Kostas Kalaboukas is Technology Transfer and New Business Development Manager at Gruppo Maggioli (Greek branch) and head of the digital supply chains and smart cities research team. He has been working for more than 18 years on research and commercial projects in different organizations (Intrasoft International, SingularLogic) and from various positions. He studied Production Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Crete (1991-1996) and obtained MSc in Total Quality Management at the University of Piraeus (2000).