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A third-generation owner, he serves as President and CEO of Doukas School, a private educational institution with more than 100 years of tradition. His career spans teaching, research and leadership roles, including positions at Columbia University and MIT&#8217;s Project Athena, and he has founded several companies in Greece and internationally in the fields of educational technology and innovation. He has co-authored more than 11 academic publications, co-edited the IGI Global Handbook of Research on Educational Design and Cloud Computing in Modern Classroom Settings, and for over 20 years has been a regular speaker on education and its future across the USA, Europe and the Middle East. He holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens and an MA in Communications, Computers and Technology in Education from Columbia University. 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