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Sotiris Bantas is CTO and Vice-Chairman of Helic Inc, a high-tech company he co-founded in 2000, and is involved in the development and marketing of software tools (EDA) for the design of Frequency Integrated Circuits. In 2008, the company received investment funding from the Japanese Fujitsu Group, as well as other strategic investors and angel investors from Silicon Valley.

Helic’s client base includes some of the largest micro-electronics companies in the world, especially leaders in System-on-Chip solutions for smartphones, tablets and wireless devices. Mr Bantas’ personal areas of responsibility include coordination of technological strategy and promotion of the company’s solutions among its international clientele in America, Japan and the Far East, while he has also played a leading role in design of the company’s software products and invention of its main patented products.

Before founding Helic, Dr Bantas was a researcher at the ICCS, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He holds a PhD and degree in Electrical Engineering from NTUA. He has presented papers at international conferences and been published in technical journals. He is also the holder of two patents (USPTO).