Nikos Fertakis
Head Of Product, International Marketplace
Athens, Attica, Greece
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Top SchoolNikos Fertakis is a product leader and former search engineer with 13 years of experience building and scaling high-traffic e-commerce systems, currently heading International Marketplace at Skroutz—the largest Greek marketplace managing ~€1B GMV. He has led core buyer-facing products (search, navigation, shopping experience), launched new verticals like groceries from zero, and run bi-weekly experimentation cycles to drive acquisition and retention across new markets. With an MSc in Machine Learning and hands-on background in engineering, he uniquely blends quantitative rigor, systems-level technical depth, and cross-functional execution. Comfortable alternating between IC and people-leader roles, he’s grown teams, established hiring practices, and shipped search systems handling millions of daily queries that materially improved conversion. Based in Athens, he focuses on pragmatic product strategy and localization—balancing local user needs with scalable platform investments.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Informatics & Telecommunications, Computer Science, Merit, BSc Informatics & Telecommunications, Computer Science, Merit at University of AthensHigh School Diploma, Honours, High School Diploma, Honours at Arsakeio PsychikouMSc Machine Learning, Computer Science, Merit, MSc Machine Learning, Computer Science, Merit at University College London, U. of London
Greek, English
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Github contributions (5)
greenonion/greenonion.github.io-old
Dec 2015 - Dec 2022
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
greenonion/dotfiles
May 2014 - Dec 2021
Contributions:115 commits, 72 pushes in 7 years 8 months
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