Machine learning engineer with 6 years of end-to-end production experience: training models from scratch, deploying them behind live APIs, and operating them for paying customers. Founder and sole engineer of Bed Vibe Studios, building a multilingual speech-AI platform with a ~730M-parameter TTS model trained on consumer GPUs across 13 languages. Strong in MLOps and production engineering: automated model evaluation and release gates (ASR-driven QA, WER/CER), data pipelines, deployment debugging, and reliable inference stacks (FastAPI, PostgreSQL/Supabase, Docker, Linux/Nginx, Stripe tokenized billing). Also authored multiple research reports and open-source Python libraries focused on TTS failure-mode QA and training reliability.

Panagiotis Gkilis

Machine learning engineer with 6 years of end-to-end production experience: training models from scratch, deploying them behind live APIs, and operating them for paying customers. Founder and sole engineer of Bed Vibe Studios, building a multilingual speech-AI platform with a ~730M-parameter TTS model trained on consumer GPUs across 13 languages. Strong in MLOps and production engineering: automated model evaluation and release gates (ASR-driven QA, WER/CER), data pipelines, deployment debugging, and reliable inference stacks (FastAPI, PostgreSQL/Supabase, Docker, Linux/Nginx, Stripe tokenized billing). Also authored multiple research reports and open-source Python libraries focused on TTS failure-mode QA and training reliability.

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Machine learning engineer with 6 years of end-to-end production experience: training models from scratch, deploying them behind live APIs, and operating them for paying customers. Founder and sole engineer of Bed Vibe Studios, building a multilingual speech-AI platform with a ~730M-parameter TTS model trained on consumer GPUs across 13 languages.

Strong in MLOps and production engineering: automated model evaluation and release gates (ASR-driven QA, WER/CER), data pipelines, deployment debugging, and reliable inference stacks (FastAPI, PostgreSQL/Supabase, Docker, Linux/Nginx, Stripe tokenized billing). Also authored multiple research reports and open-source Python libraries focused on TTS failure-mode QA and training reliability.

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Language

Greek, Modern
Fluent
English
Fluent
Norwegian
Fluent

Work Experience

Founder / Machine Learning Engineer at Bed Vibe Studios
January 1, 2020 - Present
Sole engineer building a multilingual speech-AI platform around a ~730M-parameter TTS model; trained on consumer GPUs; 13 languages; production deployment on FastAPI, Postgres, Docker, Linux/Nginx with Stripe-based usage; authored five research reports (Zenodo DOIs) and built automated QA and evaluation lab for retrieval and LLM-generated answers; strong on automated model evaluation, data pipelines, deployment, and production debugging.
Natural Sciences Teacher at Aristarhos Private High School
September 1, 2014 - June 1, 2017
Prepared students for university-track examinations in chemistry and natural sciences and communicated technical material clearly.
Natural Sciences Teacher at Aristarchos Private High School
September 1, 2014 - June 1, 2017
Taught chemistry and natural sciences; prepared students for university-track exams; communicated technical material clearly across three languages.
Norwegian Language Teacher at Globalcitizen / North Athens Tauntor (teaching role listed)
September 1, 2013 - June 1, 2019
Taught Greek, and English-speaking adults through B2 level Norwegian. Designed learning plans and explained complex material clearly across three languages.
Norwegian Language Teacher at Global Citizen
September 1, 2013 - June 1, 2019
Taught Norwegian to Greek- and English-speaking adults up to B2 level; designed learning plans and explained complex material across three languages.

Education

University-level coursework in Natural Sciences at Hellenic Open University
January 11, 2030 - June 30, 2026
BSc Natural Sciences at Hellenic Open University
January 1, 2020 - September 1, 2026

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Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics