1. SPYROS SAMARTZIS
PERSONAL FACTS
Date of Birth: July 11th, 1973
Marital Status: Married
Fulfilled Military obligations: Hellenic Army, Technical Division, Airborne Technical Division
29/05/01-29/09/02 – Helicopter Engineer / Computer Programmer
Address: Valtou 105 Aghios Dimitrios, 17343 Athens, Greece
Telephone / Fax: 00302109762063
Mobile: 00306976977075
Email: ssamartzis@gmail.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ssamartzis (@ssamartzis)
LinkedIn: https://gr.linkedin.com/in/ssamartzis
WORK EXPERIENCE
01/01/2005 – up to date Apex IT Solutions, Athens, Greece
Co-founder & CTO
Apex IT Solutions is a systems integrator
· Designed Architecture of Information Systems to be marketed by the company
· Built and coordinated internet development and business solutions team
· Identified the software necessary for the best positioning within Greek Market
· Contacted strategic partners, mainly in integrated information systems.
01/06/2014 – 01/08/2015 Teletrans - One Transportation Company
CTO
Teletrans - One Transportation Company is a group of companies specialized in transferring household
goods and artwork.
· Entersoft ERP-CRM Software Analysis and Development
· On-premises servers installation, maintenance and upgrades, including O/S Microsoft
2008R2 Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2, Microsoft Exchange 2010 Server
· Custom applications development and maintenance
· Internet company presence, company's website, creating and updating social media
profiles (LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook)
01/10/2002 – 31/12/2004 Apex Triangle, Athens, Greece
Co-founder & CTO
Apex Triangle is a systems integrator
· Designed Architecture of Information Systems to be marketed by the company
· Built and coordinated internet development and business solutions team
· Identified the software necessary for the best positioning within Greek Market
· Contacted strategic partners, mainly in integrated information systems
1/11/2000 – 30/04/2001 ETOPIA SA, Athens, Greece
Technical Director / Business Development Manager
Etopia is an e-commerce solutions developer
· Built and coordinated internet development and business solutions team
· Transferred and adapted the CommerceKey.com e-commerce platform to the Greek
Market standards. The platform is a vertical e-commerce solution for small and
medium businesses.
· CommerceKey.gr, the emerging Internet site included SSL connection with Piraeus Bank
though Win-Pay (Win-Commerce) for credit card verification and payments.
· An array of electronic stores was established, also with the implementation of the Store
Builder application.
· Panathinaikos FC, a renowned Greek Sports Club was amongst the sites, offering an
online ticketing solution
· Through the Shipping Builder platform, and with contribution from Geniki Tachidromiki,
additional calculation of shipping cost became available

2. 1/8/1999 – 1/10/2000 CommerceKey.com Inc., New York, USA
Technical Director/ Web Applications Developer/ SQL Server Specialist
· Constructed and administered the application development and business solutions team
· Designed, developed and implemented the CommerceKey.com, e-commerce platform,
a vertical commerce solution for small- and middle-sized businesses (Appendix-1).
· Designed and implemented the application servers farm for CommerceKey.com at the
facilities of Qwest in New Jersey, USA.
· Developed a significant number of websites for CommerceKey.com clients, among
which Modells Sporting Goods, a major retailer in the US East Coast.
1/4/1999 - 1/7/1999 FORTHnet SA, Athens, Greece
Web Applications Developer/ SQL Server Specialist
Forthnet is an ISP provider and website Host
· Installation and Management of the Microsoft Site Server 3.0 for the needs of Yours
(http://www.yours.gr) e-commerce site.
· Established connectivity and payment interface for e-banking with Egnatia Bank
· Installed Personalization module for Microsoft Site Server 3.0 and tested web domain for
Contalexis Financial Services (Appendix-2).
1/10/1997 – 1/4/1999 Acropolis NET, Athens, Greece
(Eurobalkan Net SA)
Web Applications Developer/ SQL Server Specialist
Acropolis is an ISP provider and website Host
· Design, implementation and launching of the Acropolis NET pre-paid subscription
application
(Extensive -SQL+ Stored Procedures+ ASP coding)
(http://demo.acropolis.net)
· Design, development and programming of WebMail for Acropolis NET.
(Macromedia Flash + ASP coding)
(http://webmail.acropolis.net)
· Design, development and programming of the Opinion service for Acropolis NET.
(http://www.opinion.gr)
Participated to project development with solutions and new technology suggestions

3. EDUCATION
Languages
· Fluent in English (Written and Spoken)
· Fluent in Greek (Native language)
Onthe Job Training
· HTML5/jQuery/CSS3/ASP.NET(Webforms)/Razor/DNN (DotNetNuke) Applications
Development
· Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008(R2)/2012 Administration and Programming
· Microsoft IIS6/7/8 Administration and Programming via Power Shell
· Microsoft HyperV on-Premises and Cloud Servers Setup and Administration with Windows
2008(R2)/2012(R2)
· Microsoft Exchange (up to version 2010) Installation, Administration and Management
· Microsoft Project (up to version 2013)
· Microsoft Office (up to version 2013)
· Various VPN/Remote Servers/Secure Access Setup and Management using mix of
Hardware and Software Solutions
2015 PearsonVUETestCenter(MindChip),Greece
· MCSD: Web Applications, Solutions Developer
2015 CriticalPathConsulting&Training, AccreditedTrainingOrganization(A.T.O.),Athens,Greece
· 2 Weeks seminar in PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner
· PRINCE2 Foundation και Practitioner Certification (Certificate Number: 03885447-01-1ZU8)
2009EntersoftSA,Athens,Greece,Entersofte-CommerceSpecialist
· 2 Weeks seminar in ERP, e-Commerce, CRM
· Certified as Entersoft e-Commerce Specialist (Score:92/100)
2008 EntersoftSA,Athens,Greece,EntersoftCertifiedEngineer
· 8 Weeks seminar in ERP, Advanced ERP (ERPII), CRM
· Certified as Entersoft ERP, ERPII, CRM Engineer (Score:95/100)
2001Official Prometric Center Athens, Greece
· Seminar in Software Engineering Quality Assurance
· Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
1992-1999 National Technical University Athens, Greece
· Mechanical Engineering
· Fluent in English (Proficiency)
· Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, including clustering, load balancing, xoa, high availability.
· Microsoft Web Server IIS 5.0+, ASP, ASP.NET application development environments.
· XML, XSL, XSLT and ebXML
· Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic Script 6.0
· JavaScript (ECMAScript) versions 1.0, 1.2, 1.3
· Microsoft SQL Server versions 7.0, 2000 (SQL Connectivity, SQL Stored Procedures, Full
Text Search, Replication, Clustering): Development and Administration
· HTML, DHTML for the DOM of the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, 6.x and Mozilla 1.0+
Browsers
· Programming and Administration, through ADSI, of Microsoft Site Server 3.0 and
personalization module.

4. Foot notes and Appendices:
1
CommerceKey.com offered the following services:
1. CommerceKey Store Builder Service
Enabled the automated website development with just a few mouse clicks.
Contained a full parametric, unlimited depth database catalogue, with pointers
to groups, subgroups and products.
Other possibilities were:
o A shopping cart solution
o Online calculation of S&H charges for the largest US logistics providers
(e.g.UPS, Fedex, USPS)
o Online verification and charging of Credit Cards through a secure channel
with CitiBank,
o Online guide for registration, and a set of templates for the client to select
most suitable layout for their site as well as for the uploading of the
merchandise items.
2. CommerceKey Click Service
3. CommerceKey Shipping Service
4. CommerceKey Payment Gateway Service
5. CommerceKey Warehouse Service
2
Part of the testing was the development of the following applications:
o Construction of Portfolio Application (SQL + DHTML + ASP coding).
o Construction of Ticker Tape Application (SQL + ASP + DHTML Coding).
o Construction of on-line monitoring of the Market Index and all industrial
Indices of the ASE in chart
format (SQL + ASP + DHTML Coding).
o Construction of on-line stock quote and fundamentals Application for all
ASE registered securities.
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 was utilized for all the above, with automation of data
importing from a third-party (ASIC) Application. Also utilized was the Microsoft IIS
4.0 as well as the Macromedia Flash 3.0 Platforms.