Introductory Call

with Spyros Mastorakis

I am happy to offer an introductory call to learn more about your goals and see how I can best support you. Whether you are exploring career transitions, industry roles, … Read more

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Spyros Mastorakis

Principal Researcher at Microsoft

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About this session

I am happy to offer an introductory call to learn more about your goals and see how I can best support you. Whether you are exploring career transitions, industry roles, job searching, or academic-to-industry moves (or vice versa), this session is a great way for us to discuss your needs and how I can help.

Why book an intro call?

✅ Discuss your current challenges and goals.
✅ Understand how my experience as a Ph.D., ex-faculty, and big tech engineer/researcher aligns with your needs.
✅ Ask any initial questions before committing to ongoing mentorship.

Why me?

I have successfully navigated multiple career transitions, defying expectations along the way. I have worked in academia and industry, so I understand the challenges of breaking into tech, making strategic career moves, and thriving in research and engineering roles. My experience mentoring engineers, researchers, students, and other professionals puts me in a position to offer actionable, personalized advice to help you achieve your next milestone.

Your mentor

I am a Principal Researcher at Microsoft, where I work on AI systems, specializing in large-scale AI infrastructure and LLM inference. I bring 12+ years of experience spanning industry and academia, including roles as a researcher, engineer, and university professor.

Throughout my career, I have repeatedly pursued goals that others told me were unrealistic—from earning a Ph.D. and becoming a professor to transitioning into big tech and continuing to pursue increasingly ambitious opportunities. Rather than letting others define what I was capable of, I learned what I needed to learn, developed a strategy, kept moving forward—and proved them wrong.

That experience fundamentally shapes how I mentor. If you have an ambitious career goal, I will not start by telling you why you cannot achieve it. Instead, we will assess where you are today, identify the gaps between you and your goal, and develop a concrete strategy for closing them. Breaking barriers takes more than ambition: it requires continuous learning, resilience, strong positioning, and consistent execution.

I have mentored dozens of researchers, engineers, students, and professionals at different career stages. Many of my mentees have secured roles at top tech companies, advanced in their careers, or successfully pivoted to new opportunities. Depending on your goals, I can help you:

• Break into big tech or highly competitive technical roles
• Transition from academia to industry—or from industry to academia
• Move into AI/ML systems, AI infrastructure, or research engineering
• Develop expertise in large-scale AI infrastructure, LLM inference, and serving
• Integrate AI and agents into your day-to-day work to accelerate engineering, research, and other workflows
• Identify a technical niche and build a strategy around it
• Prepare for interviews and position your experience effectively
• Navigate promotions, career transitions, and major career decisions
• Build a long-term career strategy rather than simply optimize for your next job

My mentorship combines career strategy with technical depth. I will not tell you that every ambitious goal is achievable, nor will I give you generic motivational advice. We will focus on what you can change, what actions will move you forward, and how to give you the strongest possible chance of reaching your goal.

If you are ready to put in the work and pursue something ambitious, let’s build a roadmap for making it happen.

🌐 Learn more about me: https://sites.google.com/site/spyridonmastorakis
💼 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spyridon-mastorakis-56438190/
🎓 Explore my research on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=O_ckkUIAAAAJ&hl=en
👥 See my current and past mentees: https://sites.google.com/site/spyridonmastorakis/current-and-past-mentees

What mentees say

5.0 (10 reviews)

“Dr. Spyros's approach and guidance helped me optimize my efforts towards my goals by : a) assessing my profile transparently, highlighting the achievable against the "stretched" targets; b) identifying the critical pat…”

Hafez

Standard Plan · 1 month

“Spyros is a thoughtful and bold engineer who, despite having mastered the fundamentals of computing, keeps exploring new ideas and ways to execute. He's a great mentor: hands-on, willing to listen, quick to adapt to the…”

Ansar

Standard Plan · 1 month

“Spyros has been an exceptional career mentor. He provided thoughtful, practical guidance that helped me navigate important career decisions with confidence. He is generous with his time, genuinely invested in helping ot…”

Manuela

Standard Plan · 1 month

“Spyros is a great , intelligence, thoughtful leader and mentor. He helped me come up with brilliant ideas for projects and gave me insights on how to make my projects and portfolio better. On top of that, this mentorshi…”

Brianna

Standard Plan · 1 month

“I had the opportunity to work with Spyros over the past month to learn the nuances of transitioning from academia to industry, and I’m very grateful for the experience. He is very responsive, and I especially appreciate…”

Anonymous

Standard Plan · 1 month

Frequently asked questions

What exactly is a session?

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How do I pick a time?

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How does the session take place?

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Can I reschedule?

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