Petros Plakogiannis
Test Team Lead
Petros Plakogiannis lives in Greece. He has graduated from the University of Piraeus and the Technological Educational Institute of Crete. He has been working professionally as a software tester since 2009, with a strong focus on automated testing using various tools like QTP, Selenium, Protractor, Cypress, etc. He also has significant experience in white box testing, application testing (desktop, web, and mobile), and security testing. He travels a lot and supports customers onsite by providing information regarding automation testing. He is also a Cypress Ambassador and the main organizer of the Ministry of Testing Athens meetups, and he is very active in the testing community
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Achieving 5 or more community stars
Activity
earned:
From frustration to Skynet: building a lightweight UI automation helper
earned:
Member joined MoT Athens chapter
earned:
From frustration to Skynet: building a lightweight UI automation helper
earned:
From frustration to Skynet: building a lightweight UI automation helper
earned:
From frustration to Skynet: building a lightweight UI automation helper
Contributions
UI testing is powerful.But it’s also… heavy.Frameworks, setup, configs, pipelines — all necessary, but sometimes overwhelming when all you want is something simple:“Is this working right now?”That’...
Ministry of Testing #Athens held its annual cake-cutting event for 2026. Eight years strong and still going!
I'm super excited to anounce our 2026 Ambassadors!!
Make sure to follow them on the MoTaverse.
And the 2026 Ambassadors of the MoTaverse are...........
- Ady Stokes
- Ben Dowen
- Cassandr...
Everything started in the Selenium Conference 2016 when MoT was there
A short comic telling the story of how MoT Athens began, featuring the main members of the Athens lead team.
I remember it all starting at Selenium Conference 2016. I went to the MoT booth and met MoT. She approved the idea of starting the Athens meetup.
Back in Athens, I shared the idea with Argyros Gko...
MoT Athens in Mestalla Stadium that is a football stadium in Valencia, Spain. Our team visited the stadium while was in Valencia for the selenium conference
Brewing Our Own Beer — Ministry of Testing Athens
The team of the 17th MoT Athens Meetup- December 2025. Meetup with Lewis Prescott and Contract Testing
The Ministry of Testing Athens team had a great LeanCoffee at the Vodafone premises. We discussed what defines a good tester and how AI fits into testing.
Making friends at my very first TestBash 22 in Manchester. Good times. :-)
I think Diana had this polaroid camera, the picture is pinned to the whiteboard in my office.
A short video from the 16th Meetup of Ministry of Testing Athens, featuring Emily O'Connor, Angie Jones, and Ema Zyka
Have a browse of our upcoming community-led meetups
