Aimilios Chalamandaris was a co-founder and CEO of Innoetics. He holds a BA and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the NTUA and a Master’s degree in Telecommunications and Digital Signal Processing from the Imperial College of London.
He is one of the founding members of the team which developed one of the worlds leading synthetic speech technologies. He has led the establishment of Innoetics as one of the most important companies of synthetic speech internationally, culminating in its acquisition by Samsung Electronics in 2017. Today, Aimilios is the Head of R&D at Samsung Electronics Greece and is a big supporter of the Greek startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Since 2020 he is honored to be also serving as a member of the National Council for Research and Innovation, the supreme advisory body for formulating and implementing the national policy for Research, Technology, and Innovation in Greece. In 2022, Aimilios was given the R&D Manager of the Year award for his performance and contribution from his position at Samsung Electronics Greece.