Konstantinos Georgantas
Manager, Firmware Engineering at Yubico
Athens, Attica, Greece
Summary
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Top SchoolKonstantinos Georgantas is a firmware and security engineering manager with 11 years of experience across telecom, semiconductor and security sectors, currently leading Firmware Engineering at Yubico. He blends deep technical chops in embedded systems and FIDO2 (notably contributions to the widely used libfido2 library) with an academic trifecta—BSc in Computer Science, an MSc in Communication Systems and an MBA—to bridge product, engineering and business priorities. A hands-on leader who progressed from individual contributor to staff engineer and now manager, he excels at removing impediments, improving cross-team communication and scaling agile practices. His background includes roles as scrum master and researcher, giving him both delivery focus and a strong analytical mindset. Based in Athens, he is customer-centric, detail-oriented, and eager to take initiative in challenging environments that expand his technical and leadership scope.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Product Management Certification Product Management, Product Management Certification Product Management at Product SchoolMaster of Science in Engineering (Civilingenjörsexam 300 ECTS) ICT Communication Systems, Master of Science in Engineering (Civilingenjörsexam 300 ECTS) ICT Communication Systems at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at University of Warwick - Warwick Business SchoolBSc Computer Science and Telecommunications, BSc Computer Science and Telecommunications at Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon
English, German, Swedish, Greek, Italian
Github Skills (10)
c1710
error-handling10
c1110
fido10
webauthn10
cbor9
security8
cryptography8
sys7
embedded7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Yubico/libfido2
Feb 2020 - Jun 2022
Provides library functionality for FIDO2, including communication with a device over USB or NFC.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:264 reviews, 15 commits, 133 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Konstantinos primarily contributed to the `libfido2` library, focusing on enhancing its functionality and fixing bugs. Their work included adding support for CTAP firmware version retrieval, introducing new error codes, and implementing features related to FIDO 2.1, such as minimum PIN length extensions. The user's contributions also encompassed code improvements like whitespace fixes and fuzzing.
yubikeywebauthnusbcommunicationnfc
kongeo/setup-files
Apr 2015 - Nov 2019
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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