WORK EXPERIENCE

• Technical Manager, Europass Feb 2010–Present

  Quality & Reliability (Q&R) – Thessaloniki, Greece

• Sr. Software Engineer Jun 2007–Jan 2010

  National Documentation Centre (EKT) – Athens & Thessaloniki, Greece

• Sr. Software Engineer Apr 2008–Jan 2009

  Synergic Software – Athens, Greece

• Software Engineer Nov 2006–Jun 2007

  EWORX – Athens, Greece

• IT Consultant Nov 2006–Apr 2007

  Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET) – Athens, Greece

• Researcher Feb 2006–Oct 2007

  AUEB, Dept. of Management Science & Technology – Athens, Greece

• Web Developer Oct 2004–Jan 2005

  Self-employed – Thessaloniki, Greece

• Software Engineering Intern Jun 2004–Sep 2004

  Southern General Hospital, Institute of Neurological Sciences, BrainIT Group – Glasgow, Scotland/UK

EDUCATION

• MSc in Information Technology with Distinction Sep 2003–Sep 2004

  University of Glasgow, Dept. of Computing Science – Glasgow, Scotland/UK

• BSc in Economics Oct 1998–Jul 2003

  AUTh, Dept. of Economics – Thessaloniki, Greece

SKILLS

• Heavy experience with the Java/JVM ecosystem (Java SE/EE, Spring, Groovy, Grails, Hibernate/JPA, several other open source frameworks, libraries and tools).
• Some exposure to Ruby on Rails, Python, JavaScript, PHP; currently experimenting with Golang.
• Extensive experience with web technologies and markup languages such as (X)HTML, CSS, XML, XSD, JSON, etc.
• Extensive experience with MySQL; some exposure to MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Extensive experience with Apache HTTP Server and Apache Tomcat in high-availability/load balancing architectures on both Linux and Windows environments (installation, configuration, administration, fine-tuning).
• Hands-on experience with IaaS, PaaS and other cloud-based services including Heroku, Amazon Web Services (S3), CloudFlare, AppFog, Jelastic and Digital Ocean.
• Extensive experience with popular Java IDEs (IntelliJ, Eclipse), build tools (Maven, Gradle) and SCM tools (Git, SVN); some exposure to continuous integration and code quality tools (Jenkins, SonarQube).
• Proficient with various project management and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Trello, GitHub, Bitbucket, WorkFlowy; have also used Mantis and Redmine in the past.

LIFELONG LEARNING

• M102: MongoDB for DBAs Jan 2013–Mar 2013 (7 weeks)

  10gen, The MongoDB Company – Online Course

• M101: MongoDB for Developers Oct 2012–Dec 2012 (7 weeks)

  10gen, The MongoDB Company – Online Course

• Workshop on Green ICT Mar 2011 (2.5 hours)

  International Hellenic University, School of Science & Technology – Thessaloniki, Greece

• JHUG.gr Tech Day Feb 2009 (5 hours)

  Java Hellenic User Group – Athens, Greece

• JHUG.gr Tech Day Nov 2008 (6 hours)

  Java Hellenic User Group – Athens, Greece

• Spring Seminar Aug 2008 (4 hours)

  SpringSource & Java Hellenic User Group – Athens, Greece

• JHUG.gr Tech Day Jun 2008 (6 hours)

  Java Hellenic User Group – Athens, Greece

• Agile Development – Agility for survival Feb 2008 (3 hours)

  dotNETZone.gr – Athens, Greece

• Java Developer Day Feb 2008 (8 hours)

  Sun Microsystems Hellas – Athens, Greece

• JHUG.gr Tech Day Oct 2008 (6 hours)

  Java Hellenic User Group – Athens, Greece

• Enterprise Java Tech Day Mar 2007 (5 hours)

  Java Hellenic User Group – Athens, Greece

• Java Developer Day Feb 2007 (8 hours)

  Sun Microsystems Hellas – Athens, Greece

• Enterprise Java and NetBeans Dec 2006 (4 hours)

  Java Hellenic User Group – Athens, Greece

• Enterprise Java Apr 2006 (4 hours)

  Java Hellenic User Group – Athens, Greece

• Introduction to Grids Jul 2005 (8 hours)

  Greek Research & Technology Network/Informatics & Telematics Institute – Thessaloniki, Greece

• UNIX and C Crash Course Jun 2004 (16 hours)

  University of Glasgow, Dept. of Computing Science – Glasgow, Scotland/UK

• Introduction to Visual Basic for Applications and Access Jun 2004 (4 hours)

  University of Glasgow, Dept. of Computing Science – Glasgow, Scotland/UK

• 5th European Forum in Business Management on Corporate Strategy May 2003 (8 hours)

  Athens Graduate School of Management – Thessaloniki, Greece

• Emotional Intelligence Dec 2002 (8 hours)

  Hellenic Management Association – Thessaloniki, Greece

• Personal Skills Development for a Successful Manager Nov 2002 (6 hours)

  Hellenic Institute of Marketing – Thessaloniki, Greece

• E-Business Apr 2002 (6 hours)

  Hellenic Institute of Marketing – Thessaloniki, Greece