I'm originally from the country of Cyprus in the Mediterranean, which is a small island that not many people have visited. I lived in about half a dozen countries before I was even four years of age, mostly in the Middle-East, with my parents. I spent most of my early childhood and teenage years in Cyprus. I enjoy sports a lot. I used to play basketball in Cyprus both professionally and in the international team of Cyprus. I still enjoy basketball and more broadly, sports. I like travelling; I’ve been to over sixty countries so far and counting. I like to spend most of the weekends both in the US and internationally in travelling and learning about new cultures and new perspectives.

I have quite a diverse research portfolio. Some of the earlier work that I have done in the early 2000’s with the “dot com boom” focused on the impacts of the internet, specifically about electronic commerce and how the design affected marketplaces. Some issues that came across revolved around trust, privacy, issues of information, symmetry and how consumers can engage in electronic commerce. I have a multi-disciplinary perspective besides my major interest in Information Systems. I have also worked in Strategy, Marketing and Operations Management. My work borrows and tries to contribute to multiple disciplines. Recently I have focused on mobile commerce given the evolution of the use of mobile devices. More recently I have focused on online labour markets, crowdfunding platforms, issues about the social networks and social media. Some of my more recent work focuses on the societal effects of IT, specifically unemployment, societal well being, healthcare, even policing. In terms of major insights of my research, it's about creating value from Information Technology. How we can design Information Systems that create value, can help organizations, can help society and individuals. Some of my recent work focuses on how we can design systems that can really enhance societal well being in terms of encouraging employment, improving organizations and also create value for individuals.

Coming out with interesting research ideas is always challenging and I really push myself to come up with more interesting ideas. It comes from multiple perspectives. Many of the ideas come from my PhD students. I encourage them and do my best to come up with interesting ideas and try to look at more cutting edge aspects, e.g. emerging technologies such as crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, labour markets, and more recently the domain of artificial intelligence, crypto currencies, etc. We try to stay on top of what is happening in the industry. I try to stay engaged with industry practitioners in terms of working with companies, also staying in touch with practitioner publications to know what's happening in real life. In terms of specific ideas, they mean some combination of having access to data, to companies, and to where the actual research can take place. Obviously, there are many interesting ideas out there, but to specify them into actual projects is something that takes time and effort. I would like to give a lot of credit to my co-authors and to my PhD students. We come up with these ideas and they really push me and encourage me to look at the more cutting edge topics that the industry cares about and with which we can make a contribution to what the real world wants.