Vassilis Panos
Self Employed
Athens, Attica, Greece
Summary
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RockstarVassilis Panos is a seasoned IT leader and hands-on software developer with nine years of formal industry experience and nearly two decades of independent technology work. Currently Director of IT at Fortunet Hellas and operating as a self-employed software professional, he blends strategic IT leadership with practical engineering skills across backend systems and home automation integrations. His open-source contributions to SmartIR demonstrate a knack for refactoring, protocol integrations, and multi-device control—bringing real-world device interoperability (Broadlink, Xiaomi, MQTT, ESPHome) into Home Assistant ecosystems. Based in Athens, he pairs operational oversight with day-to-day coding, favoring pragmatic, well-structured updates that improve maintainability and feature breadth. Colleagues can expect a leader who moves fluidly between architecture, hands-on debugging, and incremental product improvements.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (6)
home-assistant10
python10
iot8
mqtt8
esphome8
mqttnet8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
smartHomeHub/SmartIR
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022
Home Assistant integration to manage climate systems, TVs, fans and lights using IR/RF controllers. Compatible with Broadlink, Xiaomi, MQTT, LOOKin and ESPHome
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:33 releases, 420 commits, 322 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Vassilis contributed several code changes to support multiple commands in climate and fan components. They also made updates to the `media_player`, `climate` and `fan` components, potentially for refactoring or feature enhancements. The user was involved in updating the codes folder structure and upgrading the version of the project. Moreover, the user made several refactors and code cleanup.
climatecontrollersassistantlookinmqtt
vassilis-panos/homeassistant-custom-components
Sep 2017 - Feb 2019
Custom components for Home Assistant
Contributions:44 PRs, 165 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
assistanthacshome-automationhome-assistantcustom-components
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