Dr. Ioannis Filippopoulos a “technology architect”, a “team leader”, an information systems and a digital transformation specialist with a passion exceptional aptitude for working with computers combined with an astounding academic background in computer and software engineering (PhD) and business management (MBA). He is also teaching and researching of innovative systems and platforms and he is specialized in Geographical Information Systems. For more than eight years, he has been specializing in Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain platforms in shipping industry as CIO at a top-performing maritime company (Angelicoussis Group). Today he is expanding the research activities to other industries as Assistance Professor at Cyprus International Institute of Management, Academic Consultant to Hellenic American University and as Visiting Professor at University of Thessaly, University of Nicosia, Cyprus University of Technology & European University Cyprus.