Apostolos Vontas is the co-founder and Director of ViLabs and in parallel a freelancer consultant in ICT research and innovation projects. He holds a University Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a MSc in Management Information Systems. His past experience was as a senior project manager in the Research Programmes Division of ALTEC (2000-2010). Since 2000, he has scientifically supported but also coordinated over 15 projects, in FP6, FP7-ICT, eTEN and CIP-PSP for the provision of new, innovative services and products. His experience includes Business Deployment and Exploitation planning, early marketing and support for fund raising, as well as team building, by bringing together experts from different organisations and disciplines for developing a proposal, a project, a working team or an initiative. He has participated and organized a series of workshops and business events. He was a member of the scientific team for the provision of a study directly to the EC DG Information Society, on measuring the impact of the ICT R&D on the Innovation system of the regions and coordinated a “Study on the potential of the Living Labs approach including its relation to experimental facilities for future internet related technologies.

If you don’t find him at the office, he is probably playing with his kids or sailing somewhere in the Aegean sea

Eirini Kalemaki is project manager at ViLabs. She holds an MSc in International and European Studies from NKUA and a Bachelors Degree in South East European Studies from AUTH. Since 2011 she works as a consultant and researcher in technology and innovation policy projects.She has participated in the design, implementation, management and evaluation of innovation policies and strategies at European and national level as well as in the development of specific training material for the enhancement of SMEs in specific areas. Among others she is specializing in social innovation and social entrepreneurship and has a great interest in social finance and online networks for citizen engagement.

She likes to travel and she is passionate about people and initiatives that make our societies smarter and better.

Sofia Kantsiou is the Accounting and Financial Reporting Manager at Vilabs. She holds a University Degree in Accounting and Finance from University of Macedonia with specialization in Financial Economics. She has been working for 6 years as an accountant supporting both SMEs and big enterprises in Greece and for the last 4 years she has been working as an Accounting and Financial Reporting Manager supporting major EU-Funded projects. She is an expert on the Greek accounting system and has a very good knowledge of the financial management of EU research and innovation projects as well as of the preparation of realistic and feasible business plans. She can juggle multiple tasks and thinks outside the box. Since she is working nonstop from her 18th birthday, she constantly finds new and exciting ways to overcome her workaholism. The last years she has been passionate about theatre and participates in amateur theatre plays. She is a fan of healthy living and believes that laughter is the best medicine!