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Haris Ioannou


Product Manager in Machine Learning and Cybersecurity
Kleiner Perkins VC and Open Raven

Haris is a Product Management fellow at Kleiner Perkins based in New York, currently working at the intersection of machine learning and product management in data-security and cybersecurity. At the age of 15, he invented an exoskeleton glove, which enhances and supports the strength of the human palm for people suffering from upper hand disabilities, and was awarded globally by both Google and the European Union.

He holds a MSc in Computer Science with a specialisation in Machine Learning from Columbia University in New York, as well as a MSc and BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He has been named on the "30 under 30" list of both Forbes Magazine and Kathimerini Newspaper.

During his university years, Haris co-founded 3 tech startups in the e-health & wearables, privacy & cybersecurity and educational-toys markets respectively. He holds 2 patents in robotics, is the author of 2 publications in machine learning, and he is a founding member of ReGeneration, the largest internship program in Greece.