BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Christos Kartalis – Chairman of the Board
Mr. Kartalis is the CEO of Systems Synlight SA, a leading defense and energy contractor in Greece and a board of directors member of Germanos SA. He holds a diploma from the Ploesti Technical University for Petroleum and Gas Engineering (Chemistry Department) in Romania.

Vasilis Gregoriou Ph.D. – Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Gregoriou is a co-founder of Advent. He holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Duke University and has been a Principal Researcher at ICEHT-FORTH. Prior to this and for seven years he was a Senior Scientist at Polaroid Corporation's Research Division in Boston, MA. Dr. Gregoriou has more than 15 years of experience in the US market. He has extensive experience in the technical development of new products and in the management of such activities. He has attended the MBA program at Northeastern University.

Chris Kaskavelis Ph.D. – Director
Dr. Kaskavelis is a co-founder of Velti (NASDAQ symbol VELT) and, as COO of the world’s biggest mobile marketing company, oversees all operations, project delivery groups, as well as the continuing development of Velti’s platforms. Previous to joining Velti, Dr. Kaskavelis at TCA had designed and been responsible for enterprise software systems for Pratt & Whitney, Analog Devices, General Electric and Lucent Technologies. He also holds a Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management, a M.Sc. in Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University, as well as a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Business Economics from Brown University.

Stylianos Neophytides Ph.D. – Director
Dr. Neophytides is a co-founder of Advent. He is also a Director of Research at FORTH-ICEHT. His research interests lie in the area of heterogeneous catalysis, applications of FTIR and X-ray spectroscopies in catalysis and electrocatalysis, electrochemistry, PEM and Solid Oxide fuel cells.

Costas Galiotis Ph.D. – Director
Dr. Galiotis is the Director of  FORTH-ICEHT and Professor at the Department of Material Science at Patras University.  He holds a Ph.D. from Queen Mary College University of London UK where he was a Professor before moving back to Greece