Sotiris Platanitis was born in Athens on March 1992. He graduated from the department of Mechanical Engineers of Technological Institute of Thessalia. He has very good knowledge of English language and certification in the designing softwares Autocad 2D, 3D.

From February 2019, he is working at the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT) of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) as research associate.