Professional experience

Giorgos Zacharia is the CTO of KAYAK. Prior to that he was Chief Product Officer and oversaw the company’s global technology strategy and product development for KAYAK’s websites and mobile applications. He joined the company in 2008 as Chief Scientist. Prior to joining KAYAK, he was co-founder and CTO of Open Ratings, Inc., a leading supply risk management provider. Giorgos also co-founded two machine-learning driven hedge funds, Stocknomics and Emporics Capital Management. He holds four math and computer science degrees from MIT, including a PhD, won five medals in the International Mathematical and Physics Olympiads and was a Fulbright Scholar.