International consultant with an engineering and ICT background and extensive experience in business, innovation, project management & quality, R&D grants, and Intellectual Property.
• Over 12 years of experience in R&D, Innovation Management, Technology Transfer, Quality and Performance Assessment, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), legal and financial Issues.
• Over 16 years of experience in IT Systems: Design, Implementation, Product Management, QA, Maintenance
• Experienced Senior Project & Programme Manager for Private and Public sector projects in ICT (Education, Environment, Transport, Government Solutions) - (implementation of more than 40 successful projects of total value above 50 mE).
• Over 10 years of working experience in bids & procurement: consulting, drafting, managing tendering procedures or bidding for National and International Projects (H2020, FP7, EuropeAid, INTERREG, MED, LIFE+, CIP ICT PSP and Structural Funds)
• Designed and delivered more than 200 training sessions and providing mentoring and coaching, support to entrepreneurs, businesses and researchers on Innovation Management, IPR, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, administration.
• Broad experience in Innovation Management, IP, Legal & Financial Issues for SMEs & start-ups: setting up new companies in Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, UK, Turkey. Funding preparedness, mentoring shareholders, legal agreements.
• Experience in Financial Management: planning, budgeting, P&L statements, business plans and financial monitoring.
• Working since 2003 in International multicultural and multilingual environments.