Nikolaos Tsoniotis holds an MEng in Electronic Engineering & Electronic Communication Eng. from the University of Hull, UK, and started his engineering career working as a Telecommunications R&D Engineer for over a decade. He has worked as a researcher in academia investigating emerging technologies and how they apply to Education, Transport, Energy, and other sectors. He is a serial entrepreneur with ICT and Energy sector efforts, startup coach/mentor in major events such as Startup Weekend and NASA Space Apps Challenge and is a resident coach at OK!Thess pre-incubator in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is currently a co-founder and managing partner of Ideas Forward PC. His expertise includes Product Strategy and Innovation & Product Management.