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Stergios Anastasiadis

General Partner with Genesis Ventures, Angel Investor, Software Developer, Mentor | ex-Google, Shopify

Greece

Education

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2020

    A pre-seed venture capital fund and accelerator. Unlocking €40M with tickets from €100k-€400k. Aspiring to make Greece 🇬🇷 a tech startup hub 🚀. Helping make as many unicorns as possible 🦄.

  • Angel Investor. Advisor. Board Member.

    2015

    Active in the North American and European technology scene as an Angel Investor and Advisor. Currently invested in 5 technology startups and mentoring technology leads around the world.

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

    Lead investor and Director. Soffos uses AI-driven Socratic micro-learning for workplace learning and development.

2018 - 2020

  • Head Of Engineering

    2018 - 2020

    Leading Machine Learning/NLP, Application and Growth teams. Building an R&D team that values the craft of engineering, the value of strong teams, and uses that passion to build and operate great software at scale. Involved in ETL and ML pipelines, Graphs, Retrieval/Ranking, Monitoring, GraphQL/React, Apache Spark, Python, TensorFlow.

2015 - 2019

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2019

    Drive innovation in Greece by supporting Greek tech companies through an acceleration program in California.

2016 - 2018

  • Director of Engineering

    2016 - 2018

    Responsible for Engineering in Toronto, working on critical mandates: Application Platform, Merchant Marketing Platform, Channels Platform and Retail. Building out and launching innovation initiatives (ie AR/VR, Shipping, Flash Sales). Growing Women in Technology both inside and outside of Shopify. A Team Builder with Leads of Leads structure, and a healthy team composition. Team reached ~150 devs.

2011 - 2016

  • Senior Engineering Manager

    2011 - 2016

    Delivered Google+ Mobile clients for Android, iOS and mobile web. Delivered Google Fiber into market. Focus area was mobile 2nd screen, though there are other consumer experiences being build. Grew a remote team from 4 to over 70, that included engineers, test, UX, Research, Product, and Technical Project Managers. Assisted with STEM, Diversity, and Hiring at the site.

2010 - 2011

  • VP of Research and Development

    2010 - 2011

    (Acquired by Google) End to end engineering ownership of server and mobile development. Integrated with 3rd party providers, including operator billing systems & back-office goods inventory systems. Coordinated with customers to update dynamically storefronts, and deployed software into production. Responsible for all hiring & growth aspects of the company.

  • Senior Vice President Of Engineering

    2009 - 2010

    (Acquired by Visto Corp) As a member of the executive team and an integral part of the strategic planning activities that also included four acquisitions, build an engineering organization across 4 geographical locations. Facilitate tactical and strategic needs between product management, engineering, professional and operational teams, and customer service team to streamline the process for delivering product to the end customer. Use Agile for frequent market delivery with quality and scale considerations.

  • VP of Engineering

    2006 - 2009

    As a member of the executive team and an integral part of the strategic planning activities that also included four acquisitions, build an engineering organization across 4 geographical locations. Facilitate tactical and strategic needs between product management, engineering, professional and operational teams, and customer service team to streamline the process for delivering product to the end customer. Use Agile for frequent market delivery with quality and scale considerations.

  • Senior Director Of Engineering

    2002 - 2006

    (Acquired by Odyssey, former XEye Corp) Responsible for all aspects of a delivery that includes business analysis, requirements, architecture, UI, development & testing as well as delivery to end customer. Deliver complex products for financial institutions in the Wealth Management space.