• As Fractional CTO of Reydix, my primary task was to establish the foundation of our engineering teams in Athens, Greece. 
• This process involved creating an agile engineering culture, and setting up an effective product and technology roadmap, essential for aligning the teams with company-wide objectives. 
• A considerable part of the role was to manage relationships with external recruitment agencies and to monitor external teams to ensure alignment and efficiency towards the release of the MVP. 
• My oversight of these external collaborations was critical in sourcing the right talent and managing the workflow efficiently. 
• Alongside these responsibilities, I played a key role in strategy planning and risk management, identifying potential obstacles and implementing preventive measures to ensure the company's successful expansion in Athens.

• At Claimsforce, I orchestrated the full-scale restructuring of the Technology Department including Engineering, Data Science, BI and IT. 
• This project involved setting up the department from the ground up, establishing new roles and responsibilities, and introducing Scrum methodologies to enhance productivity and workflow. 
• The endeavor also entailed the standardization of salary structures, enhancing fairness and internal equity within the team. 
• This successful initiative fostered an efficient, unified, and performance-driven department, promoting superior collaboration and overall productivity. 
• As a result the Technology Department was setup for further scale and growth.

Establishment of TeamViewer Greece

• As the Managing Director, took the initiative and full responsibility for operationalising TeamViewer's new subsidiary in Greece.
• The project involved various key components from hiring and training a strong team of 60+ full-time engineers within the first year, to physically expanding the facilities to accommodate more than 100 employees. 
• Implemented TeamViewer's core engineering culture and processes along with adaptation of SDLC methodologies, ensuring a seamless integration with the company's overall product development strategies. 
• Additionally, fostered relationships with local government and media outlets, thus promoting the growth of technology in Ioannina and Greece at large. 
• The successful establishment of this R&D hub greatly enhanced TeamViewer's engineering capabilities and marked a significant achievement in the company's global expansion.

TeamViewer Meeting 

• EnhanceAs VP of Engineering, orchestrated a substantial upgrade to TeamViewer Meeting, positioning it as a viable contender in the online meeting space. 
• This entailed steering and coaching a diverse engineering team, thus fostering a conducive environment for innovation and collaboration. 
• The enhanced product was capable of hosting over 2 million meetings per month while ensuring stellar performance and secure end-to-end encryption for meetings with up to 300+ participants. 
• Particular emphasis was put on developing innovative solutions for improving performance during large, distributed meetings. 
• An Artificial Intelligence (AI) feature (Smart Focus) was also integrated that enabled the virtual camera to follow participants' head movements, enhancing the overall user experience and saving bandwidth. 
• This project not only strengthened the product but also underscored TeamViewer's commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technology for improved collaboration. ment

• A significant project during my tenure as VP of Engineering at TeamViewer was the development and implementation of a fully automated disaster recovery site. 
• Recognizing the importance of business continuity and the potential risks of major disruptions, the aim was to establish a resilient infrastructure that could provide seamless functionality under all circumstances and quickly and efficiently take over if the primary site experienced a failure or disruption.
• The completion of this project marked a major milestone for TeamViewer, strengthening our capability to ensure business continuity and significantly reducing the potential impact of unforeseen disruptions. 
• This increased our customers' confidence in our services and demonstrated our commitment to delivering uninterrupted, high-quality services.

TeamViewer Connectivity Platform Stabilization

• In this project at TeamViewer, I led a comprehensive initiative aimed at stabilizing the production environment and its underlying Connectivity Platform. 
• The mission was to mitigate system outages, reduce downtime, and successfully restore the platform's availability to 99.9+%. 
• The effort involved a close collaboration with a team of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), IT operators, support teams and external subject matter experts, a restructuring of the platform team and the application of strategic processes (Incident-, Problem-Management), which ultimately resulted in significant improvements in system stability and reliability

• As Director IT Operations at Tipico Technology Services, I spearheaded the creation of an entirely new, service-oriented IT operations department. This department, starting from scratch, grew to over 55 full-time employees including internal and external teams. 
• I was responsible for managing the IT infrastructure, ensuring optimal availability and operations especially during peak times, performance, and security. 
• The project involved transitioning from a monolithic application to a Micro Service driven architecture, formulating operational policies and best practices to boost overall efficiency with ITIL service management. 
• A major part of this project was focused on cost optimisation and maintaining service quality through effective budget and vendor management. 
• Additionally, I initiated system performance monitoring and led improvement initiatives to uphold the high standards of operational efficiency in a fast growing business.

• I oversaw the evolution from simple scripts to a more robust, automated Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solution. The objective was to improve the scalability, consistency, and efficiency of our IT environment. 
• To achieve this, I led my team in developing and deploying a codebase for infrastructure management, enabling us to automate the setup, modification, and management of our servers and other infrastructure components for dev-, test- and production-environments . 
• As a result of this transition, we achieved a higher level of operational efficiency, reducing setup times, minimizing human error, and ensuring consistent environments from development to production. 
• This shift played a critical role in streamlining our IT operations towards DevOps and facilitating continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).