 Personal
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Name: Yannis Xafis
Date of birth: 24/12/1951
Place of birth: Anatoli in Larisa, Greece
Nationality: Greek
Home address: Grammou 28, 156 69 Papagou, Athens
Family status: Married, two children
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Studies - Education
Graduated in 1975 from the National Technical University NTU of Athens (Electrical Engineering Dpt).
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Languages
- English - very good
- German - fair
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Military Service
While in the Research Center of the Greek Military Navy, developed specific systems for electronic equipment control according to military specifications (Vibration test, Shock test).
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Academic Activity
- Scientific assistant (1975-1978) of Prof. Nikos Dimopoulos in the NTU for Thermal Transfer teaching.
- Scientific assistant of Prof. N. Diamesi in Automatic Control Systems.
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Literary Activity
Thermal Transfer, Internal Combustion Engines (NTU editions).
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Articles
- Articles regarding energy matters in magazines of the Technical Chamber of Greece.
- Articles for informatics, multimedia etc. in the “KERDOS” newspaper and in the magazines “AGORA”, “WIN”, “COMPUTER & SOFTWARE”.
- Articles for social matters in the “Economic Post” newspaper.
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Professional Experience
- 1978-1980: Scientific supervisor of a group of specialists for preparing the Feasibility Study of the first solar village in St. Nicholas in the Isle of Crete in Greece (The Contractor of the project was Hellas Systems).
- 1980-1983: Technical Director of Energiaki Techniki Ltd (construction and exports of solar collectors to Switzerland)).
- 1983-1985: Responsible for a pilot Biomass plant (in Bern) (Cooperation of Baucalor-TATA within the framework of a UNIDO project).
- 1986-1988: Founder and Technical Director of the International Co. COROPLAN AG with central offices in Bern, Switzerland. Member of the negotiation committee SICOTRADE for the transfer of know-how from Europe to China. (Excellent business relations with TATA group).
- 1989-until today: General Manager of FAST Hellas S.A. specializing in: Encryption Systems and Software Protection, Digital Video Editing, Multimedia, Datacast, Lobby Presentations. The company owns a distribution network in the Arab countries.
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