Dimitrios Kotsifakos was born in Piraeus. He studied Electronics at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens while also completing advanced studies in music. Since 2005 he has served in secondary vocational education and training as an Electronics Engineer (PE84) and currently serves as Director of the 1st Laboratory Centre of Agios Dimitrios.
He holds an MSc in Informatics from the University of Piraeus, pedagogical qualifications from ASPETE, a PhD from the Department of Informatics of the University of Piraeus, and completed postdoctoral research at the same department. Since 2024 he has been conducting a second postdoctoral research project at the Department of Business Administration of the University of West Attica.