Education

PhD in Sport Management (Stirling University), Masters in Sport Administration & Technology (AISTS, EPFL, Lausanne), Masters in Business Administration (University of Wales), Certified Sports Professional (Sport Accord Academy, Switzerland), Sport Management certificate (University of Athens, Greece), Bachelor on Physical Education & Athletics (Aristotle University, Greece).

Special Training

Microsoft Project (CERN, European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Geneva), Operations and Project Management (Intern. Univ. of Geneva), ‘Venture challenge’ (CTI programme for promotion of innovation in Switzerland).

Languages: English (Fluent), French (basic, currently in training course), Greek (mother tongue), Bulgarian (basic).
Employment

Nov18-Today Invited Lecturer in Molde University, Norway on Contemporary Issues in Sport Management.

2004- Today  Sport management and administration on sports issues (Freelancer).

2000-2004    Director of the Municipal Sports Centre of Arkalohori (Crete, Greece). The center includes an Olympic   
  swimming pool, two 5-a-side football fields, 4 municipal football fields, 2 tennis courts, a gym hall, a  
  basketball-volley hall of 500 seats and 2 open basketball fields.

2001-2004    Supervisor at Sports Academy & Youth coach (U-12 & U-14) (Union of Football Associations of Heraklion).

1999-2000    Director of Municipal Recreation centre for children.

1996-1999    Grassroots Trainer for youngsters in the context of Mass Sport Programmes (Greek Ministry of Sport).

Professional experience (Extensive and complete list of activities in full CV)

·  Director for the development of a sports centre. Main responsibilities: Organisation, facility scheduling and management, marketing, package sales, rentals & special events, sport camps organisation, league scheduling & management, customer relationship management, trainer & instructors scheduling, locker & equipment tracking, registration management, access control, front desk check-in, employee time clock, fitness assessment, invoicing & payment tracking, newsletter editor etc. (2000-2004).

·  Member of the Organising Committee of the Geneva Marathon (2005).

·  ATHENS2004: Field-of Play and Sport Equipment Supervisor. Main responsibilities: Supervision and training of the group; Control and inspection of equipment; Link- person between FIFA, the executive committee of ATHENS 2004, the Sport Presentation team, the security committee; volunteers roster; archive keeping and reporting to the Technical Operations’ Supervisor (Jan-Aug 2004).

·  Scientific collaborator for sport management and project management for sport event organisational issues of International Basketball Tournament “Athletic Ethos” Greece, Crete (since May 2013).

·  Scientific collaborator for sport management and project management for sport event organisational issues of International Crete Half Marathon (since April 2017).

·  Scientific collaborator for sport management and organisational issues of ERGOTELHS F.C., Greece.

Events organisation:  Numerous sports and social events since 1996 (details available in full CV).
Projects and studies: Numerous since 1996 (details available in full CV). A few examples are:

Study for the CERN Sport Clubs, Coordinator of ‘Scout for Young Talent’ for the whole prefecture of Heraklion, Proposal to the Ministry of Sports (February 2004) for the European year of Education via Athletics.

Skills:
Working efficiently both in a team and individually, Able to work in heterogeneous teams with a wide range of interests, age and profiles, Ability to work in many tasks over time, Operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Software packages: NVivo10, Documents: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Planning tools: MS Project.