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Thank you for stopping by. I am Apostolos, a critical (software) engineer*** with a passion for new technologies and all things open. I am an advocate of Open Source Software & Open Data and an active supporter of an Open & Inclusive World Wide Web.

🔭 I currently serve as an Engineering Team Lead at Toggl, building SaaS.

*** what is Critical Engineering?

More about me:

• ✨ I am a fellow of the European forum of the software research community; received funding for advocating for the future of Open Source Software.
• ✨ I am a fellow of the State Scholarships Foundation (ΙΚΥ), Greece; received funding for my Doctoral Research on Software Resilience and Open Source Software.
• 🎤 Participated as a speaker at major international events such as OSS Conference, re:publica, Wordcamp Athens.
• 🌱 Supported the EUvsVirus Hackathon as a volunteer mentor and matchmaker.
• 🇪🇺 Participated in the preliminary study for the Open source software strategy 2020-2023 of the European Union, a project led by the European Commission.
• 🌱 Curated the Open Coffee Thessaloniki Meetups for nearly 10 years, supporting the local entrepreneurial community.
• 🛰 Participated in 10 Research & Development projects for 10+ years funded by the European Union.
• 🏬 Worked in 150+ software projects for the private sector in 10+ years. Started as a freelancer, then founded a small software house that turned to a 12 person digital solutions agency (e-commerce - marketing - advertising). Exited in 2022 to re-focus purely on software engineering.

Writing:

• softwareresilience.com
• SWForum.eu series
• Declaration of MyData Principles by MyData Global. Official Greek translation.
• The PM² Manifesto. Greek translation.

How to reach me:

• 📫 @akritiko on Twitter, @[email protected] on Mastodon or via akritiko [at] gmail [dot] com.