Academic and Professional activities (selected)

Consultant for the Greek Industry

Production management and production planning and control projects for the following industries:

  • vehicle industry
  • paper industry
  • exhaust systems and catalytic converters industry
  • metal products industry
  • bath products industry
  • wine industry

Consultant for the following Hellenic Ministries

  • Hellenic Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change
  • Hellenic Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religion Affairs
  • Hellenic General Secretariat for Research and Technology

Consultant for public organizations

Organizational design and strategic planning projects for the Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government S.A. and for municipalities.

Consultant for the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Organizational design and strategic planning projects for the University, the University Press, the Student’s Club and the Aristotle University Property Development and Management Company S.A.

Institutional positions

  • Member of the Committee for Upgrade of the University Press of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1994-99.
  • Member of the Committee for Strategy and Development of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2002.
  • Member of the Senate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1997 -1998 and 2003 -2004.
  • Member of the Aristotle University Property Development and Management Company S.A., 2003-2004.
  • Member of the Committee for the Practical Training Program of the students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1999 – today.
  • Member of the Committee of Students’ Week for organizing cultural events of the students of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2000 – today.
  • Manager of the Aristotle University Symphonic Orchestra, 1999 – today.

Interdisciplinary educational activities

  • Member of the steering committee of the Postgraduate Program in Conservation, Maintenance and Restoration of Architectural Monuments, 2002-2004.
  • Member of the steering committee of the Postgraduate Program in Museology (Faculty of Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), 2002 – today.

Participation in Conference Committees

  • Member of the organizing committee of the 2nd (1993), 3rd (1995) and 6th (2002) Balkan Conferences on Operational Research organized by the Macedonia-Thrace Branch of the Hellenic Operational Research Society.
  • Member of the Publicity Committee of the 12th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society (Stirling, Scotland, 1994).
  • Member of the scientific committee of the conference “Hellenic Industry: Towards to Knowledge-based Economy”, organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece (Athens, Greece, 2006).
  • Member of the scientific committee of the 18th Annual Conference of the Hellenic Operational Research Society (Kozani, Greece, 2006).
  • Member of the local organizing committee of the 26th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society (Athens, Greece, 2008).

Participation in state educational committees

  • Member of the Committee for Organizational Design of the Hellenic Organisation for Vocational Education and Training, 1991-1992.
  • Member of the Examination Committee of the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation, 1991, 2004, 2005.

Invited presentations, lectures and seminars

  • Invited Plenary Speaker at the 26th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Athens, 2008.
  • Invited Plenary Speaker at the 1st Symposium Production Engineering – innovative and interdisciplinary, organized by Institut fur Produktionstechnik – Westsachsiche Hochschule Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany, 2006.
  • Invited Plenary Speaker at the Symposium on Challenges for Product Lifecycle Management and Supply Chain Management Architectures, organized by Westsachsiche Hochschule Zwickau and Technische Universitat Chemnitz, Zwickau, Germany, 2008.
  • Invited presentations at the graduate program “Transportation Engineering” of the Engineering School Sao Carlos at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, 2012.
  • Invited Speaker at the Kuhne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany, 2013.
  • Invited Plenary Speaker at the 7th International Working Conference “TQM – Advanced and Intelligent Approaches”, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 2013.

Instructor in several seminars for executives and engineers, organized in Greece by the following organizations, professional societies and companies (among others):

  • Center for Management Education and Research
  • Technical Chamber of Greece
  • Chambers of Serres, Drama and Kavala
  • Hellenic Management Association
  • Hellenic Operational Research Society
  • Hellenic Society of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers
  • Hellenic Productivity Center
  • Hellenic Foreign Trade Board
  • Professional Education Center of the Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki
  • MINOS S.A.
  • The Hellenic Vehicle Industry ELVO S.A.