Georgios Kakaletris

Senior Software Engineer, holding a degree in Physics and an MSc on Advanced Informatics Systems, both obtained by National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Professional experience that spans several years of employment by IT enterprises (Profile SA, Decision SA, Inteltech SA etc) both in S/W Engineering and R&D Department directorship/management positions. Acted as a task, work package and project leader in several research initiatives, development projects and studies. Served as an ICT consultant for the Greek Parliament and several other public authorities. Interests and professional and research experience, include the areas of: Large Scale Information System's Design and Implementation, Location Based Services, Geographical Information Systems, Distributed Systems, Information Retrieval, Cloud Computing and Technoeconomics. Currently CTO of CITE S.A. and a research associate for the “Athena” Research Center and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Member of the MADGIK group, under the leadership of Professor Yannis Ioannidis.