👋🏻 Bio


active 1 year ago Actively looking
A multi-skilled technologist with an extensive track record of ensuring that the respective business, application, data, and technology perspectives are in line with the organisation's technology and governance strategies, policies, and standards. I have a proven track record of acting as a presale technical authority and advisor, leading digital transformation projects and teams to successfully deliver solutions, fully audited with security and risk assessments. Looking for an opportunity to continue my professional development in a similar role within an established company in exchange of hard work and commitment.
Current Location: London
Skills: Javascript Solidity Java SQL HTML

💼 Experience


Cloud Transformation and Security Architect - Sr Manager Inmarsat Global
February 2020 to Present (4 yrs 5 mos) ▪️ Full-time ▪️ London
• Developing the Enterprise Security Architecture and Cloud Transformation Strategy.
• Lead digital and data transformation for all business needs.
• Strategic design for data modelling, data governance and network performance reporting.
• Multi-cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure) hybrid projects design and implementation for Data Lakes, Real-Time Analytics, AI, IoT, Blockchain, SDN, Open RAN , 5G, Governance and Security.
• Implement and run POCs for billing and supply chain with IoT extensions on IBM Hyperledger, Ethereum and Conflux blockchains.
• Assisting in aligning business and enterprise initiatives with the Enterprise Security Architecture.
• Lead cloud transformation and create data pipelines and SDWAN for client services.
• Auditing compliance within the Enterprise Security Architecture standards.
• Serving as advisor to senior business management on business and information integration strategies, including cloud cost optimisation and FinOps reports and projections.
• Promote company services and products in conferences, events and client meetings acting as a presale technical authority.
• Enabling and maintain systems compliance with GDPR, ISO 15408, 27001, 27002, 27017.
• Manage and scale up teams of 37 Architects, Engineers and Network Specialists.
• Security policies creation and implementation for infrastructure and services and data governance policies implementation.
• Design and Implement risk assessment processes for software and services auditing.
• Risk assessments for all shot-term projects and each phase of long-term projects.
• Influencing business strategy on 6 different data analytics platforms, cutting cost by 60% while improving overall end user (internal and external) performance by 45%, embedding data quality processes. Average project size of 25M GBP, total 210M.
• Consolidation and improvement of Data Platforms and infusion of Machine learning tools.
• Translating or mapping business strategy into information strategy
• Support corporate Maritime and Aviation clients for data, safety and assurance services.
• Understanding technology product and vendor strategies, products, and customer preferences
• Security practices improvement and risk assessments that improved processes and brought business value.
• Understanding, modelling, and representing the organizations business requirements in a human consumable manner, as it relates to strategy.
• Design strategy for machine learning in real-time data analytics platform.
• Endorse continuous improvement of all employees with training on cutting edge technologies, acting as mentor and recommending learning content for team development.
Technical Evangelist – Ambassador - Developer UK and EU Conflux Network DAO
October 2020 to June 2022 (1 yrs 8 mos) ▪️ Contract ▪️ London
• Developing the Cloud Security Architecture and Infrastructure evolution plan.
• Support platform development for data, safety, and assurance services.
• Continuous improvement in smart contracts system and chain interconnectivity.
• Smart contract testing and POCs for next generation nodes and wallets.
• Promote company services and products in conferences, events and client meetings acting as a presale technical advisor.
• Audit, maintain and harden infrastructure, supporting the platform and 3rd party vendors and partners.
• Design and Implement risk assessment, software auditing and security policies.
• Security practices improvement, including access controls and zero trust.
Cloud Security Architect - Manager Inmarsat Global
March 2019 to February 2020 (11 mos) ▪️ Full-time ▪️ London
• Mapping business strategy into information strategy.
• Developing the Security Architecture and Cloud Transformation Strategy.
• Implement and run POCs for billing and supply chain with IoT extensions on IBM Hyperledger and Ethereum.
• Support corporate clients for data, safety, and assurance services.
• Delivering services and improving on product strategies for cloud and security infrastructure and applications.
• Promote company services and products in conferences, events and client meetings acting as a presale technical advisor.
• Enabling and maintain systems compliance with GDPR, ISO 27001,27002,27017.
• Cloud cost optimisation and FinOps reporting and projections.
• Create and implement best practices DevSecOps framework for the department, with positive impact for production environment for the whole organisation.
• Manage and scale up a team of 16 Architects, Engineers, and Network Specialists.
• Audit, maintain and harden infrastructure, supporting internal teams and external clients.
• Design and Implement risk assessment, software auditing and security policies.
• Security practices improvement and risk assessments that improved processes and brought business value.
• Multi-cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure) hybrid projects design and implementation for Data Lakes, Real-Time Analytics, SDN, Governance and Security.
• Security practices improvement and risk assessments that improved processes and brought business value.
• Enable continuous improvement of all employees with skills on cutting edge technologies, acting as a mentor and recommend training.
Technical Solutions Architect – Sr Manager UCLH - NHS
February 2018 to March 2019 (1 yrs 1 mos) ▪️ Full-time ▪️ London
• Design, implementation and delivery of the technical transformation and End User devices transition to a unified Electronics Health Records (EHR), with rationalization of 114 apps to EPIC platform , using HL7 and FHIR.
• Audit, maintain and harden a 12.000+ devices infrastructure, supporting 25.000 end users.
• Maintain/develop servers and services.
• Design and Implement risk assessment, software auditing and security policies.
• Lead hybrid cloud transformation on AWS and Azure and manage 46 engineers and 78 administrators.
• Developing new auditing and hardening software.
• Design a cloud and hybrid strategy for the organization with Citrix, AWS and Azure (AD and SSO).
• Designing the strategy for information and data governance.
• Security and risk assessments for all phases of projects and governance policies implementation.
• Continuous service improvement with adoption of DevOps practices and CI/CD.
• Cloud cost optimization with FinOps reporting and projections.
• Having strong IT, commercial, planning and budgeting skills.
• Maintain documentation regarding users, services and systems.
• Writing documentation for DPA2018 / GDPR procedures and IG security.
• Having excellent time management, confidentiality and communication skills.
• Delivered projects before deadline using less than 60% of the budget, total budget managed 163M GBP.
EMEA Technical Architect – Sr Manager ICICI Bank
August 2016 to February 2018 (1 yrs 6 mos) ▪️ Full-time ▪️ London
• Support 4000+ users in 3 countries (9 branches) in everyday tasks, including Treasury department.
• Create and scale up a team global team of 23 engineers and administrators.
• Develop and maintain payment servers and services.
• Responsible for hardware and software installation, maintenance and automation.
• Performing routine audits of systems and software, along with hardening and security perimeter.
• Developing & maintaining the company IT strategy, complying with GDPR.
• Developing a cloud strategy on AWS and GCP.
• Promote company services and products in conferences, events and client meetings acting as a presale technical authority.
• Enabling and maintain systems compliance with ISO 15408, 27001, 27017 and PCI DSS.
• Strategic design for data modelling and data governance.
• Continuous service improvement, DevOPS practices, CI/CD and InfoSec preparation for GDPR.
• Having strong IT, commercial, planning and budgeting skills.
• Securing systems and network perimeters, creation and implementation of security policies.
• Risk assessments for all systems and infrastructure architecture projects.
• Decrease IT infrastructure running costs by 35% by improving usage processes.
• Writing documentation for ICT procedures, security and disaster recovery.
• Deliver projects before deadline with less than 70% of the budget, total budget managed 3M GBP
• Managing the internal & hosted network infrastructure including firewalls, servers, switches and telephony.
• Create and improve Business Continuity Plan.
CTO Dianysma Ltd
January 2015 to July 2016 (1 yrs 6 mos) ▪️ Full-time ▪️ Thessaloniki, Greece
• Create and scale up a team 45 administrative and technical staff to support organisations of up to 2000+ users per client from banking, insurance, academic, law and healthcare sectors.
• Enhancing customer products in Banking, Fintech, Insurance, Retail and Telecoms.
• Improving the IT budgets and expenditure on hardware and software, cutting costs without affecting quality of service, by 35%.
• Promote company services and products in conferences, events and client meetings acting as a presale technical authority.
• Developing & maintaining the company IT systems, software and databases.
• Developing cloud strategy for clients, with hybrid infrastructure on Azure, AWS and GCP.
• Responsible for the recruitment and training of new staff.
• Writing documentation for ICT procedures, security and disaster recovery.
• Performing routine audits of systems and software.
• Continuous service improvement, DevOPS practices, CI/CD.
• Reporting to the CEO for client projects up to 2M each, total 14M.
• Develop and Implement web and mobile solutions for internal usage and clients, including banking and insurance applications.
• Lead the startup organization to merge/acquisition.
CTO Studio Plus
November 2011 to December 2014 (3 yrs 1 mos) ▪️ Full-time ▪️ Thessaloniki, Greece
• Create ans scale up a team of 26 administrative and technical staff to support 1400+ users from corporate clients.
• Enhancing customer products in Banking, Fintech, Insurance and Telecoms.
• Helped establish new processes and procedures on responding to various security incidents, significantly increasing response time and improving overall customer service.
• Troubleshoot issues as well as supported Exchange, Active Directory, and VOIP.
• Expanded Help Desk service to support remote offices in MA, CT, and CA.
• Promote company services and products in conferences, events and client meetings acting as a presale technical authority.
• Placed emphasis on network security, make certain computer systems were 98% DoD compliant.
• Develop and Implement web and mobile solutions for internal usage and clients, including banking applications.
• Managing projects of a total of 9M.
• Lead the startup organization to merge/acquisition.
Senior IT Consultant Digitec
March 2007 to November 2011 (4 yrs 8 mos) ▪️ Full-time ▪️ Thessaloniki, Greece
• Writing, testing, and de-bugging software.
• Software performance testing on customer sites.
• Promote company services and products in conferences, events and client meetings acting as a presale technical authority.
• Taking the lead in cross-functional teams to plan and execute IT projects.
• Acting as a first and second line of support to customers.
• Breaking down systems into small manageable parts.
IT Consultant Computer Praxis SA
September 2002 to December 2006 (4 yrs 3 mos) ▪️ Full-time ▪️ Thessaloniki, Greece

IT Systems Engineer Librocom SA
December 2001 to June 2002 (6 mos) ▪️ Full-time ▪️ Thessaloniki, Greece

🎓 Education & Certificates


Master’s Degree, Applied Computer Science By University of Macedonia
September 2006 to May 2008 (1 yrs 8 mos)

Bachelor’s Degree, Applied Economics By Aristotle University
September 1999 to June 2005 (5 yrs 9 mos)

🏆 Honours & Awards


Blockchain V2 By IBM

Certified in Cybersecurity By isc2

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