Christodoulos Santorinaios

I am an Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate with special interest in Data Science and Machine Learning. I have hands-on experience with applied Machine Learning techniques using Python. Have, also, worked on various projects in Full Stack Web Development. As a former Software Consultant, IT Support Engineer and Sales Agent i have great problem solving and communication skills.


Experience

Software Developer/Consultant - Researcher

Decision Support Systems Laboratory @ EPU - NTUA
  • Participated in various H2020 projects
  • Prepared deliverables and conducted quality control on documents
  • Developed application in .NET framework according to customer requirements
This was my first experience working as a Freelancer. It was crucial in learning how to effectively manage time between different projects. Working in projects intended for the European Commision gave me the chance to see how things are done in the professional and academic fields and meet people with various backgrounds from educational institutions, large organisations and multinational companies.
March 2021 - Present

Software Consultant

Fortune Technologies SA
  • Provided installation, setup, configuration and consulting services to Maritime ERP projects
  • Trained customers to gain the most out of their personalized solution
  • Provided product and customer support and performed testing and documentation of the company’s Maritime ERP software
  • Prepared reports and dashboards in PowerBi to visualize and extract insights from data coming from various sources(SQL Server, web services)
  • Setup and configured cloud Jira solution and migrated company’s custom ticketing system
I acquired plenty of experience from this position and learned much about the shipping industry. Supporting the operations of a software house and communicating with team members and stakeholders will definitely help me in my next steps
September 2020 - January 2021

IT Support Engineer @ Computer Operations Department

Hellenic National Meteorological Service

  • Configured hardware, devices and software to set up workstations for employees and meteorological stations
  • Used virtual environments with customized meteorological software for computer operation purposes
  • Retrieved meteorological data from relational databases and developed user-oriented web pages using front-end languages
This was a really transformative experience as i got to work in a competitive environment at the cross-section of engineering and meteorology using cutting-edge technologies and supporting various ranges of users
April 2019 - March 2020

Sales Agent

CQS S.A.

  • Responded to customer requests for products and services and promoted available energy solutions

Working as an inbound sales agent made me better understand the needs of the customers and further develop my soft skills
September 2017 - April 2018

Sales Agent

Online Sales S.A.

  • Promoted available energy solutions and services to customers based on their needs
  • Surpassed sales goals by 15% and achieved highest sales performance in the team for January 2017
This was my first experience in a working environment and it was definitely an important one for me as from the start I was trained on how to deal with different types of customers and situations and make fast and impactful decisions

October 2016 - May 2017

Education

Athens University of Economics and Business

MSc
Data Science
September 2021 - June 2023 (Expected)

University of Patras

BSc & MSc (5-year joint degree)
Electrical & Computer Engineering - Computer Science Track
Thesis: Development of a walking behavior detection system using a mobile phone

Grade: 6.63/10 "Very Good"

September 2009 - February 2020

Arsakeio School in Psychiko

High School Diploma

Grade: 19.0/20 “Excellent”

September 2006 - June 2009

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools

Projects

Tic Tac Toe

Simple tic tac toe game that the user can choose how many rows and columns will be in his board.

Python, Tkinter

leChocolat Website

Website for a fictional chocolate company. Created as a project on GFOSS' Web Design & Web Developent course.

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap

Guess the color

Color guessing game based on RGB values! Created as a project on Udemy's Web Development Bootcamp course

HTML, JavaScript

Reverse Polish Notation Calculator

RPN Calculator created as part of the Object-Oriented Programming course at the Electrical & Computer Engineering department of the Univeristy of Patras.

Java

Ecelerometer

Step counter Android app created as part of my thesis.

Java, Android

Covid Visualizer

Covid Visualizer application based on the SIR model

Python, Tkinter


Interests

When I'm not working on the latest projects, I enjoy spending most of my time exploring the nature, free climbing and going for long walks. I, also, love taking photographs of the places i visit and make fond memories by meeting new and interesting people and getting to know different cultures.

When I stay in, i like being on top of everything technology related, blog about interesting tech solve coding and math riddles and playing the occasional video game to blow some steam off. I'm, also, active in various forums in order to exchange ideas and have a broader understanding of the IT field.


Honors

July 2020

Winners Selected for Foundations Course | Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Scholarship
Udacity

Got selected to participate in the Foundations Course for the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Scholarship organized by Udacity and Microsoft. In this course, I learned how to use Microsoft Azure Services for solving complex problems using Machine Learning. I deployed various models on the cloud, used both supervised and unsupervised learning techniques and automated processes via pipelines. In addition, many of the potential implications and challenges posed by ML and AI were discussed, as well as principles for building responsible AI. Also, participated in the Slack Community where i learned a lot as i had the chance to communicate with people with different backgrounds, share knowledge, solve problems and have fun.

June 2020

TechLabs #codeathome Bootcamp Challenge Winner
TechLabs

Worked as part of an indisciplinary team to create a guide for the corona virus pandemic. On our "Covid-Master" platform the user gains easy access to straightforward information about the current precautionary measures, local regulations and relevant health information. My task as a team member was to give the user an overview of the situation with various visualizations. To accomplish that i used different data science tools, mainly Python packages(pandas, seaborn, folium) and created detailed plots and choropleth maps. It was a really enriching experience being part of this project as i got to work with people from various countries with different backgrounds (UX design, web development) and used multiple tools to brainstorm and collaborate(Mural, Figma, Slack).

April 2020

Project Future, Powered by ReGeneration Academy, Finalist | Data & Decision Sciences
Code.Hub

I was among the 7% of people selected from a pool of 3500 candidates after a process involving resume filtering, a game-based assessment and a live assessment/interview. This program gave me the chance to train on Data Science and acquire solid experience on a variety of programming languages and tools (Python, SQL, Microsoft PowerBi, Microsoft SQL Server, ETL). For the capstone project we analysed transactions' data and we were asked to make predictions about the users' plan, cluster them based on heuristic and machine learning techniques and use our creativity to predict customer churn and offer solutions to reduce it.

February 2010

Python Project Award, Introduction to Python course
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, Greece

For this project our team created a python game using the PyGame Python library. It was a really fun experience working on this and the result was rewarding as we were one of the teams to get an award and have the chance to present in front of a big audience.