Mr. Anastasios Galanakis has over two decades of experience in B2B sales, 18 years of which in the marine manufacturing industry. He is currently CCO and vice president of a multinational marine equipment manufacturing firm with a commercial presence in 130 countries. He was won sales excellence awards for B2B online ordering platform & CRM and Made in Greece Awards for Branded Product and Export Excellence. He holds a Doctorate in Export Sales Management (DBA) from Edinburgh Business School and maintains regular contact with the academic community through his publications and guest lectures in sales education at business schools. He is a member of the Global Science Sales Institute, the Greek Sales Institute, and the Academic Maritime Sector BCA Advisory Board. Dr. Galanakis is an adjunct faculty member at Hellenic American University, where he teaches in the M.S. in Sales Management program.
George Pappas is a Ph.D. candidate in mathematical physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He specializes in the vast area of conformal field theories, integrable systems and D-branes. He received his bachelor degree in Physics from the NKUA and his master's degree in theoretical physics from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He has published several papers and participated in numerous international conferences. George is an adjunct faculty member and teaches in the Engineering & IT department.
Giannis Georgiou is a screenwriter, filmmaker, and consultant focusing on subjects of story structure, theory, and technique. He studied Architecture in the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Directing Fiction in the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK. He worked as a filmmaker, screenwriter, and story consultant for more than a decade, before turning to games and interactive storytelling. He is passionate about visual narrative and interactivity and his experience includes teaching and coaching writers on above subjects, as well as writing screenplays, articles, personal essays, games, and interactive fiction.
He is currently a Content Creator in the game writing app Arcweave. He is an adjunct instructor at Hellenic American University and teaches in the BSI program.
Konstantinos holds a BA in Economics from Staffordshire University, an MSc in International Marketing Management from the University of East London, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education from the University of Coventry. He is currently doing his PhD at Hellenic American University. He has served as the Assistant Dean of London College of International Business Studies and as Senior Manager at the London Centre of Executive Excellence. He has extensive teaching, research, and leadership experience from his positions at Coventry University London, University of London, University of East London, University of Bedfordshire, London College of International Business Studies, EU Business School, and Open University. Konstantinos has led and participated in McGraw Hill and Emerald Publications book series and is a reviewer for the Springer Nature Journal of Knowledge Economy and Springer Nature Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is a Fellow of CMI, recognized Chartered Manager and Senior Fellow of HEA. He currently teaches in the Business program at Hellenic American University.
Panagiote (Pete) Tsolis holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an MBA from the same university. He earned his Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Change at Pepperdine University. He has over 18 years of corporate experience, mostly in the hospitality and casino gaming industry, where he worked in leadership position with organizations such as MGM Resorts International and the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. He also taught at the University of Saint Katherine. Now professionally active as an independent consultant, Pete is Assistant Professor and Director of Business Programs at Hellenic American University.