Despina Christou

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Principal AI Engineer at Convex AI Partners

Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area, Greece

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Personality Overview

Fast But Analytical

Rigorous & Demanding

ROI Driven

They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others.  They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.

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Work History

1-2026
Principal AI Engineer at Convex AI Partners
2-2021 - 12-2025
Co-Founder, Chief AI Scientist at GoCharlie
10-2018 - 2026
Ph.D. Candidate in Natural Language Processing at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
4-2017 - 8-2018
Machine Learning Researcher at Veltio
9-2016 - 2-2017
Data Science Consultant at Eyecademy Ltd

Education

2015 - 2016
Master’s Degree from The University of Edinburgh
2018 - 2025
Phd Candidate from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

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Exp : 15 Location : Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area, Greece Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Principal AI Engineer at Convex AI Partners
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Insights For Selling To Despina

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Objectively showcase the impact that your product creates
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing objective proof points without becoming too analytical

DONT's

  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Do not spend too much time focusing on product tech or features

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Despina is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Despina

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Despina move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Despina take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Despina

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