Training

2007        Presentation Skills, KANTOR Management Consultants, Greece

2007        Financial Modelling, KANTOR Management Consultants, Greece

2003        Soft Skills for Project Managers, Project Management Specialist

              Group, British Computer Society, U.K.

2002        Writing Winning Proposals Training, Shipley, U.K.

2002        Requirements Engineering Course, REVEALTM Methodology, Praxis Critical

               Systems, ALTRAN GROUP, U.K.

2001        Writing Business Plans, Ernst & Young, Greece

1997        Interpersonal Skills Training Course, Motorola, U.K.

Additional Skills

Computer Skills: Software Packages: Word, Excel (& Macros), PowerPoint, Access (MS Office), MS Frontpage, Money, Profitmaker, Bloomberg, Minitab, Snap 4.0, (questionnaire design and data analysis), SPSS, Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Creating and editing images, Macromedia Dreamweaver, SnagIt and other networking utilities (e.g. Telnet, FTP).

Platforms and Coding Languages: Very familiar with Windows platforms (MS Windows 3.X, 95, 98, 2000, NT XP), MS Office '97, 2000, XP, very good knowledge of Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML), very familiar with the UNIX Common Desktop & X-Windows platform. Familiar with the UNIX command line and Latex; working knowledge of Macintosh. Beginner in Visual Basic & Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Some programming experience with BASIC.

Additional Languages: Fluent speaking and writing of Greek (native) and English. Took 4 years of French in high school.

Clean current driving license:  I hold a valid Greek as well as International driving licence.

Activities

Sports: Climbing, Mountaineering, Rafting, Mountain Biking, Basketball and Tennis. Used to be a player in a local basketball team, which introduced me to the ideas of team play and organized spirit.

Societies: Bath University Alumni Club, Cranfield University Alumni Club, Moraitis School Alumni Club, and Children’s International Summer Villages.

Interests

I am an active and enthusiastic member of the C.I.S.V. organization, which stands for Children's International Summer Villages. It is an independent, non-political, volunteer organization promoting peace, education and cross-cultural friendship. Through C.I.S.V., I have travelled to Germany (1989), Denmark (1990), Finland (1991), France (1992) and to Canada (1993), during summers, by means of Interchanges or Summer Camps. In Canada, I was in charge of 63 young children, as I was a member of the Junior Council. I have also travelled extensively around Europe, UAE (Dubai), Lebanon, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and USA.

Other-Academic

Part-time Instructor of Management Information Systems, at Kingston University, Athens branch.