Jeffrey Hansel holds a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) from Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a minor in Information Technology from Bentley University in Waltham, MA. He has over twenty years of professional experience in credit and banking, managing highly complex middle-market relationships with lending sizes up to $75 million. He is currently vice president of a community bank where he manages all aspects of the Small Business Lending Group, and has helped the bank win several U.S. Small Business Administration awards. Jeffrey has taught courses in operations research, sales management, financial statement & cash flow analysis, business legal structures, small business lending basics, and start-up lending. He is an adjunct faculty member at Hellenic American University, where he teaches in the MBA program.
Eric Drouart, a French native, received a Business Administration Diploma from the Institut de Préparation à l’Administration et à la Gestion (IPAG) in Paris, France. He then came to the US and attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, where he received two degrees, a BBA with a concentration in Marketing Management and an MSBA. He transitioned to academia in 2000, and has been teaching at Rivier University in Nashua, NH (USA), Southern Vermont College in Bennington, VT (USA) and Assumption University in Worcester, MA (USA). He has also taught seminar courses at IPAG – Nice Campus (France).
Eric has extensive international marketing and general management experience, including 15 years with New York-based Bristol-Myers Squibb. He has spent four years in Tokyo, Japan working in New Products and Business Development for a J.V. in OTC medicines, one-year short-term assignment in Italy for the transition management of a recently acquired Italian skin care company, and five years (1994-1999) in France after the acquisition of a French family medicines company. He also has prior international marketing research experience with General Foods Corporation (White Plains, NY), and Burke International Research Corporation (Cincinnati, OH, and New York City). Mr. Drouart is an adjunct faculty member teaching in the business program at Hellenic American University.
Dr Stavros Sindakis is an educator, advisor, and mentor in the areas of business innovation, knowledge and technology management, entrepreneurship, and product design and development. As an educator, he has taught in several different countries at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and has held a variety of advisory and mentoring positions for both students and faculty at numerous schools including the University of Liverpool, University of Roehampton London, American University in Dubai, University of Sharjah, Bangkok University, and New School of Architecture & Design. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Chongqing Technology and Business University, and Visiting Professor at the Hellenic Open University. With a PhD in Strategy, Enterprise & Innovation from the University of Portsmouth, Dr Sindakis has made significant contributions to these fields through his research and publications on entrepreneurship and business innovation, with his fifth book in progress. He currently holds the positions of Director of Business Programs and Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at Hellenic American University.
Paris Patsis graduated from the Department of Accounting and Finance of the Athens University of Economics and Business. He has a master’s degree in Finance, Shipping and Trade from the Cass Business School, City University of London, and a PhD from Panteion University with a dissertation on Non-Performing Loans Management.
Paris is the president and CEO of All4TOURISM, a company active in the field of tourism, the president and founder of the Lyseis.org Institute, a board member of LYKTOS PARTICIPATIONS, a company active in the banking sector, and financial advisor to the Engineers Fund (TMEDE). He is also an academic fellow at the University of Western Macedonia where he teaches accounting. Paris is an adjunct faculty member in the business program of Hellenic American University.
George Bonikos holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Baruch College (CUNY, NY) and a Master's degree in Transportation Management from SUNY Maritime College, NY. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), an ISACA Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE). With a career spanning both Europe and the United States, Mr. Bonikos has been a featured speaker at leading IT conferences. He currently serves as Director of ICSI Hellas SA and operates as an independent consultant, advising organizations on IT strategy, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. Mr. Bonikos has deep expertise in IT governance, internal and external audit, and the deployment of business-aligned technology solutions across a wide range of industries—from start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations. His technical competencies cover enterprise systems, maritime ERP platforms, operating systems, cybersecurity architecture, satellite communications, and business intelligence. He has led numerous Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) IT compliance projects and offers advanced knowledge of global privacy regulations, including the GDPR, with a focus on legal frameworks and IT system alignment. Mr. Bonikos is currently an adjunct faculty member at Hellenic American University, where he teaches a range of courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, with a focus on IT governance, cybersecurity, and digital transformation.