Achilleas Kotsis

Achilleas Kotsis

Junior Systems and Network Administrator

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    CTO at ComeTogether

  • Education

    • 4th Lyceum of Ioannina

      1993 - 1996
      High school diploma General education, Special education on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
    • National Technical University of Athens

      1996 - 2009
      Electrical and Computer Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Computing Systems Laboratory Administrator

  • Experience

    • Mediteranean Business Network S.A.

      Jun 1997 - Jul 1997
      Junior Systems and Network Administrator

      Hired as a second systems and network administrator for the ISP to help during the summer period. It was a good opportunity for me to get acquainted with Internet routing concepts (RIP, BGP), Cisco equippment and Linux servers.

    • Entechno Internet Cafe

      Jun 2000 - Apr 2006
      Systems Administrator

      Had the opportunity to build and organize an Internet Cafe from scratch. Used a Linux server as an Internet Router, and tried policy routing (2 ADSL Lines) and QoS techniques to accommodate for the lack of good Internet speeds at the remote island of Kos. Used samba as a domain controller and file server, so that regular users could save their Internet downloads and offline gaming progress.

    • Ylikon S.A.

      Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
      Systems Administrator

      Hired to administer the company's servers and network after the previous administrator suddenly passed away without leaving any documentation on the systems. Had the opportunity to learn how to manage and evolve a system that was not built from the ground up by me, and learn to work around problems in ancient hardware and software configurations. Managed to migrate the company's old System V based mainframe to a modern Linux server.

    • EXponent Technologies

      Apr 2006 - Dec 2014
      Founder & CEO

      eXponent Technologies specialized in the areas of network deployment, embeddedsystems, wireless computer networks (Wi-Fi) and Voice over IP technologies. Thecompany designed and implemented open-source solutions based on Linux andasterisk. eXponent Technologies also developed embedded systems based on Linux,like the Marine Router A6-EGS.Had the opportunity to lead various teams of engineers on diverse projects,ranging from software development to antennae installations.

    • Click Delivery S.A.

      Jul 2009 - Apr 2016

      Click Delivery (clickdelivery.gr) was the first on-line delivery service in Greece. Itdeveloped and used breakthrough technology to dispatch on-line orders to restaurantsvia patented terminals. It was invested on (€3Μ) by Yemeksepeti (yemeksepeti.tr) andfinally bought out by Delivery Hero (deliveryhero.com). It is now merged with e-food.gr which was also bought out by DH.As COO, I was the Head of Operations, Marketing and Sales. As CTO, I was in charge of project management for the development of the website(CakePHP, MySQL) and mobile applications, and did the design and coding on theterminals and server daemons (Linux, C, Perl)

      • Co-Founder, COO, CTO

        Jun 2014 - Apr 2016
      • Co-Founder & CTO

        Jul 2009 - May 2014
    • Liqubit Investments

      Oct 2017 - Jun 2022
      Co-Founder & CTO

      Liqubit is a wealth management platform that opens up Private Equity investments to retail investors, solving the constrains of minimum investment requirement and providing continuous real-time liquidity, by creating a fund that uses novel distributed ledger technology. By aggregating investors’ capital, Liqubit will invest across a diversified portfolio of top PE funds. Liqubit allows investors to invest in the PE asset class without any experience requirement, liquidate their investments anytime and enjoy much higher returns than the stock markets with much lower volatility. Show less

    • ComeTogether

      Jun 2022 - now
      Chief Technology Officer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Amateur Radio Operator

      Hellenic Ministry of Transportations and Telecomunications
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Package maintainer

      Issued by Debian on May 2005
      DebianAssociated with Achilleas Kotsis
    • Vice president

      Issued by Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (AWMN) - Non Profit Association on Jan 2004
      Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (AWMN) - Non Profit AssociationAssociated with Achilleas Kotsis
    • Co-Founder, Member of technical teams

      Issued by Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (AWMN) - Non Profit Association on Jan 2002
      Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (AWMN) - Non Profit AssociationAssociated with Achilleas Kotsis