Makis Antypas studied Industrial Management and Technology at the University of Piraeus, and has an MSc in Information Systems from Sheffield University.
He has worked in IT companies in London, and since 2004 has been a board member and Managing Partner of Realize SA, where he has for many years now been responsible for the design and development of software projects for major corporate clients in Greece and abroad, specializing in IT systems for banks.
He is a co-founder of the Realize subsidiaries Viva Online Services (2006) and Viva Payments (2010). He is currently CIO of Viva Payments, in charge of technology, operations and new services development.
Since 2010, he has been a member of the organizational team of the TEDxAcademy, involved in many of its activities, including a programme to support young entrepreneurship and the innovation competition “Call to Innovation”, organized in association with Singularity University.
