Nikos Vasilakis

Background

About Nikos Vasilakis

Nikos Vasilakis is currently in charge of Digital Innovation and Transformation at GRNET. He has also collaborated with IDIKA for cross-border digital health services. Among others, he has been involved in the formulation of Digital Transformation Strategy of Greece and on the single digital portal of the Greek public administration gov.gr. He is also a researcher and PhD candidate in e-Government and e-Health at Athens University of Economics and Business (ELTRUN and ISTLab research centers). He has participated in Working Groups for e-Government of diaNEOsis Research Institute (2018, 2021) and Hellenic Innovation & Strategy Forum (2018), and that for e-Health of Greek Open Technology Alliance (GFOSS). He has been co-founder of a tech startup in health, TechApps Healthier, which develops Healthier (a smart, digital, Personal Assistant for health management) and interrelated services. He is a graduate (Hons) of Management Science & Technology (Athens University of Economics & Business) and holds a master’s degree (MPhil) in Innovation, Strategy and Organization (Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge). He has been honored with scholarships by Lilian Voudouri Foundation, and George and Victoria Karelia Foundation. He has worked on research projects on 1) the use and role of Information Systems in health reform (Cambridge Center for Health Leadership & Enterprise, UK, 2010-2011), 2) RFID applications in hospitals (RF-CURE project, Greece, 2013-2015 ), 3) shared logistics practices in urban environment (UTURN project, H2020, 2015-2016), and 4) eGovernment in Greece (AUEB/diaNEOsis, Greece, 2017). She has also worked as a Business Development Intern at VoiceWeb SA (2008), as a Business Intelligence Consultant at Relational Technology SA (2008-2010) and as a Blue Book Trainee at European Commission (2014).