NIKOS D. SAKKAS, Dr. Eng - Consultant in Renewable Energy Technology

Personal Data 

    Name:              Nikos D. Sakkas
    Date of birth:   May 1959
    Place of birth:  Athens-Greece
    Family status:  Married, two children

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Studies - Education

  • 1989, Jan to 1989, Dec Laboratory of Process Control, Public Health Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK.
    Post doctorate visitor. Participation on specialised courses for wastewater treatment plant design, construction and PC based automation experimental and theoretical work on liquid- solid fluidisation to conclude doctorate thesis.
  • 1992 - 1993 University of Crete, Dept. of Computer Science, Greece.
    Degree in Computer Science. Registration at the third year of the Department, following a successful examination.
  • 1986 Oct to 1989, Dec University of the Aegean, Greece.
    Doctorate thesis in the area of environmental fluid mechanics “Expansion and detachment mechanisms in a solid- liquid fluidised bed".
  • 1977, Oct to 1983, Jun National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
    Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. Dissertation focus on control systems.

Languages

  • Greek
  • English, fluent (4 years in the UK, working experience, Cambridge Proficiency-British Council Athens, 1986)
  • German, very good (working experience, Mittelstufe, 1978)
  • French, good (written comprehension, no working experience)

Publications and communications

    I. PARTICIPATION AS INVITED SPEAKER TO GOVERNMENTAL EVENTS

      Event ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) Syria, 20-22/04/2001, plenary session speaker Nikos Sakkas and Denni Alexandropoulou, "Technology Parks as instruments for business innovation: A presentation of the Greek experience and an identification of transferable concepts and practices”

    II. ARTICLES (IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS)

      1. N. Sakkas and T. Manios, “Best practices for end of life vehicle management in areas of low organizational sophistication. The case of Greece”,Journal of Environmental Management, (submitted for publication).
      2. T. Manios, K. Maniadis, N. Frantzeskaki, E.I. Stentiford, V. Manios, I. Kritsotakis, N. Sakkas and G. Dialynas, “Pilot scale sewage sludge composting in the Island of Crete, Greece”, Journal of Environmental Technogogy, (submitted for publication).
      3. T.D. Lekkas, Nikos Sakkas “Using GAC to control THMs in drinkable water. First results from an experimental study at the Athens Water Works utility” Journal of Environmental Technology, (2001) (accepted).
      4. Nikos Sakkas and Rainer Malkewitz, "The Hyper Chain as a Many to Many Collaborative Environment: Business, Management, Implementation, and Security Issues", Int. Journal of Information, Systems and Knowledge Management, (2001), Vol.2, Number 3, pp 229- 238.
      5. D. Apostolou, N. Sakkas and G. Mentzas, Knowledge Networking in Supply Chains. A Case Study in the wood/ furniture sector., Int. Journal of Information, Systems and Knowledge Management, pp 267- 281, 1(1999).
      6. Nikos Sakkas, Rainer Malkewitz, D. Apostolou, The rise of the Hyper-Chains: Business Effects of Emerging Internet enabled Information Systems. Early experiences from the wood/ furniture manufacturing sector., Int. Journal of Information Management , pp.305-318, 19 (1999).
      7. N.D.Sakkas and T.D.Lekkas, Detachment mechanisms in a liquid fluidised bed. Journal of Environmental Technogogy, 1996, Vol.17, pp 517-524
      8. N.D.Sakkas and T.D.Lekkas, Hydrodynamic characteristics of the solid-liquid fluidised bed developing during the backwash of filter media. Journal of Environmental Technogogy, Feb. 1989, Vol.10, pp. 151-166.

    III. COMMUNICATIONS (AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES)

      1. Nikos Sakkas and Rainer Malkewitz, Internet Hyper Chains. Architectures to add flexibility to the value chain., European e-2000 conference, Madrid- Spain, IOS Press, pp. 975-981, 2000.
      2. Rainer Malkewitz, Manuel Oliveira and Nikos Sakkas, WIT Space Planner – internet enabled 3D graphics in Furniture Business., Business and Work in the information society, Toulouse- France, IOS Press. 1999, pp. 582-588.
      3. Dimitris Apostolou, Nikos Sakkas and Grigoris Mentzas, Enabling knowledge sharing in supply chain management: A case study in the wood / furniture sector., 5th International Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute, Athens- Greece, July 4-7, 1999.
      4. Nikos Sakkas and Rainer Malkewitz, The rise of the Hyper-Chains: Business Effects of Emerging Internet enabled Information Systems. Early experiences from the wood/ furniture manufacturing sector., European IiM conference, Goetenburg- Sweden, October 1998.
      5. N.D.Sakkas and D.G.Gritsis, Enabling data sharing and business interactivity through advanced Internet based tools. The WIT approach, European IiM Conference, Dresden-Germany, September 1997.
      6. G.E.Chamilothoris and N.D.Sakkas, Patterns of Introduction of CIME solutions in the Greek Industry. "Sharing CIM Solutions" Proceedings of the 10th CIM-Europe Conference, Copenhagen-Denmark, IOS Press, pp.26-32, 1994.

    IV. VARIOUS

      1. E. Kondili and N.D.Sakkas, Cost management, Financial Post, Greek financial magazine, Aug. 1997, pp 62-63.
      2. N.D.Sakkas, E. Lebidakis and P. Zaglis,  Regional Plastic Recycling-Closing the business loop. Industry and Environment, July 1995, pp 32-37.
      3. N.D.Sakkas, Research and Technology in Greece,  Financial Post, Greek financial magazine, July 1995 pp 73-74.
      4. N.D.Sakkas and G.E.Chamilothoris, Vertical Integration of Production Management in the Greek Wood Sector. Applications of Informatics and Control in the Process Industries. Congress Proceedings, Federation of Greek Industries, Jul. 1994, repr. Technica Vol.100 pp.78-84, 1994.
      5. N.D.Sakkas, T.D.Lekkas and N.S.Vlachos, Evaluation of the detachment mechanisms from the surface of a liquid fluidised particle. 3rd conference on environmental science and engineering, Mytilene, Sep. 1993, pp 20-25.
      6. G.Kalamaras, N.D.Sakkas and A. Shaper, Introduction of systematic production planning techniques to support product quality, competitive-ness and client satisfaction at Shelman S.A. The postforming factory case. Conference Quality in Industry, ELOT, Athens, Jun. 16-18, 1993.
      7. N.D.Sakkas and E.J.Lebidakis, Technological and operational aspects of flexible industrial plastic re-cycling. International conference of ELECO, 1-4 Apr. 1993, Greece, Vol.3, pp 151-156.
      8. N.D.Sakkas, Flexible control of sequential processes. Bul. of Mech. and Elec. Engrs. of Greece, pp. 59-61, Dec. 1992.
      9. N.D.Sakkas and T.D.Lekkas, A design aid for the optimisation of the activated sludge process. 1st conference on environmental science and engineering, Mytilene, Sep. 1989, pp 499-509.
      10. N.D.Sakkas and T.D.Lekkas, Removal of impurities from the surface of the salt grains by means of brine fluidisation. A practical application. 1st conference on environmental science and engineering, Mytilene, Sep. 1989, pp 510--516.

    V. BOOKS

      1. Nikos Sakkas, “The Emerging Enterprise”, September 1999, Ellin Editions.
      2. Chapter contribution to the book “Wastewater Treatment” by Prof. T.D Lekkas.
      3. Nikos Sakkas and Catherine Spanoudaki, “Sustainable environmental management for business”, under preparation, scheduled for publication in 2003.

Professional Experience Record

    I. LONG TERM (OVER TWO YEARS)

  • 1997, Jun to present Apintech Ltd. Company offering sustainable solutions, Athens, Greece
    Partner. Co-ordinator of environmental management projects in the areas of environmental management, coastal zone management, product related policies (life cycle assessments, etc.), etc.
  • 2001, Jun to present BPM S.A. Greek business consultancy, Athens, Greece
    Project manager. Co-ordinator of IT design projects and business development assignments.
  • 2001 - to present Daedalus Group
    Member, Cogenvad Communicator. Simultaneous delivery of, now converging, energy and information technology services (Infergy services).
  • 1999, to present European Commission
    Expert in the evaluation and reviewing of R&D projects and programmes.Continuous short time contracts.
  • 1997, Jun to present Environmental Informatics Laboratory, TEI of Crete
    Director. Lectures on environmental technologies, policies and management as well as business planning issues.
  • 1993, Jan to 2001, Jun Planet Ernst & Young S.A. Greek business consultancy, Athens, Greece
    Project manager. Co-ordinator of consultancy projects and business development assignments. IT development.
  • 1989, Dec to 1993, Jan Plastika Kritis S.A, major plastics manufacturer, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
    Project Development Engineer. Vast experience on plant layout, automation, PLC/ PC control systems, linkage of sales and production systems, plastic recycling.


    • II. SHORT TERM (LESS THAN TWO YEARS)

  • 1994, Jan to 2001, Dec XEROX, London, UK.
    Senior Programmer. Part time programming tasks (Visual Basic) for the Business Services Unit of Xerox (approximately 40-50 h per year).
  • 1994, Sep to 1995, Sep Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C). Heraklion-Crete.
    General Manager. Appointed for a twelve-month term to prepare business plan, negotiate funding with regional and national authorities and help design the first organisational structures.
  • 1992, Apr to 1992, Oct. Procter & Gamble Hellas. Athens.
    External expert. Development of an Assessment Study (LCA) on the Life Cycle of child diapers.
  • 1989, Jan to 1989, Dec Mahon Mc. Phillips S.A. London, UK.
    Hydraulics Design Engineer. Design of activated sludge plants, pumping stations and sludge treatment facilities- development of software (Basic/ C) for various design tasks.

Key Qualifications with regard to…

  • Areas of work Organisation, planning, co-ordination and management of projects on a broad thematic range including business and organisational studies, strategy development, design and planning of information technology systems, energy and environmental systems, feasibility, marketing and evaluation studies.
  • Contexts of work Private sector, SMEs included, with a focus / familiarity with manufacturing and utility enterprises (plastics, wood, furniture, water, electricity, etc.). Regional consulting on environmental issues. International assignments. Multi-disciplinary projects. European RTD and innovation. Shop floor industrial experience on a variety of engineering and managerial tasks. Limited exposure to central government sector.
  • TechnologiesIndustrial pollution abatement devices and plants, recycling and environmental management systems. Life cycle analysis tools. Information systems planning and design methodologies (UML). Control engineering. Internet technologies, advanced PLC implementations on the Siemens Siematic product series. E-learning tools and environments. Operations management (e.g. production and sales planning).
  • Generic features Strong communication, authoring & language skills. No "last minute" mentality. Understanding of the “time” notion, absolute compliance to respective schedules.

Projects and Assignments

    TIME/PLACE SERVICE CONTENT
    2002
    GREECE    		 End of life vehicle (ELV) management scenarios and investment feasibility analysis in Greece, carried out for a potential investor, in view of the implementation of the respective EC directive.
    Project manager
    2002
    EUROPE/US    		 “A global experiment in tutorial computer- based learning”, a far-reaching UNESCO/ World Bank funded initiative (5 M$), managed by the Univ. of California (Prof. A. Bork).
    Hellenic participant & advisor
    2002
    GREECE/US    		 (Connected to the above activity) Set- up of the e-learning management system “Global Learn” (provider: Quality & Reliability SA) at the TEI of Crete and preparation of content for interactive courses in General Management (based on content of my book “The emerging enterprise” and Business Environmental Management (currently under preparation)
    Provider relationship manager and quality content developer
    2002
    EUROPE    		 Greek representative-expert in the SYSPRONET (Sustainable Product- Service Development Network) project (Growth programme) that deals with cradle to death product sustainability issues; Notable project participations are those of leading EU manufacturers (Daimler-Chrysler, etc.) as well as research institutes (TNO, Netherlands, etc.).
    TNO subcontractor
    2001
    SYRIA    		 Invited participation at a ICT seminar organised at a high level government level for technology management (Damascus, 20-22 April 2001); tender preparation for various projects currently in tender process in the Middle East
    Invited speaker and tender manager
    2001
    GREECE    		 Set-up of an international quality educational and technology institute, to be created by Intracom S.A. in Greece
    Consulting services
    2001
    GREECE    		 Set-up of a Centre of Technological Development at the Region of Crete. Service development and technology deployment, for fostering new entrepreneurship in the region
    Design and IT services
    2001
    GREECE    		 Development of a general purpose Evaluation Guide (personal contract)
    Design of Guide
    http://talos.stef.teiher.gr/nsak/downloads/A%20general%20purpose%20Evaluation%20Guide.pdf.
    1997 - 2000
    EUROPE    		 Esprit project, Domain Integration in Manufacturing, budget 4 MEuros, “Enabling data sharing and business interactivity across the Wood sector value chain by developing a custom set of internet based It Tools (WIT)”. Project Manager (Pr. No 25677)
    1999 - 2000
    GREECE    		 Monitoring Environment related issues of on going projects in the Prefecture of Heraklion.
    Consultant at the Prefecture of Heraklion, BPM subcontractor for coastal zone related issues.
    1999 - 2000
    GREECE    		 Action plan with a focus on the design of an EMAS/ ISO 14000 system for the Electricity Production Plant of Crete.
    Consultant at the Prefecture of Heraklion
    1997
    GREECE    		 Advanced PLC based control of a postconsumer plastic recycling plant (500 kg/h).
    Project manager and software author
    1997
    GREECE    		 Feasibility study for the Technological Park of Ioannina.
    Project Manager
    1996
    GREECE    		 Management information system for the leading Hellenic Aerospace Industry; Functional and technical design.
    Responsible for the design of the production planning component
    1996
    CUPRUS    		 Technical services for the layout and design of shared technical utilities at a (privately owned) industrial zone, environmental emission standard setting and fire protection system design.
    Technical expert
    1996
    GREECE    		 Business plan for a leading wood product manufacturer.
    Project Manager
    1996
    GREECE    		 Upgrade and custom automation of a plastic recycling plant at a major plastic manufacturer.
    Project Manager and PLC software development
    1996
    GREECE    		 Set up of a nation wide wood chip-collecting agency to be recycled and used (chip) as raw material in chipboard production.
    Consulting and technology commissioning services
    1996
    GREECE    		 Transactional pricing. Concept development for a SAP/ R3 IT application.
    Project manager
    1996
    ROMANIA    		 Transnational co-operation project with Romanian Electric Company (RENEL) in the area of Energy Management Systems and SCADA system design, with a focus on the transfer of the Greek know- how and experience.
    Project manager
    1995
    GREECE    		 Development of the business plan for STEP- C (Technology Park). Negotiation management and design of organisational structures.
    Development manager
    1995
    GREECE    		 Evaluation of industrial investment plans (applications for public funding support) for the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology.
    Project manager
    1995
    GREECE    		 Design of a production planning system for an industrial unit, in the framework of the esprit programme AITIME- Advanced Information Technologies for Manufacturing and Engineering in Greece, (EP9902 ESPRIT-IiM Programme).
    Workpackage Manager
    1995
    ROMANIA    		 Marketing of cosmetic and pharmaceutical products in Greece for a leading Romanian firm presided by the vice president of the country.
    Consulting services
    1994
    GREECE    		 Requirement analysis for a telematic network to interconnect a industrial company with its major clients.
    Study and consulting services
    1994
    GREECE    		 Design of a production monitoring system and specification of equipment for particleboard manufacture at a wood-products industry.
    Project manager
    1993
    GREECE    		 Design of IT systems for production planning of post-forming products at a leading Greek wood-products manufacturer.
    Project Manager
    1992
    GREECE    		 Industrial dust filtration monitoring and filter optimal operation through use of expert system technology. Project financed within the BRITE EURAM programme, feasibility award scheme.
    Project Manager
    1992
    GREECE    		 Preparation of an Life Cycle Assessment Study (LCA) on child diapers.
    1990 - 1992
    GREECE    		 Machinery layout, process control and automation, hydraulic and other utility systems design.
    Engineering development manager
    1990 - 1992
    GREECE    		 Post consumer plastic recycling plant (500 kg/ h) layout, process control and automation. Washing water treatment and recycling
    Engineering development manager
    1989
    UK    		 Design of activated sludge plants, pumping stations and sludge treatment facilities.
    Trainee Engineer
    1986
    GREECE    		 Feasibility study for the construction of a plant for a joint material recycling and production of organic fertilizer from solid waste; at the Heraklion municipality (Crete, 200.000 inhabitants).
    Study participant, responsibility for the best practice review
    1986 - 1988
    GREECE    		 Design and financial evaluation of new salt cleaning plants by means of grain fluidisation.
    Design Engineer

Academic and Scientific References

  • Sep. 1997 - today. Professor. Technological Institute of Heraklion. Environmental Informatics and Management, http://www.teicrete.gr/LEI/LAB/index_uk.htm
  • 1993 to Jun. 1997. Part-time tutor on marketing, industrial organisation and environmental policy at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Technological Education Institute of Heraklion (Crete).
  • 1986-1988. Research Assistant. Research and lecturer on waste water treatment at the University of the Aegean.
  • Registered Member. The Technical Chamber of Greece, the Greek Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Hellenic representative of the International O2 Network for Sustainable Design, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the European Water Association, The American Computer Society.