:
- Analyzed the details for over 2,000 workloads and formulated over 30 migration plans
- Mentored client teams on migration tools and process and supervised them until they achieved self-sufficiency after 50% of guided migrations
- Composed technical sections of application and enabled company to attain GCP specialization
icogniumCo-Founder | CEO | Principal Consultant
Mar. 2021Athens, Attiki, GreeceAs Co-Founder, CEO, and Principal Consultant at icognium, I was responsible for all aspects of the company's Operations, Financial Reporting, Business Development, Client Relations, as well as securing, managing and completing (primarily EU) client projects. I also developed standards, templates and frameworks that allowed us to accelerate implementations by over 20%. Key Achievements:
- Delivered multiple client projects with some of the world's leading organizations
- Maintained sustainable profitability
WPPSolutions Architect - CTO Team (contract)
Oct. 2020 - Mar. 2022London, England, United KingdomAs Solution Architect I developed data integration solutions to maximize the value of the company's data assets. I spearheaded the development of a Content Intelligence event-driven service using Google Cloud Storage, API Gateway, HTTPS Load Balancer, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Video AI, Vision AI, Speech-To-Text and Natural Language AI to automatically classify videos, images and documents uploaded to the Data Catalog. Key Achievements:
- Merged data from 3 different sources into an automated centralized SEO Intelligence & Audit data warehouse providing near real-time statistics
- Streamlined the creation and management of over 100,000 user accounts
- Simplified the classification of unstructured data and achieved 90% reduction of manual work
VodafoneCloud Architect - Big Data Platform Engineering (contract)
Apr. 2020 - Oct. 2020London, England, United KingdomAs a Cloud Architect at Vodafone, I was responsible for designing and implementing cloud-native solutions on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to automate the on-demand creation of big data environments for Vodafone data scientists. I leveraged Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform and Linux shell scripting, to create reliably repeatable deployments, along with Cloud Scheduler, Cloud Build, Compute Engine (VMs), Cloud Functions, Cloud Composer Key Achievements:
- Migrated Terraform-based Kubernetes deployments to Helm reducing complexity by 50%
- Devised method to facilitate use of open source libraries while maintaining 100% network security
- Introduced lifecycle management of secure development environments reducing consumption costs by 40%
- Implemented audit mechanism and achieved reduction of discrepancies between environments due to manually deployed resources by 60%
- Delivered IaC modules to increase security policy compliance by 90%
Cambridge EnterpriseMentor (Volunteer)
Jan. 2019 - Aug. 2023Cambridge, United KingdomAs a mentor at Cambridge Enterprise, I was responsible for providing advice and guidance to students and academics at University of Cambridge on commercializing their ideas and research. Key Achievements:
- Assessed and analyzed product ideas for 2 companies
- Advised startup owners on technology direction to deliver products within 12-18 months
- Introduced optimal recruitment strategies for scaling up their companies over 2 year horizon
John Lewis & PartnersDigital Transformation Solutions Architect (contract)
Sep. 2017 - Oct. 2019London, UKAs a Digital Transformation Solution Architect at John Lewis & Partners, I was responsible for advising and guiding product teams on search and browse functionality for the E-commerce website, facilitating cross-team collaborations, and aligning stakeholders towards consensus. I also mentored and oversaw junior developers as well as actively participating in new feature development using Java, SpringBoot, Oracle Commerce (Endeca), Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Gradle. - Designed data integrations and transformations enabling innovations generating £20M+ incremental revenue
- Introduced innovative search algorithm reducing searches with no results by 50%
- Implemented new data models incorporating ML propensity models increasing search relevance and personalization by 30%
- Spearheaded the Proof of Concept investigation of voice-based search using Speech-to-Text AI services
wehkampSolutions Architect (contract)
Sep. 2016 - Sep. 2017London, UK & Zwolle, The Netherlands- Designed new infrastructure architecture for E-commerce deployment achieving highest traffic and best sales day ever (€7M +) without any loss of service
- Established a capacity planning process for infrastructure scalability
- Created roadmap and strategic recommendations for future enhancements to infrastructure design
Leading B2B distributorInterim Global Head of Search (contract)
Dec. 2015 - Sep. 2016London, UK- Led the digital transformation of E-commerce website
- Created the Strategy and Technical Roadmap for increasing website search conversion to produce £30M+ incremental revenue
- Re-structured development team and ways of working
- Created developer profiles and recruitment strategy
- Worked with business stakeholders to secure agreement and budget on development roadmap
Arcadia Group LtdSolutions Architect (contract)
Apr. 2015 - Sep. 2015London, UK- Designed an advanced personalisation Experience Management solution for merchandisers
- Enabled process change management for adoption of new solution
- Created and delivered training for new system to all merchandising teams
El Corte InglésSolutions Architect/Delivery Lead (contract)
Feb. 2013 - Mar. 2015London, UK & Madrid, Spain- Managed several work streams on E-commerce implementation
- Designed the integration 3rd party marketplace software into main E-commerce platform
- Designed the automation of the E-commerce website application build & deployment
TescoSolutions Architect (contract)
Feb. 2013 - Oct. 2014London, UK- Designed E-commerce platform enhancements for performance improvements
- Designed automation processes and scripts to reduce IT FTEs allocated to system operations
- Advised and mentored other teams on Oracle Commerce platform technologies
CourseSmartCTO International (contract)
Oct. 2011 - Jan. 2013London, UK- Lead the Product Management & Technology Strategy for the European expansion of US-based digital course material provider
- Defined technical backlog and oversaw off shore development team
- Liaised with UK publishers and universities to facilitate adoption and integration of platform
- Supported UK Managing Director in sales activities in UK and UAE
Sainsbury'sSolutions Architect/Infrastructure Manager (contract)
May. 2011 - Sep. 2011London, UK- Managed team of Infrastructure specialists to create infrastructure designs for E-commerce re platform
- Created HLDs and MLDs for implementation of Oracle Commerce platform
Excogis Ltd Co-Founder | CEO | Principal Consultant
Apr. 2011 - Dec. 2023London, United KingdomAs Co-Founder, CEO, and Principal Consultant at Excogis Ltd, I was responsible for all aspects of the company's Operations, Financial Reporting, Business Development, Client Relations, as well as securing, managing and completing (primarily UK) client projects. I also developed standards, templates and frameworks that allowed us to accelerate implementations by over 20%. Key Achievements:
- Established company as Google Cloud Partner and Oracle preferred supplier
- Opened regional office in Greece, recruited, trained, mentored, and coordinated local team of 4
- Delivered over 30 client projects with some of the world's leading organizations
- Maintained sustainable profitability with 0% external financing
Endeca TechnologiesSenior Manager EMEA, Consulting Services
Sep. 2004 - Apr. 2011London, UK - Managed the technical delivery of E-commerce implementations for leading retailers across Europe - Created effort estimates and project plans to ensure successful delivery of projects - Supervised and mentored all EMEA Technical Consultants/Architects and contractors - Managed technical escalations in EMEA - Drove partner relationships and managed technical enablement of their consultants - Oversaw architecture and design of client engagements across EMEA - Supported the sales organisation in securing new license deals
Boston Children's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, RI Dept of HealthVarious roles
Sep. 1995 - Aug. 2004Boston, MA, USA & Athens, Greece - Directed implementation of new mission-critical ICU bedside charting system for Harvard Medical School teaching hospital - Designed and implemented a distributed electronic medical record (EMR) application for US State’s Department of Health - Developed real-time ER notification application for patient referrals for Harvard Medical School teaching hospital
RI Disaster Medical Assistance TeamAdvance Life Support Provider
Sep. 1992 - Sep. 2000- Volunteer member of the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), a level 1 team within the US National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
- Participated in disaster drills at the local, state and national level
- Provided medical support during high profile events such as The X-Games and The Gravity Games
Brown UniversityEmergency Medical Services - Crew Supervisor/EMT Instructor
Sep. 1992 - Jun. 1997Providence, Rhode Island, United States- Supervised ambulance crew of student volunteers
- Provided Advanced Life Support to patients when needed
- Liaised with campus Police and Security personnel as well as hospital staff
- Trained students in Emergency Medical Technician courses
- Evaluated and tested EMT course students in final examinations
- Trained and certified members of the public in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
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