Dipl.-Ing. Ioannis Skias

Disciplinary leadership of the cross-functional, cross-border agile teams producing critical flight navigation applications for pilots.

Identify rising business opportunities and lead the go-to-market strategy to capitalize innovative product development in hyper spectral imaging domain.

Spearhead management specialising in delivery of innovative distribution and payment software solutions to airlines according to IATA standards operating in high-availability, secure cloud infrastructure. Coordinated team of 70 experts in quality delivery and support of Offer & Order Management solutions and payment hubs of 3.5M€ total budget. Ensured top client satisfaction by cultivating productive relationships, facilitating needs assessment, requirements analysis and customized technical consultancy.

Established company of five engineers to provide engineering consultancy and technical software development. Orchestrated several projects in energy, aviation and defence sector. Delivered feasibility studies, performance and simulation analyses, impact assessments and forensic investigations.

Drove sales operations for aerospace company specialising in design, production, and export of diverse UAVs as well as electronics. Coordinated a team of seven experts for addressing projects of 5.0M budget in total. Fuelled revenues through acquisition of new projects and bids. Improved proposal development through new process development. Successfully negotiated T&Cs of contract agreements with defence entities. Grew market share through innovative creation and rollout of new products and services.

Overall planning and execution of operations with the aerial and sea targets of the company in national and international operation theaters of national armed forces and private organizations. Management of department’s personnel training program. Participation in several R&D studies regarding the design and performance of the company’s products.

Orchestrate the maintainance functions for the company's fleet (McDonnell Douglas DC-10-15, Boeing B757-200) to the maximum level of operational readiness and safety. Conduction of reliability monitoring studies of aircraft systems. Planning of checks and coordination of any modifications.

Reorganization and management of the Technical Department in terms of human resources, equipment and procedures. Liaison to Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA).

Conduction of aerodynamics lab exercises to air cadets. Lectures and development of scientific software tools. Participation in committees for the new subsonic wind tunnel and CFD lab. Technical consultancy in the Aircraft Maintenance Dept.

Involvement in two research projects: - Verification of the operational strength of a prototype system for the electrical control of the valves of a internal combustion engine (ICE) on behlalf of VDO and BMW. - Investigation of the stick-slip effect occurring during the operation of a new sunroof of an automobile, on behalf of OPEL and KIA Motors.

Selection and coordination of installation of the electromechanical equipment during the construction of the New Athens International Airport (El. Venizelos).

Thesis: The accident of Piper Alpha platform: Technical Analysis & Lessons Learned

Continuum Mechanics, Advanced Computational Techniques, Finite Elements & Finite Differences Methods, Generation & Adaptation of Numerical Grids, Computational Methods in Aerodynamics, Computational Methods in Hydrodynamics. Thesis: Mathematical Simulation of the Flow Field Around Subsonic Airfoils

Aeronautics. Thesis: 3-D Modeling and Simulation of Aircraft During Take-off and Landing