Manos Dramitinos

Chief Technology & Innovation Officer

Manos Dramitinos is the Epignosis Chief Technology and Innovation Officer since March 2024, where previously he served as Chief Information Officer. He has worked as software engineer and academic researcher for many years since his admission to the Department of Computer Science of the University of Crete in 1994, from where he obtained his B.Sc. in 1998 and M.Sc. in 2000. He received his Ph.D. from AUEB in 2006 and postdoc from INRIA Rhone-Alpes in 2009. Manos has received multiple awards and distinctions such as the Ericsson Award of Excellence in Telecommunications in 1998, the IKY scholarship in 2000, the ICQT’06 best research paper award. He is the author of the book “Auction Theory for Telecoms” and has over 25 publications in conferences and scientific journals. Manos has architected and implemented large-scale Information Systems, Voice Web, cryptography, PVSS, e-commerce and e-auction software and intelligent agents for various companies.

Manolis Katsifarakis

Director of AI

Manolis Katsifarakis is the Director of Artificial Intelligence at Epignosis, an award-winning provider of innovative learning solutions serving over 12,000 customers and millions of users worldwide. With over 30 years of experience in coding—20 of them professionally—he has led and contributed to numerous large-scale software projects across a diverse range of industries and technologies. His expertise spans low-level systems, embedded programming, native mobile development, full-stack web apps, and beyond.

Antonis Peris

Associate Software Engineer

Graduate of BSc and MSc in Computer Science Department from the University of Crete, currently working as an Associate Software Engineer at Epignosis. My primary area of interest is backend software engineering, dedicated to continuous professional development.

Aggelos Bellos

Senior Software Engineer

I’m Aggelos Bellos, a senior software engineer on the Architecture Team at Epignosis. My day-to-day revolves around advocating for Domain-Driven Design and Test-Driven Development. When I’m not (politely) annoying people about those, I’m usually doing the same by introducing new rules to our static analysis tools and CI pipeline. Beyond the code, I’m deeply fascinated by socio-technical systems—how social dynamics shape technical architectures, and how those architectures, in turn, influence teams. In my free time, I like to explore scalability challenges and design patterns, and I share my thoughts and solutions on my blog.

Konstantinos Chatzinikolakis

Head of Engineering & Product, eFront

I'm currently leading the Engineering and Product teams at eFront, a learning management system used globally in corporate and academic settings. My background combines software architecture, team leadership, and product strategy, with a focus on scalable systems, developer experience, and continuous delivery. I enjoy mentoring teams on how to turn ideas into impactful, well-engineered solutions and look forward to supporting the next generation of innovators during the hackathon.

Christos Xanthos

Lead Software Engineer

Holding a Computer Science degree. More than 15 years experience in developing internet services, more than 10 years working on and setting e-learning trends. Was having fun coding before Stack Overflow existed - let alone AI chatbots. Stretching agile methodologies to their limits. Latest hobby is getting lost in the labyrinth of modernizing legacy codebases.

Yannis Aikaterinidis

Principal Software Engineer

Yannis Aikaterinidis is a lead software engineer currently leading development efforts in the Growth Squad at Epignosis. He works on features and integrations that support the growth of TalentLMS, contributing as a backend developer across the platform. In the past, his work has focused on core feature development, scalability and efficiency, and team leadership, helping shape the evolution of TalentLMS, one of the leading cloud learning platforms. He holds a Ph.D. from the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department of the University of Patras, and both B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from the Electronic and Computer Engineering Department of the Technical University of Crete. He is the author of 14 publications in international conferences and journals in the area of distributed computing systems. Previously, he worked as a Software Engineer and Research Engineer in various research programs, bringing deep technical expertise in distributed systems and applied computing. He also served as a Lecturer at the Hellenic Mediterranean University, where he taught and mentored students in core computer science subjects.