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Boston, MA, US

Inspired by the remarkable canine ability to detect cancer via olfaction, RealNose develops bioprogrammable olfactory sensors, blending AI and bionanotechnology. RealNose revolutionizes early cancer detection, providing unparalleled precision, speed, and affordability. With RealNose, we're turning scent into a powerful diagnostic tool, starting with.

Berlin, Berlin, DE

• I shaped, developed, restructured and grew the business of virtual brands and cloud kitchens, a new vertical and separate line of business inside Delivery Hero, the world’s leading online food delivery service.
• Developed actionable recommendations for growth, business development and organizational change.
• Built a clear expansion strategy and vision and increased market share by 20% in 3 countries by providing actionable insights and by creating new processes for sales and lead generation.
• Drove performance of 10+ cloud kitchens by identifying and solving problems and leveraging growth initiatives.
• Tripled sales of the leading kitchen. Established new and improved business models for kitchen operators.
• Drove new product innovation by steering the product team to improve go-to-market and launch 3 new brands.

London, England, GB

• I founded this innovative fintech start-up, to disrupt the personal finance and wealth management markets by unlocking private equity investments for retail investors.Key Achievements:
• Devised the architecture for the core proposition, utilizing cutting-edge blockchain and smart contract technology.
• Developed an in-house real-time liquidity mechanism replicating DeFi liquidity pools allowing trading without a buyer-seller match via a price discovery algorithm with price stabilization.
• Designed the legal structure to facilitate extended reach to retail investors in the EU and accredited investors in the US. Utilized expertise in legal, regulatory and financial requirements to attain this.
• Negotiated and came to an agreement with the Gibraltar Financial Service Commission (GFSC) to market these investments to retail investors along with the liquidity pools using the “Prospectus Regulation”.
• Selected at the University of Chicago’s accelerator program, the Global New Venture Challenge. Presented concepts to committees and ultimately made it to the final.

Zug, Zug, CH

• I was contracted by this fintech solutions provider to lead their business team in a complex project involving the tokenization on the blockchain of three investment funds of a client with $5 B in AUM.Key Achievements:
• Collaborated with the client to set the business strategy and the technical development and outline the roadmap.
• Designed the business processes and flows of the tokenized funds to match customer needs.
• Managed and coordinated the key stakeholders, the technical and business teams of the client and the solution provider to build rapidly in less than 3 months the prototypes for proof of concept testing.

Nea Ionia, Attica, GR

• I started this online takeaway delivery marketplace disruptor, based in Greece, from ideation. In this role, I oversaw: research, strategy, general management, investor relations, partner relationships, business.
• Led investor relations to raise €3m in Series A in 2013.
• Expanded operations to span Greece and Cyprus and built the team to 40 staff.
• Rapidly assembled a 14-member sales team, propelling restaurant network from 600 to 3,000 in just 4 months.
• Delivered and sustained 300-370% monthly year-on-year sales growth rates for over 18 months until eventual exit.
• Accomplished acquisition by Delivery Hero in 2015 achieving a 12x forward revenue multiple.

Morristown, New Jersey, US

• Operating from the Athens office, I delivered indirect B2B sales and supported business partners in six south-eastern European countries for this US business communications solutions, software, infrastructure and.
• Coached 20+ business partners, sharing best practices to promote technical and sales excellence. Additionally, designed and presented new customer solutions to fulfil emerging or changing customer needs.
• Accomplished over 120% of assigned yearly quotas in multiple years, equivalent to an additional $2m per year.
• Awarded “Top System Engineer of the Year” in 2007 for Western Europe and in 2008 for EMEA.

Medford, Massachusetts, US

In 2005, I acted in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of this Boston based university.

College Station, TX, US

Working in the Electrical Engineering Department, I published three papers in prestigious IEEE journals and submitted an invention disclosure that led to a provisional patent application.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Certificate, Designing And Building Ai Products And Services

Master Of Science, Electrical Engineering

Integrated Master (Diploma), Electrical And Computer Engineering