Dr. Kretsis received his Ph.D in 2014 from the University of Patras, Department of Computer Engineer and Informatics. His research interests are in the areas of cloud networking, distributed computing, system management tools and network planning and operation tools. Dr. Kretsis has a strong technological and research background working as a researcher and developer in several related European and National projects, performing innovative research but also developing from scratch complete software systems used for research purposes or downloaded from thousands of users. Dr. Kretsis will contribute in the software development process, guiding the other team members in their tasks. He will design and develop algorithms and assist in the overall integration and testing activities. Dr. Kretsis will also participate in building the pilot demonstrators and in the dissemination and exploitation activities.