I’m trying to change the world, and I’m looking for its source code.
Software engineer, born in Greece, building in the US since 2014. Android since the HTC Dream, security since 2016, currently Sr Staff Software Engineer at Cribl.
About
I started with QBasic, Visual Basic and mIRC scripts, then spent my nights writing Windows Mobile apps on my first PDA. While studying telecommunication systems and networks in Messolonghi I founded the Nafpaktos Wireless Network and hung around every Linux user group that would have me.
My first Android code was a diploma project in 2007. That turned into AndroidGreece.gr, a Greek Android community, a company, a startup, and eventually a move to San Francisco. These days I care most about big data, security and mobile, and I hold three patents.
- Husband
- Dad
- Angel investor
- (Ex)founder
- Amateur climber
- Careful skier
- Battlebot builder
WorkFrom Patras to the Bay
- NowSr Staff Software Engineer, Cribl
- 2021IllumioAfter seven and a half years at Splunk.
- 2019Principal Software Engineer, SplunkA week after the promotion, asked to build a cloud security product from scratch: Splunk Mission Control.
- 2016Enterprise Security, SplunkThe switch from mobile to security.
- 2015Founded PhlockA simple, secure, fast way for groups to share photos on Android, iOS and the web.
- 2014Head of Mobile, Splunk MINTMoved to San Francisco.
- 2011BugSenseReal-time crash reporting for mobile apps, acquired by Splunk in 2013.
- 2010Founded Pinapps25 apps for businesses and startups, then a social app-discovery startup under the same name.
- 2007First Android codeThen Intracom, ByteMobile and ADds, and the founding of AndroidGreece.gr.
Talks26 talks, workshops and interviews
WritingFrom the old blog
- Android WiFi Scanner, updated
I built the first WiFi scanner on Android back when the HTC Dream was the only device. It finally got a modern redesign.
- Hacking our cars
One day we will be hacking our cars so we can drive them like the old days.
- Machine learning: data is the algorithm
Watson and AlphaGo made the case that data beats algorithms. More accurately, data is the algorithm.
- Interview for economia.gr
The Greek edition of The Economist on the BugSense acquisition and the move from Greece to the US. In Greek.
Contact
Reach out on LinkedIn.
Bonus points if someone I know knows you. Also on X as @ventrix.