Bill Kavadias

Bill Kavadias has over ten years of experience working in various roles in the technology industry. Bill currently serves as the Director of Quality Engineering, DevOps, and Technical Operations at Wahoo Fitness, where they help athletes achieve their fitness goals through seamlessly integrated wearable sensors, advanced training hardware, and mobile apps.

Before joining Wahoo Fitness, Bill worked at Intralot as the Software Quality Assurance and Release Manager. In this role, they managed a team of fifteen QA Engineers and Release Managers for multiple state lottery contracts and product development projects. Bill also served as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer, where they led QA activities for US-based projects, performed exploratory and automated testing, and documented defects found during integration and system testing. Prior to that, they worked as a Business Analyst at Intralot, providing gaming and transaction processing systems to state-licensed gaming organizations worldwide.

Earlier in their career, Bill worked as a System and Network Engineer at the Hellenic Army, where they provided network administration services, managed security, and supported applications and websites. Bill also led multiple teams during their time there. Bill briefly worked as a Technical Sales at eDirect, specializing in new technology products and services.

Bill began their career as a System Support Engineer at the National Bank of Greece, where they supported Windows OS, desktop applications, and hardware, and provided training and assistance to users.

Overall, Bill Kavadias has a diverse background in quality engineering, software assurance, business analysis, system and network administration, and technical sales.

Bill Kavadias completed their Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Business Planning & Information Systems from the Technological Educational Institute of Patras, starting in 2003 and finishing in 2009.

In addition to their degree, they hold several certifications, including the Certified SAFe® 4.6 DevOps Practitioner from Scaled Agile, Inc. in October 2019, the Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist from Scaled Agile, Inc. in April 2018, the Certified Tester Foundation Level from ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board in March 2017, the Certified Scrum Professional from Scrum Alliance in October 2016, the Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute in September 2016, the Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance in November 2015, and the Certified Scrum Product Owner from Scrum Alliance in September 2015.

Bill also obtained certifications in Project Management from Alfred State College - SUNY College of Technology in January 2013, Gamification Designer from Gamification Co in November 2012, Operations Management and Gamification from the University of Pennsylvania in November 2012, and Oracle Database Administrator Workshop, Oracle Portal BPEL, and Oracle jDeveloper Build Applications using ADF from Oracle in July 2008.

Additionally, they took a course on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from NCSR "Demokritos". The month and year of completion for this course are not specified.