Demetris Kaizer

Computer Scientist

Summary

Software developer with 5+ years of professional experience, specialised in PHP, Vue and Laravel. Co-founder of ASDETECH LTD, a Cyprus-based digital agency. Holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Cyprus and has a research background in web application security. Passionate about building reliable, well-tested backend systems and turning ideas into products.

Work Experience

Lab Instructor — University of Cyprus

01/2026

  • Lab instructor for MAI650, guiding students through hands-on exercises using Contiki-NG for IoT development

Co-founder — ASDETECH LTD

08/2025

  • Co-founded a Cyprus-based digital agency offering web development, mobile apps, ERP systems, and AI-powered solutions

Software Developer II — Aylo

06/2024

  • Design and develop backend services and APIs in PHP and Laravel
  • Lead feature development and participate in architectural decisions
  • Conduct code reviews and support junior team members

Software Developer I — Aylo

03/2022

  • Built and maintained scalable backend systems using PHP and Laravel
  • Wrote automated tests and contributed to CI/CD pipelines
  • Worked within agile teams to deliver features across multiple projects

Software Developer — University of Cyprus

03/2021

  • Full stack development of internal university platforms using Laravel and VueJS
  • Collaborated with research teams to build tools supporting academic workflows

Sergeant — Cyprus National Guard

07/2015

  • Compulsory military service for all male citizens

Education

MSc in Computer Science — University of Cyprus

2022 – 2024  ·  GPA: 8.29/10

BSc in Computer Science — University of Cyprus

2017 – 2021  ·  GPA: 8.24/10

Elective Courses: Machine Learning, Data Mining on the Web, Internet of Things, Web Programming, Network and Information Security, Digital Image Processing

Apolytirio — Pallouriotissa Lyceum

2012 – 2015

Elective Courses: Math, Physics, Computers

Skills

Backend

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • Elasticsearch
  • REST APIs
  • PHPUnit

Frontend

  • Vue
  • Inertia
  • JavaScript

Tools

  • Docker
  • Git
  • Unix
  • CI/CD
  • Grafana

Certificates

IELTS Academic

06/2021

Overall: 7.5/9

IGCSE: English as a Second Language

2015

B(b), 1 in Oral/Aural

Languages

Greek

Native Speaker

English

Full Professional Proficiency

Publications

webFuzz: Grey-box Fuzzing for Web Applications

10/2021  ·  ESORICS 2021

Orpheas van Rooij, Marcos Charalambous, Demetris Kaizer, Michalis Papaevripides, and Elias Athanasopoulos. In Proceedings of the 26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security. Darmstadt, Germany (virtual)