Nikolaos Pougounias
Architecture Practice Lead at Uni Systems
Athens, Attica, Greece
Summary
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Top SchoolNikolaos Pougounias is an Architecture Practice Lead based in Athens with over a decade of experience delivering end-to-end solutions for European Commission and EU projects since 2007. He combines a strong coding background in Java EE and Spring with enterprise architecture expertise (TOGAF®, SAFe®) to bridge hands-on development and strategic portfolio/architecture office activities. Nikolaos has progressed from junior engineer to practice lead at Uni Systems, demonstrating resilience, clear documentation, and a knack for translating complex requirements into practical architectures. His core strengths include cloud computing, object-oriented analysis and design, and governance of solution and enterprise architecture. Beyond professional work, he contributes to open-source localization efforts—improving the Greek experience of the popular CodeCombat coding game—highlighting attention to user experience and language inclusivity. His academic foundation in Electrical & Computer Engineering and a Master’s in Information Systems underpin a methodical, systems-oriented approach to architecture leadership.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Information Systems, Master’s Degree, Information Systems at Open University of CyprusEngineer’s Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineer’s Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering at National Technical University of Athens
Indonesian, English, Greek
Github Skills (4)
internationalization10
localization10
translation10
coffeescript8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
codecombat/codecombat
Sep 2014 - Oct 2014
Game for learning how to code.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 7 days
Contributions summary:Nikolaos primarily contributed to the localization of the CodeCombat project, specifically focusing on the Greek language. Their work involved updating and expanding the Greek locale file (el.coffee) by correcting spelling errors, enhancing existing phrases, adding new groups, and filling in missing translations. The user's contributions helped improve the user experience for Greek-speaking players by providing a more complete and natural language translation.
game
EKT/FSM-Engine
Jul 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:35 commits, 4 pushes in 9 months
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