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Ioannis Stavrakantonakis

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Director of Platform Engineering at Ververica | Original creators of Apache Flink®
📍 Greece

Ioannis is the Director of Platform Engineering at Ververica, the original creators of Apache Flink®. He holds a PhD from Universität Innsbruck and combines academic research experience with a background in distributed systems and ML from companies like Amazon and KAYAK. He frequently speaks at technology conferences.

He is driven by a mission to apply state-of-the-art technology to solve daily problems and improve existing approaches. Ioannis has a passion for fostering creativity and analytical thinking, having previously volunteered at a coding event for children to help them discover technology beyond school books.

Unique fact: He received the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) Award for achieving the highest admission grade among all prospective undergraduate students across all departments at the Technical University of Crete.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Director of Platform Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greece
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Apache Flink
As a Director at Ververica, the creators of Apache Flink, he frequently presents on Flink's capabilities and community growth at events like Flink Forward.
Platform Engineering
His current role is Director of Platform Engineering, where he leads the development of the Ververica Platform, a topic he also speaks on publicly.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Director of Platform Engineering
Ververica | Original creators of Apache Flink®
4-2024 - 6-2025
Staff Software Engineer
Ververica | Original creators of Apache Flink®
9-2023 - 4-2024
Software Engineer & Architect
Ververica | Original creators of Apache Flink®
1-2020 - 9-2023
Software Development Engineer II
Amazon
1-2019 - 1-2020
Engineering Manager
KAYAK
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Education
2012 - 2017
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Universität Innsbruck
2003 - 2010
Diploma of Engineering (Dipl.-Eng.)
Technical University of Crete
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