Kostas Mallios
Corporate Vice President CSD & General Manager, Applied Materials Inc.
Kostas Mallios is the CVP of CSD Europe for Applied's Corporate division, responsible for European strategy with an emphasis on European automotive markets. Kostas joined Applied Materials in 2019 as Corporate Vice President and built the Applied AI business division comprised of three software organizations and responsible for accelerating Applied Materials’ strategy to pursue new opportunities in the $10T AI market.
Kostas brings broad business and technical knowledge spanning a number of technology sectors. He spent much of his career at Microsoft, as General Manager. In Microsoft’s Product and M&A groups, he led product development, growth strategies including deal execution and integration for multibillion dollar acquisitions. He has led several companies to record breaking exits and has served on multiple company Boards leading growth and transformation.
Kostas co-founded PJ Tech Catalyst VC fund with Piraeus Bank and the EIF and has independently led several private equity deals in the US, Europe and Greece.