The Team

Andrea Papadopulo

Managing Director

Biography

Andrea is tasked with the day to day operation of INOVAIO. In 1998, Andrea developed a student website, Studentzone.co.za. This website was very successful and was ranked, at the time, as the second busiest site on Ananzi. Studentzone had in excess of two hundred thousand hits per week and close to one hundred and eighty thousand registered users. The site was subsequently sold to a marketer for research purposes.

In 2001, he conceptualized the ATM lottery. This technology would enable the public to buy lottery tickets via an ATM (Automated Teller Machine). The ATM lottery innovation was the subject of a patent application. In 2010, he embarked on the development of a mobile banking solution, Mobanka (Mobile Banking for Africa) (Trademark: 2011/02633). The solution was offered to the cellphone mobile operators in South Africa and Lesotho. This platform was designed to compete directly with M-Pesa (Africa’s largest mobile banking platform). The idea behind the concept was that banking should be completely free (Andrea still maintains that view).

In March 2011 Andrea began working on Monwi. A unique and disruptive technology to address inefficiencies in online discounting. In 2014, his UK based company – Advurtz Limited, embarked on a social transformation widget, Sotrascore, for small/medium sized companies. The widget gives prospective customers a snapshot of a company’s socio-economic contributions to society. In turn, potential customers recognise and reward responsible businesses by buying from them.

In 2016, Andrea started INOVAIO – A multi-disciplinary innovation consultancy.  INOVAIO develops and implements effective new products and services for it’s clients.

Qualifications

PhD Neuromarketing (Candidate)
University of South Africa
M.P.S (MTech) Technology Entrepreneurship
University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering
USA (summa cum laude)
BCom Honours
Business Management & Strategic Marketing (University of South Africa)
BCom
Marketing Management (University of South Africa)

Skills

  • Business Modelling & Value propositions
  • Strengthening Marketing Mix (forensic marketing)
  • Strategy development, Technology transfer and Competitive Advantage positioning
  • Commercialisation of new products and services (Chasm crossing)

Peter Papadopulo

Legal Compliance (Director)

Biography

Peter is a practising South African Attorney and a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. He is also a Consultant Solicitor to a London based property and commercial law services firm Philip Ross Solicitors.

Peter was appointed as the compliance and legal services Director of Inovaio.

Peter has been in practice for more than 35 years and specialises in areas of Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions (locally and Internationally), EU Insolvency Law, Property Law and also advises a number of property developers in South Africa. Peter’s experience includes many years of active participation in the food services industry having successfully launched a number of food related ventures.

In the many years of practice Peter has gained international experience and offers his services to clients both in South Africa and the UK. His consulting activities have gained him working experience with a number of leading European law firms, (with the Cyrus Ross law group) through his association with Philip Ross Solicitors.

In South Africa Peter has been consulted in a number of high value Mergers and Acquisitions as well as advising on commercial and residential property sales and acquisitions. Presently, he is lead counsel in the acquisition by a European company of a leading automotive parts manufacturer in South Africa.

Peter’s South African client base have collectively commercial property portfolios in excess of R3 billion. Currently, these developers have become active in the field of sectional title development and have successfully developed and marketed a number of up-market developments.

Peter practises both in South Africa and the UK and travels extensively to service clients internationally.

Qualifications

B.Proc
University of South Africa
MBA
Trinity College
Adv Certificate Trust Law
University of Pretoria
Certificate Sports Law
University of Pretoria
Adv Certificate in Business Rescue Practice
University of South Africa

Skills

  • Legal Compliance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Commercial Law
  • Property Law

Jungdo Park (Jason)

Software Developer

Biography

Jungdo is a software developer with a passion for problem solving, system integration & development of new applications. He works on various systems including, but not limited to, web-based and mobile applications. 

Qualifications

B. IT Honors
Bachelor of Information Technology

Skills

  • Web Development (JavaScript, PHP, HTML, CSS, JQuery)
  • App Development (Java, Swift)
  • Databases (RDBMS, NoSQL)

Contact Info

INOVAIO HOLDINGS L.L.C
1309 Coffeen Avenue STE 1200
Sheridan Wyoming 82801 |
EIN No: 30-1460949 | Company Filing ID: 2025-001781299
Email: innovation@inovaio.com