Research

Extensive experience in digital media projects and products, project and product management, Digital Tourism management, team management, public speaking, problem solving and social media management.

Interests

Digital Media Marketing, Digital Tourism Marketing, Prediction algorithms, Web server performance, Mobile Applications (Android & IoS), Social Media Marketing, Google Maps Services (Web, Mobile, InfoKiosk)

Recent Research Projects

Youth4Greece - youth4greece.gr (2014-2015)

Joint project between the saferinternet.gr organization, Google Greece and the Technical University of the Ionian islands"]Joint project between the saferinternet.gr organization, Google Greece and the Technical University of the Ionian islands. He was the scientific coordinator and the project manager. The result was the - www.youth4greece.gr web site that continues to advertise Greece through children's eyes and was endorsed by the Greek Ministry of Education.

Tourism related Digital Innovative services for the regional administration of the Ionian islands (2012-2014) QR codes, Google Trends and Analytics research, Social media and audio-guides

This project consists of 5 smaller projects. The project is funded by the regional administration. It will enable the regional administration to utilize innovative implementations of QR codes, Google Trends and Analytics research, Social media and audio-guides in order to promote local tourism. This project commenced June 2012 and aims for results during the 2014 season. His involvement, besides the proposal, includes project management, team management research and hands on implementation.

Design and development of Web based InfoKiosk software (2011)

Project used to promote Tourism in Kefalonia, Greece for tourism exhibitions and selected point on the island. The project was designed on a Windows platform (SQL Server, ASP, IIS). Project management and hands on interface design and development on the front end and the custom CMS.

Analysis of the socio-economic impact of the Technical University of the Ionian islands to the local communities (2011-2012)

Best practice research. Scientific coordination and Project management.

On the relation of tourism arrival trends to Google Trends Statistics (2010-2016)

Tourism arrival prediction. The project is ongoing and has predicted tourism trends on the island of Kefalonia with exceptional success for the past four tourism seasons. The results have been presented to local and government authorities.