Dimitris Mavrakis

Current

• Senior Associate Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media
• Independent analyst (Self-employed)

Past

• Marketing Director at Solar Photon S.A.
• Associate Analyst at VisionMobile Ltd
• Project Manager at Waveplan

• Post Doctoral Research Fellow at CCSR, University of Surrey
• Research Assistant at CCSR, University of Surrey

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Education

• University of Surrey
• University of Surrey
• University of Kent

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Industry

Telecommunications

Dimitris Mavrakis’s Summary

I am fascinated by technology and telecommunications. I have been lucky to be involved with some very motivated people and interesting projects during my studies and work that have provided me with good knowledge of the telecoms market, technical issues involved and the dynamics of business vs technology.

I now work as an analyst, specializing in telecoms and next generation wireless technologies. I have worked as a project management for radio measurements in the past and as an analyst, I have been the author of several leading strategic reports and have undertaken several consultancy projects on behalf of market leaders.

Dimitris Mavrakis’s Specialties:

market analysis, strategic consulting, technical consulting, next generation telecommunication networks, IMS, 3G, 4G, project management

Dimitris Mavrakis’s Experience

• Senior Associate Analyst

  Informa Telecoms & Media

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Publishing industry)

  March 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

  As an associate analyst of Informa Telecoms & Media I have been responsible for authoring several strategic reports and several consultancy projects.
  
  I have been the primary or contributing author of several reports:
  -Mobile Access at Home (2008)
  -WiMAX Broadband Convergence (2008)
  -Future Mobile Broadband: HSPA, EV-DO, WiMAX & LTE (2007)
  -Fixed Mobile Convergence (2007)
  -IMS Opportunities and Challenges (2006)
  -Wireless Automation (2006)
  -Future Mobile Computing (2005)
  -Mobile WiMAX (2005)
  and have contributed to several others.
  
  Consultancy projects undertaken include:
  -Network management and optimisation
  -Roaming and the evolution of the hubbing market
  -Next Generation Networks and services
  -Mobile traffic forecasts and storage requirements
  -Presence and database services for cellular networks
  -Socioeconomic effect of mobile phones
  
  I have also written several white papers on behalf of key players in the telecoms market, including Motorola and Telcordia.

• Independent analyst

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  I am working as an independent analyst and have been involved in several strategic telecoms projects that require both sound technical knowledge and understanding of business models and marketing methods.
  
  I have been invited several times to talk on conferences for various topics, have chaired sessions in Informa Telecoms & Media conferences and am regularly cited in communications about networking and telecoms status in Greece.

• Marketing Director

  Solar Photon S.A.

  (Oil & Energy industry)

  March 2008 — September 2008 (7 months)

  In charge of expanding SolarPhoton's business and extending beyond commercial relationships, including presenting in educational establishments and incentivising public opinion for greener energy. Also a solar energy evangelist and public face of the company.

• Associate Analyst

  VisionMobile Ltd

  (Telecommunications industry)

  December 2007 — August 2008 (9 months)

• Project Manager

  Waveplan

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  November 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 3 months)

  Project manager for measurements on behalf of Vodafone Global in Egypt, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, France and UK. Goal of each campaign was GSM and UMTS measurements for prediction model calibration.

• Post Doctoral Research Fellow

  CCSR, University of Surrey

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  September 2002 — November 2003 (1 year 3 months)

  Prepared international standard reports, research proposals and publications.
  Worked on system level issues for mobile communication networks, including mobility, handover and resource allocation.

• Research Assistant

  CCSR, University of Surrey

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  September 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 1 month)

  Appointed team leader of Antennas and Propagation Research Group and managed a team of researchers to produce international quality research.

Dimitris Mavrakis’s Education

• University of Surrey

  PhD , Mobile Communications , 1999 — 2003

  Measurement and Prediction of the Wideband Indoor Radio and Infrared Channels

• University of Surrey

  MSc , Satellite Engineering , 1998 — 1999

  Project Title: Indoor Infrared Wireless Communication using DS/CDMA

• University of Kent

  BSc , Electronics , 1994 — 1998