Humble Beginnings
More than two decades ago, EXUS was born. Interestingly, one of our colleagues is also born on the exact same day. Give us this festive month and year
When is December 1989?
Our EXUS 'STAR of the Month' and 'SuperSTAR' awards utilize this symbolic icon, which originates from Greek words meaning "space sailor" and according to Yiannis Stilos, represents EXUS colleagues reaching for the stars.
What is an Astonaut?
Our first big break outside the EU/Middle East was with this Asian bank, which at first seemed like a very unrealistic idea, but turned out to now be our biggest customer
Who is "Siam Commercial Bank"?
Our EXUS Values were curated and have been around for more than a decade now. Say it loud and proud, this value is also the main theme of today's programme
What is "We are Eager to Learn and Explore"
Our colleague and artist who is the man behind the EFS/AI Labs/SuperSTAR logos amongst many other marketing memorabilia
**Double Jeopardy** Include how many years with EXUS
Who is Yiannis Stilos?
27 years
Before EXUS, while in university, George worked for this Transportation Consulting Firm and was the only IT Guy responsible for route optimization planning
What is TRADEMCO?
EXUS was previously known as EXODUS where we used Blue & Gray as brand colors. With the name change to EXUS, we now use Red & Gray, which was decided during our selling venture in this East Asian Country that views Red as a lucky color as represented by a Red Sun on its flag and is also known as the home of anime and sushi
EXUS employs its own delivery methodology called RapidDeploy™ in all EFS Delivery Projects, which was trademarked around this year
What is 2010?
EXUS started as a Trio and we have grown into this number of people...and counting
What is 155?
Our colleague and management team member who wore the hat as one of our very first "Delivery PMs"
**Double Jeopardy** Include how many years with EXUS
Who is Chris Maranis?
19 years
EXUS started as a trio of George and two friends from his university - National Technical University of Athens. George being George later continued further studies to strengthen his entrepreneurial and business leadership skills in these top-tier American schools (name just one)
What are Stanford and Harvard?
AI Labs was not always called AI Labs, rather the department was previously called by this name
What is EXUS Innovation?
Our Collections product called EXUS Financial Suite (EFS) was not always called EFS, in fact, this is its third rename upon the time we wanted to sell internationally, but EFS was first called by this name.
What is "eCollect 1"?
As a company, we promote and encourage Breakthrough Thinking Methodology in our goals and commitments setting. This mindset began around six years ago and is adopted from this man. (full name required)
Who is James Lee?
Our colleague and management team member who was the first ever official recruit (employee) not known by either George and friends
**Double Jeopardy** Include how many years with EXUS
Who is Michalis Melachroinidis
20 years
Before EXUS fully focused on its Collections product, we focused on developing multimedia solutions. A courseware for learning car mechanics was developed for this renowned Japanese automobile manufacturer
What is Nissan?
The EXUS 'E' logo and our initial red-gray branding elements were designed by a brother-sister tandem with the last name that is also used as a romantic term of endearment
What is Darling?
In 1997, the very first version of our collections system was released, and it was developed for one of Leto's friends, who eventually became our very first customer based in Greece with this fruity name
What is "Melon Collections"?
EXUS has grown into a truly Global company now comprising of this many nationalities (and counting)
What is 21?
Our colleague and management team member who was the first non-Greek nationality to join EXUS
**Double Jeopardy** Include how many years with EXUS
Who is Eleonora Witkamp?
25 years
Before its name change to EXUS, the company was called EXODUS, which was inspired by the 1977 Raggae song and album conceived by this famed Jamaican Music Icon
Who is Bob Marley?
Our "Role Models for a Better World” mission statement was curated by George through a one-month long discovery process along-side his daughter based on the step-by-step guide of this best-selling book by renowned author Simon Sinek
What is "Find Your Why"?
In the mid-2000s, EXUS bagged Pireaus Bank Group, a large customer based out of Greece, which had a number of subsidiaries in the Balkans. As such, the first set of EFS translations were these Balkan Languages (one answer will do)
What are Bulgarian, Romanian, Albanian, and Serbian?
Our EXUS Flywheel started turning around 5 years ago, which is employed from the classic book called "Good to Great" and is a concept developed by this renowned American author and business consultant
Who is Jim Collins?
Our colleague who was the first developer of EFS, and has explored/held the most number of different roles/departments in EXUS
**Double Jeopardy** Include how many years with EXUS
Who is Nikos Labrou?
26 years