Thanos Varias
Partner
Cognity, Greece
Speaker Bio
Thanos Varias is a Partner and Co-founder of Cognity S.A., a leading digital-age systems integrator driving enterprise transformation across Greece and 10+ European countries. With nearly three decades of experience in IT strategy, he has been instrumental in architecting large-scale solutions across the telco, utilities, banking, fintech, and retail sectors, while also powering seminal digital government initiatives like the gov.gr wallet.
Since co-founding Cognity in 2005, Thanos has helped build a standout entrepreneurial success story in the European tech landscape. Today, the company partners with over 70 major enterprise clients and maintains consistent double-digit, year-over-year growth. Successfully navigating the journey from a boutique systems integrator to one of the largest and healthiest Greek software integrators and digital enablers, Cognity has turned its continuous profitability into a powerful engine for market expansion, technological innovation, and rapid decision-making. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Distributed Information Systems from the University of Athens and Heriot-Watt University.
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