Meet The Team

Meet the experts behind Big Blue Data Academy's programs

Dimitris Mousadakos, PhD

Dimitris Mousadakos, PhD

Founder & Managing Director
Zurich

Dimitris is an expert Data Scientist and leads the academy programs. Former Program Manager of Constructor Learning Zurich, he has trained over 250 Data Scientists, who work now at companies like UBS, SWISS Airlines and ebay.

Spyros Poulos

Spyros Poulos

Data Science Instructor
Athens

Spyros uses Data Science tools like Machine Learning and Analytics to solve business problems and optimize processes. He endorses the idea of data-driven models for organizations and he has worked on various projects towards digital transformation.

Gerry Liaropoulos

Gerry Liaropoulos

Advisor & Instructor
Athens-Zurich

Experienced Data Scientist in the fascinating sector of Life Sciences, Gerry is using a variety of Machine-Learning methods to help the industry make more informed decisions with the end goal of effecting a positive change in patients’ lives.

Michalis Konstantoulakis

Michalis Konstantoulakis

Career Development Instructor
Athens

Michalis has more than 10 years of accumulated knowledge working as an analytics professional & mentor in 9 different roles, across 7 industries. He has a genuine interest for analytical trainings and data career coaching

Alberto Benroubi

Alberto Benroubi

Data Engineering Instructor
Athens

Data Scientist/Engineer working in the Life Sciences sector, Alberto combines his Informatics and AI background by developing fully automated ETL pipelines that feed data to various ML models, with his main focus being text data and NLP projects.

John Michailidis

John Michailidis

Data Engineering Instructor
Athens

John is an experienced Data Engineer with 10 years of experience in multiple fields. As a Data Engineer his main concern is the orchestration of robust architectures for the purpose of sustaining strong data disposition foundations through the use of best practises.

Michalis Katsoulis

Michalis Katsoulis

Data Engineering Instructor
Thessaloniki

Michalis is an experienced software engineer who has worked in multiple projects in the industry. He is using various programming languages like python, golang and javascript.
He specializes in building applications in the form of microservices using containers with orchestration tools like docker and kubernetes.

Dimosthenis Schizas

Dimosthenis Schizas

Data Engineering Instructor
Athens

With a decade of experience as a Data Engineer, I have honed my skills in designing and implementing ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, and real-time data delivery. My MS in Mechanical Engineering, as well as additional training in Data Engineering and Data Science, have provided me with a solid foundation to excel in this field. My experience in both the IT and Energy sectors has allowed me to adapt to various industries and deliver valuable insights to teams in Analytics, Marketing and more.

Stamatis Karlos, PhD

Stamatis Karlos, PhD

Data Science Instructor
Athens

Stamatis has a strong research record in ML with more than 40 publications. Background on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, while currently being actively involved in weakly-supervised learning projects designing ensemble learners for providing impactful solutions to real-world tasks both for his industrial role and post-doc research.

Giorgos Stagakis, PhD

Giorgos Stagakis, PhD

Data Science Instructor
Athens

Georgios is experienced Data Scientist, both in academia and in industry. His previous studies were mainly focused in Statistics and Math, while his PhD is on Machine Learning, with applications in Computer Vision. In the past, he had worked in various projects around Data Analysis and MLOps for greek enterprises and organisations. The latest years, he is occupied professionally in colleges and organisations in Greece, as teaching staff.

Dimitris Gallos

Dimitris Gallos

Data Science Instructor
Montreal

With a Masters from McGill University, Dimitri focuses on computer vision and his experience lies in translating business requirements into production-ready deep learning fuelled systems. He is a ML Developer at Samasource, a leading data provider for Fortune 100 companies.

Nick Fournogerakis

Nick Fournogerakis

Data Science Instructor
Athens

Working as a Data Scientist both in a huge casino provider and in a sports analytics start-up, Nick is combining his hobbies with his constant passion about data science. Machine Learning and Analytics techniques are his tools in his everyday effort to analyze behavioral patterns and generate data-driven insights, which are cornerstones to business decision making.

Dimitris Iakovakis, PhD

Dimitris Iakovakis, PhD

Data Science Instructor
Athens

Dimitris is an Engineer/Data Scientist who loves to dive deep into cross-functional domains ranging from Business Analytics to financial services to large-scale Predictive Maintainance for Reliability within Amazon. Dimitris' aspiration is to innovate in HealthTech towards innovative patient-centric solutions. Currently, he builds new ventures in the health-tech domain by creating ML and Data Science teams.

Despoina Ioannidou, PhD

Despoina Ioannidou, PhD

Data Science Instructor
Paris

Despoina Ioannidou holds a MSc and PhD in Applied Mathematics. She has worked for several years in the domain of machine learning and computer vision. She is currently leading the AI team in a medical applications start-up.

Prof. Dr. Demetrios Karras

Prof. Dr. Demetrios Karras

Data Science Instructor
Athens

Prof. Demetrios Karras, has expertise in the fields, among others, of Intelligent Systems, Information Mining, Data Science and AI for more than 20 years. He has extensive industrial experience and his research publications have been cited more than 1000 times.

Leonidas Georgopoulos, PhD

Leonidas Georgopoulos, PhD

Data Science Instructor
Zurich

Leonidas has expertise at the forefront of AI/ML in both industrial and academic settings from multiple angles, researcher, manager, engineer. He works as a Senior Research Scientist at IBM and his main work focuses on knowledge graphs, computer vision and intelligent robotics.

Thanos Petsakos

Thanos Petsakos

Data Science Instructor
Athens

Thanos is a Senior Data Scientist currently working at a Big Four consulting firm. His primary focus is the creation of Machine Learning models and predictive tools which aim to maximize business value and enhance strategic decision making.

Manos Antoniou

Manos Antoniou

Data Science Instructor
Athens

Manos is an experienced data scientist. He designs/develops/prototype data science & analytics applications, built complex machine learning models, automates and optimizes business decisions and provides data-driven insights to business executives and stakeholders.

George Stathopoulos

George Stathopoulos

Data Science Instructor
Athens

George is a Data Scientist working for a multinational company in the Insurance Sector. He uses Data Analytics and Machine Learning techniques to help his organization make Business decisions and accelerate Process Automation.

Minos Batakis

Minos Batakis

Teaching Assistant
Athens

Minos is a graduate in Physics who has completed Big Blue's Data Science Bootcamp. He is an adaptive and evolving Data Scientist, ambitious to fulfill his excitement and curiosity about Data Science, especially about the applications of Machine Learning  in the scientific and business field.

Maro Kaisaridi

Maro Kaisaridi

Teaching Assistant
Athens

Maro is an aspiring Data Scientist who studied at Big Blue Bootcamp and she is an undergraduate in Applied Physics. She has worked on projects using Machine Learning methods in different areas, including in the digital transformation of the energy sector.

Akis Gazepidis

Akis Gazepidis

Teaching Assistant
Athens

Akis is a Data Scientist having completed Big Blue's Data Science Bootcamp, while he holds a degree in Statistics. He combines information extraction techniques in documents with machine learning models, to accelerate internal company processes and lead to data-driven decisions.

Mariam Kandilari

Mariam Kandilari

Teaching Assistant
Athens

Mariam is a Data Scientist having completed Big Blue's Data Science Bootcamp, while she holds a degree in Mathematics and a Master's degree in Economics. Her passion is turning data into knowledge for better decision making. She works as an energy market data scientist in the energy sector.

Tzortziana Gianni

Tzortziana Gianni

Administrative Assistant
Athens

Georgiana holds a BA in Economics and has worked in various management positions and customer service for the last few years in Greece and London. She has experience in creating digital courses and digital marketing. She believes that the digital age is the best opportunity to acquire the right skills and evolve personally and professionally.

Margarita Markopoulou

Margarita Markopoulou

Social Media Assistant
Patra

Margarita holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a Specialisation in International Enterprise. She is a digital marketing enthusiast and a social media groupie. She usually has flash moments during the most unexpected times. And that’s why she believes that the mind of a marketer does never stop working!

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