Work & Results
From academic research to industry innovationβ€”10+ years of building AI systems deployed at scale.
🀝 Consulting

Machine Learning Consultant

Linked Business | Apr 2020 - Apr 2022 | πŸ“ Athens [Remote]

FinTech company that aggregates official business data from government registries to deliver B2B intelligence, sales leads, and KYC services. Served as a trusted advisor on AI, ML, and text-mining strategies, translating academic research and emerging technologies into production-ready solutions.

  • πŸ” Designed and prototyped algorithms for entity recognition, lead scoring, and automated data enrichment
  • πŸ‘₯ Created and led collaborations of cross-functional teams to embed models into production pipelines, ensuring accuracy and scalability
  • πŸš€ Led rapid proof-of-concept initiatives to validate technical feasibility and business value, shaping the company’s data-driven roadmap

Technologies: Python β€’ scikit-learn β€’ spaCy β€’ FastAPI β€’ MongoDB β€’ SQL β€’ REST APIs

πŸ’Ό Industry Experience

Staff Machine Learning Scientist - R&D

Ada Support LTD | Feb 2024 - Present | πŸ“ Toronto [Remote]

Leading Generative AI efforts through Applied Research. Work resulted in 2 US patents related to Conversational AI technologies. Worked end-to-end on conception, design, and implementation of ML-based product improvements.

  • πŸ€– Architected a modular, LLM-based AI Agent Platform optimizing model allocation for cost and performance
  • πŸ“š Drove context management pipeline redesign, improving top-5 retrieval accuracy from 80%β†’90%+ and increasing “Resolved Inquiries” by 3%
  • πŸ“‹ Led ML efforts for the Playbooks Framework, achieving <1% adherence error and enhancing resolution rates
  • πŸ§ͺ Spearheading research on testing methodologies, performance evaluation, and AI explainability

Technologies: LLMs β€’ NLP β€’ Generative AI β€’ Python β€’ PyTorch

Senior Machine Learning Scientist - R&D

Ada Support LTD | Aug 2021 - Feb 2024 | πŸ“ Toronto [Remote]

Leading Generative AI efforts through Applied Research. Worked end-to-end on conception, design, and implementation.

  • πŸ”„ Designed and implemented Generative Reply and Generative Action systems integrating retrieval, moderation, and query rewriting
  • πŸš€ Developed Autolaunch, a declarative chatbot creation framework, and ATS (Automatic Training Suggestions) β€” both patented
  • πŸ“œ Co-inventor on 2 U.S. patents in Conversational AI and automated training systems
  • βš™οΈ Drove Ada’s transition to hybrid and generative chatbot solutions leveraging fine-tuned LLMs

Technologies: LLMs β€’ NLP β€’ Generative AI β€’ Python β€’ PyTorch

Senior Machine Learning Specialist - R&D

Omilia LTD | Feb 2020 - Aug 2021 | πŸ“ Athens [Remote]

Designed and implemented machine learning models for Voice Biometrics, Automated Speech Recognition, and Natural Language Processing. Also involved in serving and maintaining the models.

  • 🎀 Designed and deployed neural models for Voice Biometrics, Speech Recognition, and Emotion Recognition
  • 🧠 Led applied research on Anti-Spoofing, Diarization, and Transformer-based architectures

Technologies: Python β€’ C++ β€’ PyTorch β€’ TensorFlow β€’ Deep Neural Networks β€’ Probabilistic Neural Models

Data Scientist

Curation Zone LTD | Apr 2019 - Feb 2020 | πŸ“ London [Remote]

Working on AI technologies to identify the World’s best filmmakers.

  • 🎬 Built deep learning models to identify top global filmmakers using BERT, ELMo, and LSTMs
  • πŸ“Š Deployed ML pipelines for scoring, recommendation, and data management

Technologies: Python β€’ BERT β€’ ELMo β€’ LSTMs β€’ TensorFlow β€’ RESTful API β€’ MongoDB

Lead AI Developer

Stellanovus LTD | Oct 2018 - Apr 2019 | πŸ“ Republic of Ireland [Remote]

Working on AINU.ai, a digital marketing platform powered by NLP and deep learning.

  • πŸš€ Led AI development for the platform
  • 🧠 Focused on building and scaling neural architectures for text understanding and automation

Technologies: Python β€’ LSTMs β€’ TensorFlow β€’ RESTful API

AI & Machine Learning Scientist

i-DAT | Sep 2017 - Sep 2018 | πŸ“ UK [Remote]

Working on a chatbot engine with text comprehension.

  • πŸ’¬ Developed a chatbot engine for text comprehension and dialogue management
  • 🧠 Implemented LSTM-based NLU/NLG modules using Keras, Rasa, and DialogFlow

Technologies: Python β€’ LSTMs β€’ Keras β€’ DialogFlow β€’ Rasa

πŸŽ“ Academic & Research Experience

Research Scientist

University of Naples, Federico II | Jun 2017 - Sep 2017 | πŸ“ Italy

Researcher Position under the supervision of Prof. Davide Marocco. Working on a Generative Adversarial Architecture based on Echo State Networks, with applications to music generation.

Technologies: Python β€’ LSTMs β€’ Echo State Networks β€’ Theano

Research Assistant & Laboratory Assistant

Plymouth University | 2015 - 2017 | πŸ“ UK

2 Research Projects: Research and Development of Neural Architectures for:

  • πŸ“± Sentiment Analysis in Tweets and Natural Language Processing
  • πŸ₯ Explanation of Functional Disorders

3 Laboratories: Teaching:

  • πŸŽ“ MSc level: Robotics and Control
  • πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» BSc level: Cross-platform application development in C++
  • ⚑ BSc level: Parallel and Distributed Programming

Technologies: CUDA β€’ C/C++ β€’ Python β€’ TensorFlow β€’ RNNs β€’ Industrial Robotics

πŸ“Š Career Summary

10+ Years in AI/ML | 9 Companies | 2 Patents | 7+ Publications

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