Elena Strouthos
Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer at Breaking the 20%
Engomi, Cyprus
Summary
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Top SchoolElena Strouthos is a seasoned technology leader and Co-Founder/CTO of Cocoon Creations with 11+ years designing and delivering end-to-end mobile platforms for iOS and Android. She combines hands-on technical delivery—from concept and UX to deployment and support—with client-facing presales consulting and mentoring of junior engineers. Her background includes a decade in hospitality IT and an MSc in Advanced Computer Science from the University of Manchester, giving her deep domain empathy for service-driven software. Beyond product work, Elena champions diversity in tech as the host of the "Breaking the 20%" podcast and a Women Techmakers Ambassador, and she helped kickstart Cyprus’s tech community as team lead for hack {cyprus}. Notably, she brings a conference-informed perspective from WWDC and Firebase events to build modern, maintainable mobile experiences.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Advanced Computer Science, MSc Advanced Computer Science at The University of ManchesterBsc Computer Science, Bsc Computer Science at University of Cyprus
English, Greek
Github Skills (13)
redis7
python7
queue7
task-manager6
amqp6
task-queue4
django4
task-scheduler4
microservices3
dashboard3
distributed-systems3
distributed-lock3
widgets3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CypriotEnterpriseLink/InsightsConference
Mar 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:63 commits, 63 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
hackcyprus/summit
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:34 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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