“I first met George after a recommendation of his late brother Christos, a world-renowned professor whom I had the chance of being his student and mentee. George had just returned to Greece after a prominent career in the US. We worked first in the context of a customer-supplier relationship and then for a few months he joined Virtual Trip, which was my key company back then, laying the foundation for an incredible business transformation which happened during the next eight years and taking us from a sole-shareholder, services business in the domestic market to a flexible, multi-stakeholder international vendor competing in the largest markets of the World. While our partnership lasted less than a year, its impact is still felt in our organization and it has undoubtedly been incredibly successful. Later on George returned to the corporate world, first in Greece and then internationally, while I was very glad to learn that we moved back to the US leading initiatives of linking research and academia with the corporate- and startups-sphere in exciting sectors such as fintech and blockchain in particular. I cannot stress out too much my appreciation for George's skills, character and personality. An outstanding, world-class professional, a very experienced manager and a timeless innovator who anyone would like to have in their teams.”
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I'm a bit late posting on LinkedIn, but excited to share something I've been working on for the last couple of years: a Google-built Graph Database.…
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what's the best way to have cool team members when it's 116? throw a pool party for all team members and their families!
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Just finished the course “Generative AI: The Evolution of Thoughtful Online Search” by Ashley Kennedy! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/dagy8j8A…
Just finished the course “Generative AI: The Evolution of Thoughtful Online Search” by Ashley Kennedy! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/dagy8j8A…
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Annual startup competition judge & mentor
MIT Enterprise Forum Greece
- Present 8 years 9 months
Economic Empowerment
Every year the MIT Enterprise Forum of Greece holds a competition for the best entrepreneurial startups where I contribute in the selection and mentoring of the participants. Very rewarding experience to interact with the best minds that want to make their dreams reality!
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MIT Global Startup Workshop
Istanbul 2012
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English
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Greek
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French
Limited working proficiency
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German
Elementary proficiency
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