Experience

From trading floor to product leadership — a decade building at the intersection of sports betting and product.

Kaizen Gaming (Betano / Stoiximan)

Mar 2024 — Present

Defined and drove product strategy across key sportsbook verticals including Live Betting, Player Props, Bet Builder, and GenAI-powered experiences
Built and scaled the sportsbook product function by hiring and developing a team of Product Analysts and Product Owners
Established ways of working and career growth frameworks across sportsbook squads

Kaizen Gaming (Betano / Stoiximan)

Mar 2022 — Mar 2024

Owned the end-to-end product roadmap for Live Betting, one of the highest-revenue and most technically complex areas of the sportsbook
Drove feature discovery, prioritisation, and delivery working closely with engineering, trading, and UX
Defined success metrics and ran structured A/B experiments to iterate on conversion, engagement, and error rate improvements
Mentored Product Owners and contributed to the growth of product craft within the sportsbook tribe

Kaizen Gaming (Betano / Stoiximan)

Apr 2021 — Sep 2022

Served as the primary business stakeholder for sportsbook scrum teams, owning roadmap prioritisation aligned with commercial and strategic objectives
Built strong working relationships across trading, tech, and product leadership, leading to a formal PM promotion within 18 months
Defined and ranked product initiatives balancing short-term business needs with long-term product vision

Stoiximan.gr

Apr 2018 — Apr 2021

Owned celebratory mini-sites for Euro and FIFA World Cup — high-traffic, time-critical experiences serving millions of users
Led end-to-end development of Missions, a loyalty and engagement feature designed to increase player retention
Built and shipped the ACCA Builder (accumulator bet creation tool), balancing player UX with risk management
Managed third-party integrations with odds feed providers including LS Sports, DST, and Abelson

Stoiximan.gr

Aug 2017 — Apr 2018

Established an innovation backlog capturing opportunities beyond industry-standard sportsbook features
Conducted competitive benchmarking across global operators to identify white-space opportunities
Collaborated with design and product leadership to evaluate and prototype non-conventional ideas

Stoiximan.gr

Jan 2015 — Aug 2017

Led shift operations for the trading floor, overseeing real-time risk management across live and pre-event markets
Trained and onboarded new traders across sports pricing, in-play risk protocols, and internal tooling
Acted as senior point of escalation during high-profile events, making real-time decisions on market suspension and liability limits

Stoiximan.gr

Jan 2014 — Jan 2015

Managed live in-play trading for premium events including UEFA Champions League Final and FIFA World Cup
Priced pre-event markets across football and key sports, balancing competitive odds with risk exposure targets

Stoiximan.gr

Jun 2013 — Jan 2014

Traded live matches and priced pre-event markets across a broad sports portfolio
Built foundational expertise in odds compilation, market mechanics, and real-time risk assessment

Education