Ioannis K. Gatzoflias earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Anglia Ruskin University in Essex, an M.Sc. in Banking and Finance from Stirling University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stirling University. The area of his research was financial innovation in the Banking sector in the UK and US. He worked as Head of Banking Trends in the Departments of Strategic Planning and Strategic Analysis of Egnatia Bank (2001-2005) and Deputy Chief Financial Officer in Emporiki Credicom Bank (2009-2010). He was an ad hoc consultant for Clayton Euro Risk for projects in the banking sector (2013-2018). Since 2010, he serves as Chief Financial Officer of Electronet S.A and on July 2022 promoted to Deputy CEO. Since 2002, he is teaching in distance-learning graduate programs of British universities in the fields of Economics, Finance, Accounting and Banking. He is an adjunct faculty member and teaches in the BSBA and MBA programs of HAU since 2007 and from 2021 is an Assistant Professor.
Gerasimos Kontaxis received his M.Sc. in Information Technology from Hellenic American University and a Bachelor degree in Computer Information Systems from the American College of Greece. He is an Apple and Microsoft Certified Trainer and serves as an assistant coordinator for the IT exams at the Hellenic American Education Center. In the past, he has taught Project Management courses for Aircraft Maintenance at the Olympic Air base, and served as an IT trainer for women inmates at Korydallos prison through a drug rehabilitation program. He is an adjunct faculty member and teaches in the General Education and BSIT programs.
Menelaos Makrigiannis holds a Master in Business Administration from Hellenic-American University, and a Master of Science in Data Communication & Software (with distinction) from Birmingham City University , as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PgCERT) and a Bachelor degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the same University. Since October 2006, he is an adjunct faculty member and teaches in the BSIT and MSIT programs. At the same time he is Systems Integration and International Sales Director at SiEBEN Innovative Solutions, and serves as the product manager of the company’s partners, such as Cisco, HP, and Dell. He has been a Cisco instructor for a variety of courses (CCNA/ CCDA /CCNP Routing & Switching, CCNP Voice, CCNP Wireless & CCNP Security) since October 2003, and has been recognized (globally) as an Advanced Level Instructor. He holds a number of Cisco certifications (CCNP, CCNP Voice, etc) and has been a Member of the IET since February 2004. He has taught at Birmingham City University as a Senior Lecturer and at Open University UK as an Associate Lecturer.
His research interests include Unified Communications, Proximity Marketing, and Presence Analytics.
Damianos Giannakis holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He has extensive business experience including 29 years of work in marketing and sales managerial positions. At Hellenic American University, he has been a full-time faculty member since 2004, having served in various administrative positions in parallel to his academic workload. He is a full-time faculty member and teaches in the BSBA and MBA programs.
His research interests include Relationship Marketing, Human Resource Management, Business Partnering, Social Marketing.