Maria Kourtesi

Maria Kourtesi's work experience includes a role as a Software Engineer at KrakenFlex (Octopus Energy Group) since January 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Software Engineer at Awaze from September 2022 to January 2023. Maria also served as a Software Engineer at PA Media from August 2021 to September 2022. Before their software engineering roles, they worked as a Web Developer and Junior Front End Developer at CDL Software from February 2020 to August 2021. Additionally, they worked as a Greek Tutor at Private tutoring from March 2017 to August 2021. Maria also served as an ICT Teacher at PRIMARY PPA COVER LIMITED from November 2019 to February 2020 and as an Information and Technology Lecturer (agency) at The Trafford College Group (agency) from March 2018 to January 2020. Maria has experience as a Supply Teacher and Cover Supervisor at Milk Education, Teaching Personnel, and Tradewind from January 2019 to December 2019. Maria also worked at Hellenic School of Manchester as Deputy Headteacher and Greek Teacher from September 2017 to September 2019. Lastly, they worked as a Speech and Language Intervention Support at HIGHER OPENSHAW COMMUNITY SCHOOL from November 2017 to January 2019.

Maria Kourtesi's education history is as follows:

From 2021 to 2024, Maria pursued an MSc in Information Systems at Hellenic Open University, specializing in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

In 2014 to 2016, Maria attended Birmingham City University, where they completed a Master of Arts degree in Arts and Education Practices.

In 2012 to 2013, Maria participated in a specialized training course in Philosophy at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.

From 2005 to 2009, Maria studied at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, earning a QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) with a BA honors degree from the Faculty of early childhood education.

In 2012, Maria obtained a proficiency certificate in the Braille system from the Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece.

Additionally, Maria holds certifications outside of their formal education. In April 2021, they became an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner through Amazon Web Services (AWS). In July 2021, Maria obtained the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate certification from HashiCorp.