Senior software consulting·Cyprus & Remote

From researchto production.We build softwarethat ships.

Senior engineering, real R&D, shipped products. We've published 9+ peer-reviewed papers (IEEE, CVF, Springer, NVIDIA) and co-founded two live companies.

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9+ papers published2 companies co-foundedForbes 30 Under 30

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1const team = "Ace & Zeros";

2const papers = 9; // peer-reviewed

3const stack = ["Next.js", "FastAPI", "PyTorch"];

5async function ship(idea) {

6 // research → prototype → production

7 const product = await build(idea);

8 return product.deploy();

LIVEFooderlooFlutter · Laravel · iOS & Android

R&DMammoCheckPyTorch · Thermal CV · FDA pathway

PUBAirCamRTMWACV 2022 · CVF · YOLO · OpenCV

$ npm run ship

build · passing

⬆deployed to prod

publications & credentials

· IEEE· CVF / WACV 2022· Springer Nature· NVIDIA GTC 2023· arXiv· ICCV· Forbes 30 Under 30· U.S. State Dept YTILI Fellow· EIC Horizon Europe· RIF Cyprus· EASA Drone Pilot A1/A2/A3· FDA 510(k) pathway· CE MDR· 9+ peer-reviewed publications· IEEE· CVF / WACV 2022· Springer Nature· NVIDIA GTC 2023· arXiv· ICCV· Forbes 30 Under 30· U.S. State Dept YTILI Fellow· EIC Horizon Europe· RIF Cyprus· EASA Drone Pilot A1/A2/A3· FDA 510(k) pathway· CE MDR· 9+ peer-reviewed publications

IEEE · CVF · Springer · NVIDIA

Peer-reviewed publications

from lab to live products

8+yr

Research to production

web · mobile · AI · enterprise

10+

Products & projects shipped

Greece 2026

Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree

RIF · EIC · Horizon Europe

Grant projects delivered

What we build

Six distinct capabilities, each battle-tested in production.

CTO as a Service

Strategic technology leadership without the full-time overhead. We define your roadmap, lead your team, and design the architecture that scales.

StrategyRoadmappingArchitectureTeam leadership

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Custom Software Development

Tailored, scalable solutions built to your exact requirements, from MVP to full-scale deployment, with full lifecycle support.

Full-stackReactLaravelNode.jsNext.js

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Cloud Integration & AI Solutions

Securely migrate to the cloud and embed AI that automates processes and extracts insight from your data.

AWSGCPDockerOpenAI APIAnthropicGemini

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WordPress, Ecommerce & LMS

Production WordPress far beyond brochure sites: WooCommerce, LearnDash, headless architectures, multilingual, and performance-tuned hosting.

WordPressWooCommerceLearnDashHeadlessNext.jsWPML

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AI-Powered Web & Mobile Apps

Cross-platform apps with intelligent features baked in: document processing, OCR, RAG, LLM agents, computer vision, voice and video pipelines.

FlutterReact NativeFastAPIPyTorchLangChainRAGMCP

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AI Research & Development: From Research to Product

9 peer-reviewed publications across IEEE, CVF, Springer, and NVIDIA. We bridge academic research and production deployment: computer vision pipelines, edge AI on NVIDIA Jetson, CNN training, medical AI, drone/UAV AI, and EU grant proposal support.

PyTorchYOLOOpenCVNVIDIA JetsonROSEICHorizon Europe

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How we work

STEP · 01week 1–2

Discover

We start by understanding your business, users, and constraints, not by writing code. Deep technical discovery so the architecture is right before the first commit.

→ Stakeholder interviews & goal mapping
→ Technical audit of existing systems
→ Constraint identification
→ Research landscape review (for AI/R&D projects)

STEP · 02week 2–8

Build

Iterative, milestone-driven development with full transparency. You see working software every week, not a black box that opens at the deadline.

→ Weekly demos & async updates
→ CI/CD from day one
→ Code review & documentation
→ Research → prototype → integration (AI projects)

STEP · 03ongoing

Ship

We don't hand over a zip file. We deploy, monitor, and stay available post-launch, because a shipped product is the beginning, not the end.

→ Production deployment & infra setup
→ Performance monitoring & alerts
→ Post-launch iteration & support
→ Grant reporting (EU-funded projects)

Shipped products & published research

Work with us →

MammoCheck Ltd

MammoCheck

AI-powered thermal imaging platform for at-home breast cancer screening. Pursuing FDA 510(k) and CE MDR certification. Built custom CNN pipelines for thermal anomaly detection.

Visit mammocheck.co ↗

PythonPyTorchComputer VisionThermal ImagingFastAPI

↳ FDA 510(k) + CE MDR pathway · MammoCheck Ltd

Fooderloo

Sustainability marketplace fighting food waste. Available on iOS & Android. Full mobile + backend stack.

FlutterLaravelMySQLiOSAndroid

↳ App Store & Google Play

iNicosia

Digital twin of Nicosia: 3D assets + real-time data web platform. Delivered for CYENS Centre of Excellence.

Web3DReal-timeCYENS

↳ Government digital transformation

Absences App

School absence management system, in continuous production since 2019.

IonicAngularC#ASP.NET

↳ In production since 2019

SmashApp ↗

Web platform bundled with on-court hardware in padel and sports fields. Players connect to a game and watch all their recorded highlights from a personal dashboard.

LaravelVueFull-stackHardware

↳ app.smashapp.info

Workforce Tracking

Flutter mobile app + Laravel management dashboard for a construction company: daily jobs and tasks, leave requests, supervisor assignment, check in/out, activity tracking, and reporting.

FlutterLaravelFull-stack

↳ Mobile app + admin dashboard

DKA Consult ↗

Website built for a consulting company client.

WordPress

↳ dkaconsult.com

SmartWMS

AI-driven warehouse management system for an enterprise client. EU-funded R&D project delivering intelligent inventory and logistics automation.

LaravelAIEnterpriseEU-funded

↳ EU-funded · active deployment

AIDM

AI-powered document management with smart taxonomy and classification. Built for an enterprise client under an EU-funded innovation programme.

LaravelGemini APIClassification

↳ EU-funded innovation programme

Built with the right tools

Not framework-agnostic by laziness, but by genuine breadth. We pick the right stack for each problem.

Languages9 tools

PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptPHPDartJavaC/C++SQLHTML/CSS/SCSS

Frontend11 tools

ReactNext.jsVue.jsNuxtAngularIonicFlutterReact NativeWordPressshadcn/uiTailwind CSS

Backend & Infrastructure10 tools

LaravelNode.jsDjangoFastAPIRedisDockerLinuxCoolifyHetznerCloudflare

AI & Computer Vision14 tools

PyTorchTensorFlowDarknetYOLO (v5/v7/v8)OpenCVCNNsObject DetectionKalman TrackingROSNVIDIA JetsonVertex AIOpenAI APIAnthropic APILangChain / RAG / MCP

Mobile & Cross-Platform5 tools

FlutterReact NativeIonicNative iOS/AndroidFirebase

CMS & Ecommerce4 tools

WordPressWooCommerceLearnDashHeadless CMS

The co-founders.

Rafael Makrigiorgis

co-founder & cto

MSc · University of Cyprus9+ peer-reviewed papersEASA Drone Pilot A1/A2/A3

8+ years from research to production. Software engineer with deep experience in UAV computer vision, CNN training, and edge AI on NVIDIA Jetson. Currently at Philoshopic (Ionic/Angular/Java). Senior full-stack and fintech experience across React Native, Laravel + Vue, Node.js.

Notable research: AirCamRTM (aerial vehicle detection, WACV 2022), ICARUS (autonomous power infrastructure inspection, NVIDIA GTC 2023), Harpy (UAV traffic monitoring), HorizonBlock/ORION (counter-drone systems).

Greek · English · French

Marios Pafitis

co-founder & ceo

Forbes 30 Under 30 Greece 2026U.S. State Dept YTILI FellowMSc AI · Web & Smart SystemsFDA 510(k) + CE MDR pathway

Co-Founder & CTO of MammoCheck Ltd (AI thermal imaging for at-home breast cancer screening, FDA & CE MDR). Co-Founder of Fooderloo. Technical Lead at CYENS Centre of Excellence, working on government digital transformation, AI civic tech, and the iNicosia digital twin.

ML expertise: early detection of Alzheimer's, MCI, and breast cancer. Deep experience in EU/Cyprus grant ecosystems (RIF, EIC, Horizon Europe) and regulatory navigation for MedTech.

Greek · English

Let's build something real.

Whether you need a CTO, a full-stack team, an AI pipeline, or want to explore an EU grant opportunity, send us a message.

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