Entrepreneur with over 20 years of international experience in IT and Telecommunications Amdocs Inc.(NASDAQ : DOX). He is a PhD researcher from the University of Cyprus, with a MSc in Computer Science and a specialisation in Affective Computing. He works in the Educational Technology department at Cyprus Pedagogical Institute and is a founder of many IT ventures serving on the Board of Directors and as a Chief of Technology. His research interests include affective computing and artificial emotional intelligence, wearable devices and robotics and helps as a consultant companies trying to utilise research results into their corporate strategy. He is a member of IEEE and the Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing. Currently he explores the intersection of retail enterprise implications and consumer decisions of adopting wearables and Internet of Things technologies with the use of Affective computing (keynote National Retail Federation - 2015).