George Karakostas
Owner, Managing Director at The Steel Depot
Greece
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Top SchoolGeorge Karakostas is an experienced founder and operations-focused technologist with 11+ years leading businesses that blend software-driven business systems and structural steel services across Greece. As Managing Director of 9DEV Ltd. he delivers analysis, development, implementation, training and support for web-based business systems, while also running The Steel Depot and previously managing production and operations at Europrofil and Eurometal. His background in inventory forecasting and ERP implementation has repeatedly reduced holding costs and improved service levels, and he has hands-on development experience contributing bug fixes and refactors to the well-regarded django-guardian project to keep it compatible with newer Django versions. Combining an MSc in Industrial Business Studies with practical software, logistics and manufacturing leadership, he is comfortable moving between code-level improvements and multi-million-euro operational projects. Notably, he has a track record of translating academic GIS and forecasting research into production-ready systems and staff training.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Lyceum, Grade: Very Good, Lyceum, Grade: Very Good at 2nd Lyceum of Malakopi, ThessalonikiMaster of Science (MSc), Industrial Business Studies, First Class Honours (71/100), Master of Science (MSc), Industrial Business Studies, First Class Honours (71/100) at Buckinghamshire New UniversityHigh School, Grade: Very Good, High School, Grade: Very Good at Greek College private schoolDiploma, Computer Programming, Grade: Excellent, Diploma, Computer Programming, Grade: Excellent at Stratigakis Computer SchoolBachelor of Arts (BA), Business Administration, Upper Second Class Honours (7.9/10), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business Administration, Upper Second Class Honours (7.9/10) at University of the Aegean
English, German, Serbian, Greek
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Github Skills (33)
python10
django10
testing10
forms10
javascript9
oop9
ajax9
scala9
loops9
regex9
ansible9
rest9
django-forms9
django-rest-framework9
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
django-guardian/django-guardian
Dec 2015 - Dec 2015
Per object permissions for Django
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 20 comments in 18 days
Contributions summary:George primarily contributed to bug fixes and refactoring within the Django Guardian project. They addressed deprecated features and warnings related to Django versions 1.10 and earlier, updating code to align with newer Django standards. Their work included modifications to test files, admin interfaces, and core application logic, demonstrating a focus on code quality and compatibility. The user also added custom system checks.
djangopermissionspythonauthentication
Wtower/ansible-python-latest
Feb 2016 - Jun 2022
Ansible role to Install the latest Python 3 version in Ubuntu using the deadsnakes ppa
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 6 years 5 months
pythonansibleppapython-3ansible-role
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