Spyros P, Independent Contractor

About

Experience

Freelance for a Venture Capital fund

Jan 2022 – Present

Remote

Startups Scout

Approved to scout for a venture capital fund looking for startups in certain fields.

Independent Contractor

Jan 2019 – Present

Remote

Startups programme manager

I have built from the ground up a startups incubation programme working with founders from anywhere around the world.

Research

Dec 1993 – Present

Researcher

I have been conducting research in various fields all these years starting with economics and later expanding into mathematics, electrical engineering and information technology. I have generated new knowledge during this period and I still do. Some highlights include: 1. Development of “Utility Theory”, 1996-2002, being taught at CaltechX, http://goo.gl/XrcGtl. 2. Novel method to calculate vectors, 2001 - 2005, Published on Khan academy as "anonymous". 3. Theoretical work to upgrade the current stream cipher implementation to perfectly random, while maintaining performance. (not published) 4. Have developed data transmission and storage technology that beats 5G and any of its descendants. (not published) 5. Draft whitepaper "Laborhour token". A new economic model. (Published 2020) https://odysee.com/@Labor_Hour_Token:d/Labour_Hour_Token_draft_whitepaper:e 6.Development of novel error detection and correction technology. (Published through Hong Kong University) 7. Development of complementary technology for data storage and transmission. (... - 03/01/2023, Not published)

Mellifex Ltd.

Mar 2021 – Sep 2021

Remote

Business development manager.

I was assigned to come up with a plan to promote the company's mobile application service relating to startups looking to raise their next funding round. Due to my business development activity with respect to my startups incubation programme I have an understanding of the market. In addition, I have assisted with matters relating to further enhancing the application using my experience as a software and mobile applications developer. For the record, I was not working as a developer, but I was involved in the discussions concerning feature development and other aspects.

Hotel Group

Jan 2020 – Feb 2020

Technician, networks and installations

I was assigned to debug and restore an at the time recently added part of the network including the central router and switches but also network telephones. In addition, I further expanded the network to provide wireless access point coverage to open spaces and wired room buildings before I leave the project due to a unilateral modification of the agreement we had.

Hellenic Statistics Authority

Feb 2011 – Jun 2011

Kalamata, Greece

Supervisor

I was assigned to manage two teams of data collectors during the National Census of population and structures.

Lidl Hellas

Aug 2010 – Dec 2010

Greece

Store Manager

I was hired as an Assistant Store Manager in a supermarket but was assigned to do the tasks of a Store Manager during my shift.

Non profit company

Mar 2006 – Sep 2009

Kalamata, Greece

Director, Founder

Building on previous experience, I was planning, implementing, evaluating and submitting applications, interim and final reports for projects under European Union funded programmes cooperating with the Municipality and other established local organizations.

Local free press

Jul 2008 – Sep 2008

Kalamata, Greece

Sales

I was working at the sales department of a small local free press company.

HELMAC

Sep 2004 – Mar 2006

Athens, Greece

Projects manager

I was planning and submitting applications for projects to draw funds from European Union programmes. I was also implementing and evaluating them, submitting interim and final reports.

Venue Retailing SA

Aug 2004 – Sep 2004

Athens, Greece

Sales Supervisor

I was assigned a point of purchase out of two in the weight lifting venue. I was responsible for cash handling, stock management and staff supervision. I was then reassigned to the Olympic Store at the main venue, which was the greatest point of sales when it came to Athens 2004 merchandise.

MachinePoint Consultants Ltd.

Jul 2003 – Dec 2003

Valladolid, Spain

International Sales Executive – Direct Marketing Department

I have been assigned to follow up a number of marketing campaigns with regards to second hand industrial machinery for the production of plastics. The job included daily cold calls, web search for lead generation and follow up, updating the existing lead database, liaising with the sales team to streamline presales pitch and sales follow up. During my time there I standardized the whole cycle and as a result I achieved tremendous performance within the assigned Greek market. Therefore, I was assigned to train the rest of the marketing department which consisted of trainees, but also I was assigned the U.K. market as well.

International NGO

Oct 1999 – May 2003

Athens, Greece

Board member and Business development assignment.

In a span of approximately 3 and half years I had part and full time roles in lead generation, sales, marketing, event organizing and gained knowledge in areas such as marketing, merchandising, funding programmes where in some cases I led totally new initiatives. All our activities were directly involving the entrepreneurial and enterprise community either for conference sponsorships or relating to our core product a student exchange programme.

Various companies

Oct 1999 – Apr 2002

Athens, Greece

Data collector

I was employed in a number of statistics projects working for various companies acquiring useful experience as a data collector.

Hellenic Statistics Agency

Mar 2001 – Apr 2001

Thessaloniki, Greece

Data collector

National Census data collector.

Education

SATOMS

Feb 2021 – Mar 2021

Certificate: CCTV Installation & Maintenance, Technical

Google Cloud

Aug 2020 – Sep 2020

Certificate: Industrial IoT on Google Cloud Platform, Information Technology

LearnQuest - Coursera

Aug 2020 – Sep 2020

Certificate: Developing AI Applications on Azure, Information Technology

SATOMS

Jun 2020 – Jul 2020

Certificate: Fiber Optics Training, Engineering

Udacity

Jul 2019 – Aug 2019

Mobile Application Development with Android (Audit), Information Technology

Vocational School

Sep 2017 – Jun 2019

Electronics & computing systems, installations, networks & telecommunications, Electronics

World Intellectual Property Organisation Academy

Aug 2018 – Sep 2018

General Course on Intellectual Property, Law

World Intellectual Property Organization Academy

Jul 2018 – Aug 2018

IP PANORAMA, Law

Udacity

Oct 2017 – Nov 2017

Networking for web developers (Audit), Information Technology

Udacity

Sep 2017 – Oct 2017

HTTP & Web Servers with Python (Audit), Information Technology

Boston University College of General Studies

Jul 2015 – Oct 2015

Course certificate: Sabermetrics 101 - Introduction to Baseball analytics, Statistics

Technische Universität München

Jun 2015 – Sep 2015

Course certificate: Quality Engineering and Management, Statistics

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Jul 2015 – Aug 2015

Course certificate: Statistics for Business 1, Statistics, Business Administration

Berkeley, The University of California

Jun 2015 – Jul 2015

Course certificate: Introduction to Big Data with Apache Spark, Information Technology, Computer Science

W3C French branch

Jun 2015 – Jul 2015

Course certificate: HTML5 Web Design Fundamentals, Web development

IEEE

Jun 2015 – Jul 2015

Course certificate: Introduction to Cloud Computing, Computer Science, Information Technology

University of Notre Dame

May 2015 – Jul 2015

Course certificate: Understanding Wireless - Technology, Economics and Policy, Business Administration, Law

The University of Adelaide

May 2015 – Jul 2015

Course certificate: Cyberwar, Surveillance and Security, Law

Open Education Consortium - Anne Arundel Community College

Apr 2015 – Jun 2015

Course certificate: Business and its Environment - An overview of business and the role of finance, Business Administration, Finance

MITx

Mar 2015 – May 2015

Course certificate: Computation Structures - Digital Circuits, Computer Science - Engineering

MITx

Sep 2014 – Dec 2014

Course certificate: Supply Chain and Logistics Fundamentals, Supply chain & Logistics

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Sep 2014 – Nov 2014

Course certificate: A system view of communications - From signals to packets part 1, Information Technology - Engineering

Karolinska Institutet

Sep 2014 – Oct 2014

Course certificate: Explore Statistics with R, Statistics

Tsinghua University

Apr 2014 – Jun 2014

Course certificate: Financial Analysis and Decision Making, Finance, Accounting

The University of Texas System

Feb 2014 – May 2014

Course certificate: Embedded Systems, Computer Science

MITx

Jan 2014 – Apr 2014

Course certificate: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python 6.00.1x, Computer Science

Berklee X, Berklee College of Music

Jan 2014 – Mar 2014

Course certificate: Introduction to the Music Business, Business administration

Berkeley, University of California

Nov 2013 – Feb 2014

Courses certificates: Principles of written English, College writing 1 & 2., Linguistics

Open University in the North (U.K.)

Oct 2012 – Dec 2012

Module: Introduction to Linux, Computer Science

Open University in the North (U.K.)

Feb 2012 – Oct 2012

Module: Object-oriented programming with Java, Computer Science

Open University in the North (U.K.)

Feb 2010 – Dec 2011

Certificate in Information Technology and Computing (level 4 diploma)., Computer Science

University of Piraeus

Oct 1999 – Apr 2003

Statistics & Insurance (not completed), Economics

Spyros P

Independent Contractor

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