Education
Computer Engineering and Informatics
University of Patras
I am an intergraded master's degree graduate.
Grade: 6.52.
You can find my thesis here and the rest of the courses here.
Graduated High School
Kykkos A’, Nicosia
Grade: 19.2/20
Experience
Work
Goldman Solutions & Services
Software Developer
ASP.NET, SQL Server, MVC and Microsoft Azure.
Bank of Cyprus contractor since June 2022 working with .NET
EKAB (Internship)
Patras Medical Station
On call IT support representing Computer Engineering and Informatics Department of the University of Patras.
Vocational
Orange Grove Patras
Member
A mentoring incubator that teaches soft-skills to startups.
Lab assistant
Introduction to Computers & Programming
Using C programming language.
Security team
Member
After the teams formation, its activities has been on hold since today, by the teams lead.
GOLD Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador
GOLD since 2021, Active Member, Deputy Country Leader for Cyprus, Coordinator for South Greece Universities and Event Coordinator for Greece since 2020
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors (previously named: Microsoft Student Partners) are student technology leaders, empowered to build Microsoft communities on their campus and share their deep knowledge and passion for technology with their fellow classmates. Was Digital Material Coordinator for one year (2019-2020). Currently the Community Manager for the University of Patras since 2019 as well as Coordinator for South Greece Universities and Event Coordinator for Greece since 2020. You can find the latest certificate here.
StudentGuru Patras
Member, Community Manager since 2019
StudentGuru is an on-line as well as an offline community with many members, supported by Microsoft. Apart from the forums and the on-line discussions offline members attend or even create events based on new computer technologies spanning from software development to Internet of things. More than 20 presentations performed to this day and participation in various workshops, in relation to C#, Unity, Azure cloud services, Linux, OpenGL and many more. It was renamed to Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors Patras in 2020.
Events
Global Azure 2021
AzureHeads
Over 3 days, communities around the world are organizing localized live streams for everyone around the world to join and learn about Azure from the best-in-class community leaders.
I was both a volunteer and a presenter at the event. I presented about proactive messages in Azure Bot Service and helped with the organization and smooth execution of the event.
IT PRO | DEV Connections 2020
Multiple Greek technical communities
A 2-day long event with over 100 technical presentations about technology.
Apart from being a speaker in the event, with a presentations covering Azure Bot Service, I was also part of the organizing team behind the event.
Summer In Greece Festival
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors
A 5-day long festival with over 30 technical presentations about technology.
Apart from being a speaker in the event, with a presentations covering Bot Framework and LUIS Services, I was also part of the organizing team behind the event. You can find more information about the festival
here.
Hour of code
Microsoft
Presentation in junior high school as a Microsoft Student Partner.
Night of the Living Devs
Microsoft, 24hr hackathon
Part of a four member team, 9th prize winners (UWP).
Microsoft Imagine Cup
National Finals
With a five member team called Greencore Studios, submitted a tower defense game called Green Alert.
Miscellaneous
Military Service
Cyprus
I have completed my military service of 6 months in Cyprus as an artillery signalman.
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
Microsoft
Earning the Azure AI Engineer Associate certification validates the skills and knowledge required to build, manage, and deploy AI solutions that leverage Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Cognitive Search, and Microsoft Bot Framework. Candidates understand the components that make up the Azure AI portfolio.
You can find the certificate here.
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
Microsoft
Earners of the Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals demonstrate a functional understanding of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.
You can find the certificate here.
Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals
Microsoft
Earning the Microsoft 365 Fundamentals certification demonstrates an understanding of the options available in Microsoft 365 and the benefits of adopting cloud services, the Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud model, and implementing Microsoft 365 cloud service.
You can find the certificate here.
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
Microsoft
Earners of the Azure AI Fundamentals certification have demonstrated foundational knowledge of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) concepts and related Microsoft Azure services.
You can find the certificate here.
Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals
Microsoft
Earners of the Power Platform Fundamentals certification are users who aspire to improve productivity by automating business processes, analyzing data to produce business insights, and acting more effectively by creating simple app experiences.
You can find the certificate here.
MTA: Security Fundamentals
Microsoft
Earners of the MTA: Security Fundamentals certification have demonstrated fundamental security knowledge and skills.
You can find the certificate here.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
Microsoft
Earners of the Azure Data Fundamentals certification have demonstrated foundational knowledge of core data concepts and how they are implemented using Microsoft Azure data services.
You can find the certificate here.
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals
Microsoft
Earners of the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals certification demonstrate a functional understanding of Dynamics 365 capabilities and Microsoft cloud computing.
You can find the certificate here.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
Earners of the Azure Fundamentals certification have demonstrated foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.
You can find the certificate here.
Quality Software Developer Foundation Certificate in Maintainability
Software Improvement Group
Building Maintainable Software using C#.
In accordance with SIG standards for building maintainable software. (Beta exam)
You can find the certification here.
ECDL
European Computer Driving Licence
ECDL / ICDL certification is a globally recognised information and communication technology (ICT) and digital literacy qualification.
Publications
Personal Blog
Creation of personal blog called binarygrounds.com
This blog is dedicated to creating content on things I am working with and enjoy, on various programming related topics! You can find it here.
Getting started with Bot Framework - Introduction to luis Cognitive Services
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors CEE YouTube channel
This educational video demonstrates how to create a simple bot in Azure and get it ready to go. Following this video allows you to dive into Cognitive Services and use machine learning to teach your bot human interaction through understanding natural language. Train your bot to extract the exact information you need to process by guessing the user’s intents and finding the entities in the sentence. The video can be found here.
Platform Rush
Unity2D
An infinite platformer game, created using Unity2D and C#. Since the development of the project stopped the app was removed from the Google Play and Microsoft Store. The code and releases of the project can be found here.
Languages
Greek
Native
English
Professional
International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) from the University
of Cambridge.
You can find the certificate here.
Programming Languages
C#
Highly Skilled
Experienced with .NET, ASP.NET, UWP, Azure Cloud Services, Unity 2D/3D and Bot Framework.
C
Highly Skilled
Lab assistant. Experienced with kernel programming and networking.
Visual Basic
Highly Skilled
Experienced with .NET, ASP.NET
SQL
Intermediate level
Experienced with SQL server and IBM i DB2 databases
C++
Intermediate level
Python
Intermediate level
Skills
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Highly Skilled
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc. for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the industry standard not only in raster graphics editing, but in digital art as a whole.
Microsoft Office
Highly Skilled
Experienced in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Certified with ECDL.
GIMP
Intermediate level
GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks.
MATLAB
Intermediate level
MATLAB is a multi-paradigm numerical computing environment and proprietary programming language developed by MathWorks.
Soft skills
Communication
Communication between various student groups and team projects.
Team Spirit
Member of the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors group, Member and Community Manager of the StudentGuru Patras student group.
Presentational Skills
Multiple presentations with student teams (like StudentGuru & Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors) and within various university courses.
Self-driven
Modivation to learn new technologies and create fun projects!
Interests
Programming
Passion for software engineering.
Music
I find it relaxing and inspiring.
DIY
Creating sceneries using everyday items is fascinating.
Reading
A great way to pass my time and get lost in a fantasy world