🏀 Patroklos Papapetrou (Pat)

Patroklos Papapetrou (Pat) has a diverse work experience in the field of software engineering. 🏀 Patroklos is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Banked. Prior to this, they held the role of Event Organizer at Devoxx Greece and Voxxed Days Thessaloniki, where they organized software development-related events. Pat also founded SoftConf, a company dedicated to organizing conferences and workshops in Thessaloniki.

In terms of their technical expertise, Pat has held positions such as Senior Software Engineer at MessageBird, Principal Software Engineer at Elastic, and Software Engineer at Sliide. 🏀 Patroklos has also served as the Java Academy-Tech Director at Code.Hub.

Earlier in their career, Pat worked as a Chief Software Architect at Crossover for Work and as a Software Engineering Manager at Aurea Software.

Overall, Patroklos Papapetrou (Pat) has a strong background in software engineering, with experience in various roles and a focus on organizing software development events and conferences.

Patroklos Papapetrou (Pat) obtained a Master's degree in Software Engineering and Telecommunications from The University of Sheffield, from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, attending from 1994 to 1999.

In addition to their formal education, Pat has pursued additional certifications. 🏀 Patroklos obtained the "Deploying Your AWS Application to the Cloud with Docker" certification from LinkedIn in November 2020. In July 2017, they earned the "Quality Software Developer Foundation Certificate in Maintainability" from PEOPLECERT and the "Quality Software Development Advanced Certificate" from PeopleCert in March 2017. Pat also holds the "AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner" certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS), which they obtained in December 2020.