Ioannis Papadopoulos

EMEA Field CTO for Accenture at Databricks

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

About

Experience

  • Databricks (4 yrs 10 mos)
    • EMEA Field CTO, Databricks Accenture Business Group
      Jul 2026 - Present · 1 mo

      Combining Databricks's data intelligence platform and Accenture's transformation expertise, and industry depth to help enterprises in EMEA move faster, smarter, and more confidently into the AI era.

    • AWS EMEA Field Engineering Lead
      Feb 2026 - Jun 2026 · 5 mos

      • Leading the technical field alliance with AWS to identify and pursue joint opportunities across EMEA. • Spearheading the AWS SME group within Databricks, focusing on Data+AI positioning strategies. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance customer engagement and drive innovation in cloud solutions.

    • Cloud Technologist
      Aug 2022 - Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Leading the technical field alliance with the leading cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) in EMEA.

  • Cofounder, Chief Technology and Data Officer at Carnet de Retraite
    May 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Drove the company's digital technology and data strategy. Designed and deployed the startup's cloud infrastructure on AWS. Lead the software development team.

  • Cofounder & CTO at Dribbly (Wimazing)
    2017 - 2019 · 2 yrs

    Directed strategic business decisions and product development for dribbly, a social network mobile application catering to football fans. Provided executive leadership and management to the software development team comprised of five members. Maintained strategic relationships with technology and commercial partners. • Spearheaded the design and implementation of a 100% serverless backend architecture for scalability and cost minimisation of the computing infrastructure, resulting in recognition as a Finalist of the AWS Startup Architecture for the Year 2019. • Defined and led the prototyping process of the data analysis strategy with the goal of creating value for business clients including media groups.

  • Founder and Managing Director at Squares on Blue
    2014 - 2016 · 2 yrs

    Consulted with clients to deliver expertise and assistance in defining and implementing digital strategies for value creation from data. Championed and supported projects furthering innovation through data exploitation. Served as judge and mentor at start-up competitions, as well as angel investor for two startups. • Oversaw the design and development of the prototype of a predictive system for energy prediction from solar panels. • Recruited for and mentored the data science teams for a startup and led the design and implementation of the data analysis framework of their mobile app on the cloud (AWS). • Delivered digital strategy proposals for clients in the education, insurance, and retail banking industry.

  • Apple (London Area, United Kingdom)
    • Business and Content Development Manager, Education Markets EMEIA
      2010 - May 2013 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Upheld and exceeded company standards in business development across all markets handled within the EMEIA region, successfully driving the brand name and revenue from marketing. Championed the advocacy activities for the Education markets, and developed an ecosystem of services and digital content around Apple’s mobile devices to make them relevant for these markets. • Partnered with educational institutions, government institutions, and book publishers to amass a collection of podcasts, interactive mobile applications and e-books, in order to boost free and commercial digital content onto Apple’s digital platforms. • Organised a wide range of training and advocacy activities within the education markets, successfully establishing teaching courses in iOS application development at more than 300 universities in EMEIA. • Drove over ten strategic iPad and Mac deployments and innovative “lighthouse” educational institutions, including public schools in France and Gabon as well as universities in Turkey and UAE. • Designed and delivered more than 20 executive briefings and account seminars on Apple’s value proposition each year to crowds ranging between 15 to 500 participants and composed of education leaders and ministries, where a rating of 4/5 was consistent for each event.

    • Business Development Manager, Science and Research Markets, EMEIA
      Mar 2008 - 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Led the sales and marketing programs as well as the design of the value proposition of Apple solutions for the Research and Science markets in the EMEIA region. • Supervised B2B marketing activities in the region within a $300k budget per annum, successfully achieving an ROI of x15 amounting to a $200M total revenue and YoY growth rate of 15%.