# Evangelos Efstathiou

> Evangelos (Evan) Efstathiou is the CEO of Burmester & Vogel, a Boston-based maritime software company that turns the slow, paper-heavy work of laytime and demurrage calculation into AI-driven automation. An MIT-trained entrepreneur who has spent his whole career at the crossroads of shipping, software and capital markets, he bought the 40-year-old freight-tech firm in 2019 through a Series A and is rebuilding it into what he calls 'the Bloomberg of shipping.' He also runs the maritime M&A and strategy advisory Skysail Advisors, which he founded in 2016.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Burmester & Vogel
- **Organizations:** Burmester & Vogel, Skysail Advisors, Marsoft, Veson Nautical, SpecTec, Chinsay
- **Nationality:** American (Greek heritage)
- **Education:** B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Mergers and Acquisitions: Strategy, Execution, and Post-Merger Management, Harvard Business School (Executive Education), Supply Chain Technology and Systems, MITx on edX
- **Known for:** Raised a $1.65M Series A and acquired Burmester & Vogel, a freight-software firm operating since 1983, Rebuilt a 40-year-old company into an AI-driven maritime software business serving 1,000+ clients across 100+ countries, Oversaw launch of the Demurrage AI Copilot and a patent-pending document orchestration engine

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Graduates from MIT and begins a career spanning shipping, software and capital markets
- **2000s-2010s** — Holds senior global sales and product roles at Marsoft, Veson Nautical, SpecTec and Chinsay
- **2016** — Founds Skysail Advisors, a logistics M&A advisory and strategy consultancy
- **2019** — Closes a $1.65M Series A (September) and acquires Burmester & Vogel (November), becoming CEO
- **2023** — Launches an AI demurrage platform; Burmester & Vogel begins its generative-AI transformation
- **2024** — Demurrage AI Copilot showcased at Posidonia's maritime 'Shark Tank'; B&V featured in The Maritime Executive
- **2025** — Acquires Laysoft laytime software and joins the Aethos responsible-AI maritime community

## Achievements

- Raised a $1.65M Series A and acquired Burmester & Vogel, a freight-software firm operating since 1983
- Rebuilt a 40-year-old company into an AI-driven maritime software business serving 1,000+ clients across 100+ countries
- Oversaw launch of the Demurrage AI Copilot and a patent-pending document orchestration engine
- Founded Skysail Advisors, advising on maritime, aviation and railroad M&A and strategy
- Acquired Laysoft (2025) to expand the laytime calculation product line

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Burmester & Vogel acquired Laysoft, a Windows-based laytime calculation product
- **2025-01** — Burmester & Vogel joined Aethos AI, a responsible-AI community for maritime technology
- **2024-06** — Demurrage AI Copilot showcased at Posidonia 2024's maritime 'Shark Tank'

## Links

- Website: https://burmester-vogel.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eefstathiou/

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Last updated: 2026-06-04