GFOSS - Key Persons
Alexandros Melidis studied Political Science and Public Administration (International European Studies) at the University of Athens and Mass Communications (MA) at the University of Leicester, UK. He is an active member of the open government movement in Greece and is interested in the use of open technologies and standards in digital public participation.
Job Titles:
- Director ( 2015 - 2021 ) & Project Coordinator ( 2010 - 2015 )
Despina Mitropoulou received her BSc (Hons) in Digital Media from the University of Portsmouth and her MSc in Child-Computer Interaction from the University of Central Lancashire.
Job Titles:
- Honorary President
- Vice President
Elena Barka holds a BA in Sociology from University of Crete and a MA in Film Studies from University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. She joined the GFOSS team in January 2019.
Job Titles:
- GlossAPI Software Engineer
Foivos has studied Computer Science and Psychology and is interested in the development of the technological ecosystem in Greece. He has held various roles related to business strategy, cryptocurrency performance prediction and knowledge theory research. His role in the glossAPI team is Software Engineer.
Job Titles:
- Linguist in GlossAPI Team
Ioanna Moura is a computational linguist and interpreter candidate in Greek Sign Language (GSL). She has completed her undergraduate studies in Greek Philology and postgraduate studies in Language Technology, in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as an academic fellow of John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation. Furthermore she worked as a research fellow at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in the field of Archival Research. Also she was a researcher in Istorima as an oral history collector.He current job at GFOSS - OPEN TECHNOLOGIES ALLIANCE is centered on collecting language resources, annotating data, and machine learning training.
Job Titles:
- Linguist in GlossAPI Team
Katerina Zoi is a PhD candidate in syntax, studying at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has completed her undergraduate studies in Greek Philology and her postgraduate studies in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. She is interested in syntax, semantics, cognitive linguistics, phonetics/phonology, as well as proofreading/editing. She has been a member of the glossAPI team since April 2024.
Konstantinos Papadimitriou has been professionally involved in web development for more than 15 years, utilizing open technologies that he has passed on to new users. He is a graduate of Agricultural Technologicy of Technological Educational Institute of Crete. He is interested in quality assurance and process optimization. He works at GFOSS from January 2019.
Job Titles:
- Community Manager
- Content / Community Manager
Kostas Papadimas (pkst) is the Content and Community Manager of GFOSS since 2015. He holds a degree in Communication and Cultural Studies and he is an active open source contributor since 2001.
Job Titles:
- Office & Project Coordinator
Marialena Belitsi holds a BA in Marketing & Communication from Athens University of Economics, a MA in Tourism Marketing, and she is currently studying Digital Communication Media and Interaction Environments in National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She joined the GFOSS team in January 2022.
Sotiris Andreakis studied in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Thessaly. He is trained to manage Linux systems and VMs. He is using shell script, Ansible, Nginx, PHP, MariaDB and docker containers. He joined the Greek Free Open Source Software organization on August 2022.