Summary
Dimitris Glezos is a seasoned software entrepreneur and web engineering expert with 19 years of experience building products, teams, and communities across Europe and the U.S. He founded and led Transifex from a bootstrap to a venture-backed, profitable SaaS localization platform used by companies like Airbnb and Atlassian, scaling to 55 employees and powering content in 150+ languages before successful acquisitions. Now a Managing Partner at Palmares Advisors, he combines operational M&A insight with deep product and internationalization expertise to help tech founders maximize exits. A long-time open source and community leader—previously steering Fedora’s localization efforts and grassroots digital rights campaigns in Greece—he brings a rare blend of technical depth, usability/accessibility focus, and hands-on distributed team building. An unexpected advantage he offers is a proven track record of turning volunteer-driven open source workflows into commercially viable, scalable products.
20 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MPhil, Computer Science, MPhil, Computer Science at The University of Manchester
Diploma, Computer Science, Diploma, Computer Science at University of Patras
English, Greek, German