Dr. Efthymia Staiou is currently teaching in the Industrial Engineering Department of Yaşar University in the fields of Quality Management, Engineering Economics, and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Dr. Staiou completed her undergraduate and Master’s studies in Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and her Master of Science in Operations Management at the Management School of the University of Manchester, in the UK. She holds a Ph.D. in Quality Assurance and Management, from the Business and Administration Department of the University of Macedonia, in Greece. She has more than 20 years of working experience as a consultant and manager in the private and public sectors in Greece. She has worked as a consultant and as a quality manager in private companies in Greece. In addition, for seven years she served as the General Manager of the Regional Development Fund of the Region of Central Macedonia, in the Greek public sector. During all her career years, in Greece and recently in Turkey, she has managed and participated in numerous European projects under several European programs. Her research interests lie with industry and academia collaboration, engineering education, industrial engineering, entrepreneurship and innovation, SPC, Total Quality Management, and quality and environmental management systems.
Dr. Efthymia Staiou is currently teaching in the Industrial Engineering Department of Yaşar University in the fields of Quality Management, Engineering Economics, and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Dr. Staiou completed her undergraduate and Master’s studies in Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and her Master of Science in Operations Management at the Management School of the University of Manchester, in the UK. She holds a Ph.D. in Quality Assurance and Management, from the Business and Administration Department of the University of Macedonia, in Greece. She has more than 20 years of working experience as a consultant and manager in the private and public sectors in Greece. She has worked as a consultant and as a quality manager in private companies in Greece. In addition, for seven years she served as the General Manager of the Regional Development Fund of the Region of Central Macedonia, in the Greek public sector. During all her career years, in Greece and recently in Turkey, she has managed and participated in numerous European projects under several European programs. Her research interests lie with industry and academia collaboration, engineering education, industrial engineering, entrepreneurship and innovation, SPC, Total Quality Management, and quality and environmental management systems.