Every month, we highlight an INNOPAY employee who is celebrating a professional milestone. This month, to congratulate Jorgos Tsovilis on five years at INNOPAY, we asked him to tell us more about himself and his work.
Jorgos started working at INNOPAY in December 2017 on a nine-month contract in the unique role of Junior Business Analyst. This gave him the opportunity to find out whether INNOPAY was the right fit for him or whether he wanted to continue his life as a student. Just a few months into his contract, it became apparent to both sides that it was a successful match, and Jorgos was promoted to the role of Business Analyst on a permanent contract. Today, Jorgos is a Senior Consultant specialised in Open Banking/Open Finance, which he describes as a “challenging, fast-paced and rewarding” role. Depending on the project or client he is working for, his work involves occasional international business trips, having visited countries such as: Italy, Greece, Austria and Belgium on INNOPAY’s behalf. He currently lives in Amsterdam, which is approximately 15 minutes from the INNOPAY office by bike. However, he has recently bought a house in Haarlem, which is an exciting new step but will definitely add some minutes to his bike ride, so it remains to be seen how long he can keep that up!
Both during my studies and while working part-time in IT, the time I spend programming made me realise that I’m interested in technology and breaking things down, but also that I get most of my energy out of working and interacting with people. This caused me to look for jobs which bridge the gap between technology and business, and roles in which you operate a bit more in the foreground. My first contact with INNOPAY was when I met Shikko for coffee. His enthusiasm as he told me about all the things that INNOPAY is involved in was infectious and really captured my interest.
I love working together with so many bright, motivated and fun colleagues.
Development the Open Banking Monitor into where it is now. Back when I started it was merely an idea, but over the years, there have been numerous updates and it continues to adopt and utilise new insights. I feel there are still many potential opportunities to capitalise on and I am eager to see how it will further develop.
I see multiple aspects. On the one hand, I see a lot of developments in terms of projects or upcoming regulatory changes which will promote the availability and accessibility of all kinds of data. On the other hand, there is clearly growing awareness about the importance of being able to manage and control this data. I’m interested to see which – if any – additional measures will be put in place to not only control access, but also to ensure a certain amount of data privacy. My main concern is whether we can avoid data privacy becoming a privilege, as making your data available becomes a prerequisite for utilising a growing number of services.
The upcoming European regulatory initiatives introduce a number of interesting changes and frameworks which could have a significant impact on the complete ecosystem and how data is managed and controlled.
‘Everything Transaction’, of course!
‘Be the person you needed in life’. That certainly gave me something to think about.