Expert
Biography
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Costas
Y. Konis, Ph.D.
Systems Thinker
Expertise:
systems thinking, innovation strategy, creativity management,
technology trasfer, international technology programs
design and implementation
Industries:
government, energy, financial services, consulting,
economic development authorities
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Dr.
Konis is a systems thinker who combines unique engineering,
management, strategy and innovation skills that have been
applied to a variety of needs and cases. He has started his
career in Engineering firms of the private sector in Athens,
Cyprus and UAE and continued as a public service officer for
seven years, taking part in lots of developmental initiatives
in the energy sector.
Costas
has been trained by the world's top gurus in creativity and
innovation and has trained hundreds of executives in these
fields. Costas
has more than 20 years experience in managing complex projects
and tackling major technological management and innovation
challenges both in the public and the private sectors.
Since
1993 Costas has been playing a key role in setting up the
Cyprus
Institute of Technology, a no-profit economic development
institution aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of Cyprus'
economy. He has been the major contributor to the development
of Cyprus' high-tech policy. Currently he is CEO of the Cyprus
Institute of Technology, the Manager of the Cyprus
Innovation Relay Center and the Executive Director of
the Institute
of Management Consultants of Cyprus. Costas has participated
in the design and implementation of major technological schemes
for the EU, the World Bank, the UNDP and the government of
Cyprus.
Costas
holds the title of European Engineer (the highest Engineering
title in Europe) and is a Leventis Foundation Scholar for
his PhD work at the University of Stirling, where he was elected
as Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Management Science.
Costas serves as a Consultant for PhD Projects of the University
of Middlesex, UK.
Costas is a member of the Board of the European
Association for the Transfer of Technologies (TII), the
Board of Cyprus
Research Promotion Foundation, the Advisory Board of the
International
Network of SMEs and Chairman of its Enterprise Innovation
Group. He is also a member of various professional organizations
including the American Creativity Association, the American
Management Association and the Strategic Planning Society
in the UK. Costas served as one the International judges of
the MBA Innovation Competition, organized by Thunderbird,
USA.
Costas
has BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and MS in Engineering
from Louisiana Tech University USA and a PhD in Management
Science from the University of Stirling in Scotland.
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