Panayiotis Nicolaou is a technology leader and CTO with a decade of experience building high-impact products across fintech, healthtech, and sports analytics. He currently leads engineering at Science of Sports and Tallace, translating athlete data into measurable performance improvements while steering company-wide technical strategy. Previously as Product Engineering Lead at CAIS he rebuilt core trading systems to improve execution speed 10x, cut release cycles from six months to one week, and helped scale engineering to 25+ people. His background spans front-end and full-stack delivery—shipping internationalisation platforms at Babylon, React-native and streaming platforms at UI Centric, and modernising legacy systems at Tesco. Known for breaking down silos and instilling ownership, he combines hands-on coding with operational excellence in CI/CD and product-aligned engineering. Trained as a chemical engineer with management from Loughborough, he brings a pragmatic, data-driven approach to technical leadership.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Chemical Engineering with Management, Master’s Degree Chemical Engineering with Management at Loughborough University
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Panayiotis Nicolaou - Chief Technology Officer at Science of Sports