Where I came from
A slightly longer
introduction
I never quite fit into a single category. I've found that useful.
Nicosia, Cyprus
Growing up in the last divided capital in the world
I grew up next to soldiers and UN checkpoints without fully understanding why for the first few years of my life. My father farmed; my mother worked in a grocery store. Money was inconsistent. Stability was earned, not assumed. At six, someone passed down an old computer and that was that — I disappeared into it and didn't really come back.
Community & Politics
Advocating before I had a title for it
Before I had any idea what a career was, I was involved with the European Union and United Nations, representing youth voices on the Cyprus conflict. Somewhere between cycling home from late shifts at a tavern called Palm Tree and studying until 2am, I became someone who genuinely believed that the right conversation, at the right time, changes things.
Smith College, Massachusetts
First in my family to go to university — on a full scholarship
Computer Science and Political Science. The combination made sense to me before I could articulate why: systems thinking, human behaviour, power structures, and the logic underneath everything. My research focused on human-machine interaction and online moderation. I found the friction between what AI systems do and what people believe they do genuinely fascinating — and I still do.
Romania (Transylvania) & Cyprus
Two heritages, both involving a lot of good food and historical complexity
My father's roots are Transylvanian — old forests, castle country, a very specific kind of dry humour. My mother's side is coastal Cypriot — sun, tavernas, warmth that borders on aggressive hospitality. I live somewhere in between. Both taught me to hold complexity without needing to resolve it immediately.
Now — London
Leading Solutions Engineering at Tamr, thinking about semantic infrastructure
I work across EMEA and APAC, which means unusual hours but also genuinely interesting problems at the intersection of enterprise data, AI, and the humans navigating both. I write occasionally on Medium. I track macros with more discipline than is probably healthy. I have strong opinions about eggs.