Thanos Petsakos Email & Phone Number

Athens, Gr

Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Big Blue offers accelerated data science education through bootcamps and intensive courses for individuals and corporate training for companies with Python• Programs I have taught: Data Science Bootcamp (full-time & part-time), Data Engineering Bootcamp, Data Analytics Bootcamp and Introduction to Python for Data Science Program• I also teach several Corporate Training programs and the Femme Forward program offered by Big Blue Data Academy

Greece

• Helping train a broad range of AI applications• Text Translation Human Evaluation• Data Commissioning

Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Develop and produce engaging video content across three YouTube channels in the education and entertainment sectors, consistently growing audience reach and engagement.• Strategically manage channel growth, including optimising video SEO, analysing audience insights, and implementing content strategies tailored to each channel’s niche.

Singapore

• Faculty Director of Certified Predictive Modeling Specialist (CPMS) program• Faculty Director of Advanced Statistical Techniques, Data Analysis & Visualisation program

Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Partnership between Big Blue Data Academy and The American College of Greece• Teaching courses towards the Professional Diploma in Data Analytics at Deree (Live Teaching)• Teaching the following courses: Intro to Data Analytics, Python Essentials (3 modules), Advanced Python, Data Analytics with Pandas (4 modules), Big Data and Databases, Market and Product Analysis, SQL (4 modules), Datathlon

London Area, United Kingdom

• Course Instructor for Data Analytics, Data Science & AI Courses• Live Virtual Training and Asynchronous (Video) Training

Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Creation and deployment of Machine Learning models• Creation or improvement of forecasting models and other analytical tools• Current primary focus on Python, R, SQL & Power BI

Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Member of Technology Consulting team (Data and Analytics)• Working on projects intended to drive business value and enhance decision making• Making use of numerous analytical tools and technologies

Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Research Assistant to Associate Professor of Finance and Quantitative Methods• Provide Assistance in Technical and Highly Data Driven Projects & Research

Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Business Analytics & MIS Team Leader. Leading a team of two Data Scientists to efficiently deliver state of the art MIS, Reporting & Analytics services• Effective use of available datasets and infrastructure to monitor and predict (via Machine Learning Modeling) Private Banking customer behavior • My department was among the first to make use of Eurobank's Big Data infrastructure, leading to significantly enhanced customer and portfolio analytics

Athens, Greece

• Data analytics & research on all aspects of business performance• Creation and maintenance of databases and analytical tools • Liaison between Private Banking Data Warehouse and IT departments• Budgeting of Group Private Banking Units and reporting of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Athens, Greece

• Responsible for reporting, budgeting and controlling for all Corporate Banking Units• Troubled assets monitoring and reporting• Monitoring of cross-selling performance• MIS database automation and enhancement

Athens, Greece

• Reporting for all Wholesale Banking Units• Creation of Profit & Loss Database per client• Preparation of monthly business reports• Creation and maintenance of databases / Monitoring of revenues, costs and KPIs

Athens, Greece

• International Markets Desk, Research and Analysis of International Equity Markets• Preparation and maintenance of valuation models on a number large international companies• Prepared reports on Foreign Equities, Company results, Asian Markets, Commodities & EMs• Stock selection, Portfolio Analysis, Valuation and Technical Analysis• Prepared and delivered daily and weekly presentations to International Sales Desks• While a member of the research department, Eurobank Equities was named 1st among Greek securities firms for the accuracy of its analyses

Athens, Greece

• Driver for NBC Olympics during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games• Responsible for transporting journalists, personnel & equipment to Olympic venues and NBC Hubs• Provided translation services (English - Greek)

Athens, Greece

• Store management (usually on late shifts)• Inventory management • Staff organization (usually between 10 and 15 persons)• Work hours scheduling / Maintenance of store records• Financial and organizational responsibilities

Athens, Greece

• Called up for obligatory military service in May 2000 (18 months) • Completed initial training in Sparta (2 months) - Trained to be a driver and a payroll officer• Served 9 months in Evros where I oversaw the personnel office• Responsible for preparing all external reports and for all personnel issues (enrollment, leaves, training)• Trained for 3 weeks in the area of cryptography and deciphering• Served final 7 months of army in Athens where I was posted as a payroll officer

Master Of Science - Ms, Artificial Intelligence, Pending

Activities and Societies: Technical Pathway Final Dissertation: Enhancing AI Understanding through Neural Network-Based Image.

Business Intelligence & Data Analyst (Bida)™

Completed Courses: Excel Fundamentals - Formulas for Finance, Power BI Fundamentals, Dashboards & Data Visualization, Professional Ethics.

Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (Fmva)™

Completed Courses: Accounting Fundamentals, Reading Financial Statements, Excel Crash Course - Spreadsheet Formulas for Finance.

Master Of Science - Ms, Data Science, 3.93/4.00 (High Distinction - Finished 2Nd In Class)

Activities and Societies: 2018-2019: President of the Graduate Student Association, 2019-2020: Secretary of the Graduate Student.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Banking And Financial Support Services, 3.63/4.00 (Highest Honors - Finished 1St In Class)

Activities and Societies: Participation in 2016 Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC), ALBA - Eurobank Field Consulting Project (FCP).

Master Of Science - Ms, Finance, 3.84/4.00 (High Distinction - Finished 1St In Class)

Activities and Societies: Final Thesis Topic: Testing the Athens Stock Exchange for Semi-Strong Form Market EfficiencyCompleted Courses.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business/Managerial Economics, 3.20/4.00

Activities and Societies: Management Society Member (2004-2005), Management Society Vice President (2005-2006)Completed Courses.

High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate Certificate

Activities and Societies: Junior Varsity Volleyball Team (1994-1995), Varsity Volleyball Team (1998-1999), School NewspaperCompleted.