Athanasios Kriemadis

Dr. Athanasios (Thanos) Kriemadis is Professor of Strategic Planning and Co-Founder and Head of the Department of Management Science and Technology, School of Economics and Technology at the University of Peloponnese, President of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee, Director of the Laboratory “Strategic Management, Quality Management, and Human-centered Technologies”, Director of the Graduate Program titled “Public Administration and Digital Transformation”, former Deputy Rector of Financial Management and Infrastructure, member of the University Senate and the University Research Committee, and Scientific Manager of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit at the University of Peloponnese. Dr. Kriemadis is Quality Auditor for Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001) and Certified consultant in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He was Quality Assessor of the EFQM Excellence Award promoted by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) specialized in Small and Medium Enterprises and the Public sector-Education. Before moving to academia Dr. Kriemadis held several management posts in both the public and private sectors in the USA and Greece. In USA, he worked in the Department of Quality Assurance in Motorola, Inc. using the Lean Six-Sigma methodology, a variety of Total Quality Management tools and methodologies, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria, and the Deming Management Method. He also served as a quality and strategic management consultant developing and auditing quality systems and strategic plans in Greece, European Union and USA. Research interests include TQM, human resource management, marketing and strategic management issues applied to service organizations. He has written 7 Books in Management, 80 papers published in International Journals, and more than 200 papers presented in International Conferences.