George Kastrinakis
Director Of Data Science
Athens Metropolitan Area Greece
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Top SchoolGeorge Kastrinakis is a Director of Data Science with a decade of hands-on experience applying engineering and ML to real-world products, currently leading Orfium’s data science efforts to bring fairness and transparency to the music industry. Trained as an electrical and computer engineer at NTUA and with an MSc in Business Analytics from UCL, he transitioned from engineering roles into data science at the Financial Times, where he progressed to senior data scientist before taking on strategic leadership. He combines product-focused modeling and operational ML—optimizing workflows for accuracy and efficiency—while bridging research, infrastructure, and business stakeholders. Based in Athens, he brings a practical, multidisciplinary background (from semantic web research to production analytics) that helps turn complex music rights and royalty data into auditable, impact-driven solutions.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2:1 Upper Second Class Honours, Master of Engineering (MEng), Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2:1 Upper Second Class Honours at National Technical University of AthensLycee Franco-Hellenique Eugene DelacroixUniversity College London
English, GreekGithub contributions (5)
ftlabs/text-summarization-experiment
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:20 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
FT-Keyscanner-Dev/key-test
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:31 pushes in 1 day
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