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Konstantinos Drakakis, International Adviser for Small Businesses

Konstantinos Drakakis

International Adviser for Small Businesses·EBRD

Greece

Doctorate, Electrical Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 22 years, 8 months

International Adviser for Small Businesses

January 2020 - Present

EBRD

Greece

January 2020 - Present

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.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Consulting

Managing Director

February 2010 - Present

Spectraline

Greece

February 2010 - Present

• 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.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Management

Quality Control and Field Engineer (Signaling and Electric Traction)

June 2009 - August 2010

Aktor SA – Member of Ellaktor Group

Greece

June 2009 - 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.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Engineering

Freelance Contractor

September 2006 - June 2009

Freelance Contractor

Greece

September 2006 - 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).

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Engineering

Field Engineer.

July 2007 - November 2007

Siemens – Amperion South East

Greece

July 2007 - 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).

Company industry:
Electric Power Production & Transmission
Job role:
Engineering

Technical Consultant to the Regulatory Dept.

February 2001 - November 2003

HellasSat SA – Member of Arabsat Group

Greece

February 2001 - 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).

Company industry:
Telecommunications
Job role:
Engineering

Education

National Technical University of Athens

September 2010

September 2010

Doctorate, Electrical Engineering

Greece

GPA (percentage): 100%

GPA (percentage): 100%

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.

National Technical University of Athens

June 2003

June 2003

Higher diploma, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineer

Greece

GPA (percentage): 72%

GPA (percentage): 72%

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.

Skills

System Integrators
Expert
System Integrators
Expert
Cyber Security
Expert
Cyber Security
Expert
Rail
Expert
Rail
Expert
Signalling
Expert
Signalling
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
System Integrators
Expert
System Integrators
Expert
Cyber Security
Expert
Cyber Security
Expert
Rail
Expert
Rail
Expert
Signalling
Expert
Signalling
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert

Languages

German

Intermediate

English

Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)®
Oct 2017 - Oct 2020

Training
DELL TechDirect Certifications: Servers, Storage, Laptops, Desktops.
DELL TechDirect
Jun 2016
Track Circuits. Ferngespeister Tonfrequenzgleiskreis FTGS
Deutsche Bahn Training
Sep 2010
Signaling and Railway Traffic Control
Multi Finances SA
Dec 2010

Hobbies and interests

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.