Kostas Fournarakis

Software Engineer
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technical skills

Robotics
Software Development
Cyber Security

soft skills

Critical Thinking
Teamwork
Creativity

Robotics

Automation
Telecommunication
Sensors & Industrial Automation
Control Systems
Image Processing
Circuit Design
Circuit Print & Finalization
Flight Planning (Aerospace Engineering)

Cyber Security

Blue Team
Red Team
Social Engineering
Reverse Engineering
Networking
Forensics
Application Security
Server Security

Programming Languages

MatLab
C#
Python
C++
HTML, PHP, CSS
Bash

Languages

Greek
English
Polish
French
German
Mandarin

interests

running
socializing
chess
reading (sci-fi)
reverse engineering
petting animals

experience

  • Test Automation Engineer

    Mar 2019 - PresentSynopsys

    • Jenkins Administration.
    • Jenkins hardware node and network setup.
    • Automation flow integration.
    • Linux bash scripts development.
    • First level debug of embedded Software Applications and Drivers.
    • First level debug and improvement of FPGA design prototyping flow.
    • Analysis of hardware boards documentation and software specifications.
    • Writing technical documentation & presentations of Automation Releases.
    • Languages: Python, Groovy, bash & PowerShell scripts.
    • -- Agile : Jira --

  • Fully Autonomous Car

    Sep 2018 - Feb 2019Project (Universite Evry Val-d'Essonne)

    The project consists of 20 cars equipped with cameras and ultrasonic sensors. Each car observes the environment, processes this data with its neural network and alerts the swarm.

    Algorithms: Stereo Vision, Object Recognition and Avoidance, Trajectory Generators

    Languages: Python, Tensorflow, Matlab, (html,css,js)

  • Infrared Laser Radar

    Feb 2018 - Sep 2019Project (Politechnika Poznanska)

    Design and implementation of a radar system for real time scanning.

    Board: STM32 Nucleo

    Languages: Matlab, C

  • Technician Intern

    Apr 2017 - Sep 2017Vision Mavridakis

    A challenging internship in the field of Industrial-Home Security Systems and Automation.

    -- Optical Fiber: cable setup and network configuration

    -- Automated Teller Machine: technical support

    -- CCTV: hardware and software setup

    -- Home/Fire Alarm: hardware and software setup

  • Steganography Techniques

    May 2016 - Jan 2017BSc Thesis (Technological Educational Institute of Crete)

    Implementation of LSB image steganography in C#. A fully functional software that hides data within images.

  • Hackathlon (Panoptis 2016)

    May 2016Greek Army

    Proud participant in a challenging hackathlon.

    Assigned to: Investigation of a whistle-blower data leak.

    Required skills: Advanced networking, Steganography, Cryptography, Analytical thinking.

  • Penetration Testing

    2006 - Mar 2016Freelance

    After spending 10 wonderful years in cybersecurity industry, it was time for a career change! The world of Robotics and Automation was fascinating! My next steps explored that field.

    Some of the most frequent tools used were the following:

    • Reconnaissance :

      Burpsuite, Maltego, Nessus, Nikto, Nmap, OpenVAS, OSINT, Recon-Ng, Shodan, Wireshark

    • Exploitation :

      Acunetix, BeEF, Ettercap, Metasploit, Sqlmap, Sqlninja, w3af, ZAP

education

  • MSc Smart Aerospace

    Sep 2018 - Feb 2020Universite Evry Val-d'Essonne

  • MSc Autonomous Systems

    Feb 2018 - Feb 2020Politechnika Poznanska

  • BSc Electronics Engineering & Applied Sciences

    2008 - 2017Technological Educational Institute of Crete

  • Student

    start - endSince my birth I was a student hungry for knowledge. With the beginning of the Internet and Google era the knowledge became the equivalent of fast food.