Konstantinos Drakakis, Managing Director

Konstantinos Drakakis

Managing Director

Spectraline

Location
Greece
Education
Doctorate, Electrical Engineering
Experience
20 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 6 Months

Managing Director at Spectraline
  • Greece
  • My current job since February 2010

• Spectraline is Capital Infrastructure Projects subcontractor that converges state-of-the-art technologies to provide turn-key solutions.
• Successfully completed work for Faliro Bay Renovation (Phase 1) Project "Attica's Riviera". All Electromechanical installations for twin tunnels, water pumping installations, SCADA, 2500KVA of installed power. (Part of a 150M€ project)
• Successfully undertook as subcontractor railway communications and signaling projects, such as construction
of the fiber-optics based telecom network for the Ikonio-Thriasio rail line linking COSCO Pier II of the Piraeus
Container Terminal (PCT) with the core rail network (Part of a 153M€ project).
• Managed a team of 2 engineers and 8 technicians.
• Repaired part of the fiber-optics network of the railway line Athens-Salonika (Part of a 52M€ project).
• Repaired part of the fiber-optics network of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) at the Container Terminal.
• Repaired part of the CCTV network of Urban Rail Transport SA (Athens Metro Line 1).
• Entered strategic partnership with Protergia SA, Member of Mytilineos Group (1.4B€ Revenues, 2500
employees) to provide consulting and technical support to their customers.

International Adviser for Small Businesses at EBRD
  • Greece
  • My current job since January 2020

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focused on the countries of the former Eastern Bloc it expanded to support development in more than 30 countries from Central Europe to Central Asia. Similar to other multilateral development banks, the EBRD has members from all over the world (North America, Africa, Asia and Australia, see below), with the biggest shareholder being the United States, but only lends regionally in its countries of operations. Headquartered in London, the EBRD is owned by 69 countries and two EU institutions, the 69th being India since July 2018. Despite its public sector shareholders, it invests in private enterprises, together with commercial partners.

Quality Control and Field Engineer (Signaling and Electric Traction) at Aktor SA – Member of Ellaktor Group
  • Greece
  • June 2009 to August 2010

• Renewal of the substructure and superstructure of the rail tracks and strengthening of the Tunnel from
Omonoia to Monastiraki of ISAP SA (Athens- Piraeus Electric Railway) (109M€ budget).
• Supervised crews installing the Passenger Information System (PIS), removing and reinstalling trackside
components of the FTGS signaling system.
• Designated and integrated to the Quality Control System processes and guidelines pertaining to the signaling
and electric traction equipment removal and reinstallation.

Freelance Contractor at Freelance Contractor
  • Greece
  • September 2006 to June 2009

• Telecommunications and Computer Network Development and Maintenance. Contracts awarded by diverse companies and organizations such as Public Power Corporation S.A (PPC) Organization Dept., Unification of the Archaeological Sites of Athens and medical devices innovator Micrelmed SA.

• Participated in Infosoc projects in partnership with clients, within the framework of the Regional Operational Program 2000-2006 and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Field Engineer. at Siemens – Amperion South East
  • Greece
  • July 2007 to November 2007

Smart-grid applications. Power load control pilot via Broadband over Power Line (BPL) networks on behalf of the PPC. Implemented in rural area near Larissa, Greece. More than 100km of BPL network installed and over 100 BPL units manufactured and installed (1.8M€ budget).

Technical Consultant to the Regulatory Dept. at HellasSat SA – Member of Arabsat Group
  • Greece
  • February 2001 to November 2003

HellasSat Offer of Services in Telecommunications (HOST) under supervision of the European Space Agency (ESA).

HOST was a set of pilot services/projects implemented using the Greek Satellite (Hellas Sat 2) as a platform

(1.7M€ budget).

Education

Doctorate, Electrical Engineering
  • at National Technical University of Athens
  • September 2010

Security in Telecommunications. Satellite Terminal Security and Authentication Schemes. Cryptography. BPL Traffic Analysis and Security. PhD Thesis: Security and EAP Authentication Methods in Satellite and BPL Networks.

Higher diploma, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineer
  • at National Technical University of Athens
  • June 2003

Electromagnetic Waves and Telecommunications, Computer and Communication Networks, Electronics, Biomedical Applications. Diploma Thesis: Software development for rain attenuation analysis in satellite links with the use of a meteorological model.

Specialties & Skills

System Integrators
Cyber Security
Signalling
Project Management

Languages

German
Intermediate
English
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)® (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2017
Valid Until:
October 2020
DELL TechDirect Certifications: Servers, Storage, Laptops, Desktops. (Training)
Training Institute:
DELL TechDirect
Date Attended:
June 2016
Duration:
8 hours
Track Circuits. Ferngespeister Tonfrequenzgleiskreis FTGS (Training)
Training Institute:
Deutsche Bahn Training
Date Attended:
September 2010
Duration:
40 hours
Signaling and Railway Traffic Control (Training)
Training Institute:
Multi Finances SA
Date Attended:
December 2010
Duration:
8 hours

Hobbies

  • Scuba Diving
    IANTD Advanced EANx Diver (Nitrox), IANTD Advnaced Open Water Diver, IANTD Open Water Diver.
  • Study of History
    Contributor to EBII Project. Compilation of Extensive Library focusing mostly on Ancient Times in Europe and Asia.
  • Drums
    Member of Musical Praxis Odeon since January 2013.