OSeven Telematics
Petros Fortsakis has a diverse background in engineering and technology. Petros co-founded and served as the Head of Modelling at OSeven Telematics, a company focused on insurance telematics and driving behavioral analytics. Petros also worked as a Tunnel Expert at DB International GmbH, where they managed design submissions for various metro lines in Qatar. As a Senior Tunnel Engineer at Dr SAUER & PARTNERS LTD, they were involved in the design of underground caverns for the Ottawa Light Rail Project. Additionally, they provided scientific and administrative support at Springer Science+Business Media and worked as a Tunnel and Geotechnical Engineer at ODOTECHNIKI LTD. Petros has also worked as an independent consultant for geotechnical and structural design projects. Petros has experience as a researcher and teaching assistant at the National Technical University of Athens and has also worked as a Tunnel Engineer at ATTIKO METRO. Petros started their career as a Civil Engineer intern at Locher Ingenieure AG.
Petros Fortsakis completed their education in a chronological order. Petros started their academic journey at the National Technical University of Athens, where they pursued a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from 1999 to 2004. Following this, they continued their studies at the same institution, obtaining a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Structural Engineering between 2004 and 2006. Building upon their solid foundation, Petros then pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from 2005 to 2012, specializing in Tunnelling, Computational Mechanics, and Risk Assessment. Throughout their education, Petros Fortsakis focused on various areas within the field of engineering, ranging from civil engineering to structural engineering and finally to their PhD research.
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OSeven Telematics
OSeven is a pioneer insurance telematics and driving behavioral analytics company. Following an end-user centric approach, the company provides a social-oriented Behavioral-Based insurance (BBI) platform for motor insurance companies and fleet owners to create motivated Safe&Eco Drivers offering financial incentives and Awards. OSevenoffers a device-agnostic cloud based platform as a clearing house of APIs, though it concentrates on a smartphone-only, easily scalable, cost effective and user friendly solution for the next years. It applies advanced machine learning techniques and develops a sophisticated scoring model coming from over 25yrs research in the Field of its top tier engineering team. Its state of the art solution provides big advantages like fast scale up, avoids legal regulations obstacles, cost reduction up to 80% comparing to classic telematics solutions, crash detection, driver/passenger recognition and most importantly measures driving distraction risk by recognizing mobile use while driving. Mobile use is the cause of 25% of the traffic accidents today and No1 Killer among ages 18-29yrs. OSeven has targeted the personal and commercial insurance verticals. As a designed-led company, the end user is the epic centre of its efforts. To maximise customer engagement, the company is working on enabling customers with a solid gamification and rewards program to complement the premium discounts insurers may offer based on its Score.In April 2016, in European Fintech Awards 2016 (Amsterdam, ABN Amro HQ) OSeven had been acknowledged as one of the Top25 Fintech and Top3 Insurtech in Europe among 500 hand-picked European fintech companies. Also, in the same competition, the company ranked 1st among Top100 list in public voting with 3500 votes. In June 2016, OSeven had been selected by iFinance ORIGAMI as one of the Top15 Fintech companies in London. In October 2016, OSeven was selected as one of the Leading Global Fintech Innovators. It was listed in 2016 Fintech 100 powered by KPMG and H2 Ventures together with 11 other InsurTech stars but the only telematics provider.