Dimitrios Chatas' curriculum vitae provides information on his work experience, education, skills and qualifications. He has over 15 years of work experience in various roles including as a civil servant engineer, graphics designer, soldier, and research associate. He holds a Master's degree in Information Systems from Leeds Metropolitan University and a Diploma in Production and Management Engineering from the Technical University of Crete. He has published several papers on topics related to credit management, accounting information systems, and automated knowledge generation.

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First name(s) / Surname(s) DIMITRIOS CHATAS
Address 26 ATHINON ROAD
85100 RHODES (GREECE)
Telephone(s) 00302241063405 Mobile 00306974023049
E-mail(s) jameschatas@gmail.com
Nationality Greek
Date of birth 11 November 1976
Gender Male
Work experience
Dates 10/02/2006 →
Occupation or position held Engineer - Civil Servant
Main activities and responsibilities Licensing manufacturing enterprises and technical professions. Working as an engineer for the
Directorate of Industry at the District of South Aegean that is acting as a decentralized branch for the
Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping.
Name and address of employer South Aegean Region -
Georgiou Maurou 2, 85100 Rhodes (Greece)
Type of business or sector Decentralized Government
Dates 01/03/2005 - 31/12/2005
Occupation or position held Graphics Designer
Main activities and responsibilities Creation of Logos, Brand Identities, Desktop Publishing.
Name and address of employer Digital Press Ltd.
Panepistimioy Road, 85100 Rhodes (Greece)
Type of business or sector Publishing
Dates 22/04/2003 - 24/02/2004
Occupation or position held Soldier at the Office of Informatics Research
Main activities and responsibilities IT Support, Domain Administration, Network Management, Hardware Service, Application Support &
Intergration
Name and address of employer 85th Greek Army Division
85100 Rhodes (Greece)
Type of business or sector Information and communication, Military
Dates 09/01/1999 - 30/06/2000
Occupation or position held Teaching Assosiate
Main activities and responsibilities Teaching assosiate at the laboratory of Mathematic Simulation educating students at the use of the
Software "Maxima"
Name and address of employer Technical Institute of Technology
Romanoy 3, Halepa, 73135 Chania (Greece)
Type of business or sector Education

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Dates 01/09/1999 - 25/12/1999
Occupation or position held Reasearch Associate
Main activities and responsibilities Project Training Ground Without Boundaries (Codename in Greece XEXO) a Research on the
demands needed to be met in order to establish video conferencing through the Internet and LANs for
training purposes
Name and address of employer Technical University of Crete
Kounoupidiana, 73132 Chania (Greece)
Type of business or sector Research Project, Education
Dates 01/01/1997 - 30/07/2000
Occupation or position held Research Stuff
Main activities and responsibilities Research Stuff at the Laboratory of Production & Management Systems
Department of Production Engineering & Management of
Technical University of Crete, with activities regarding Information Technologies, Artificial Intelligence
and Distance Learning projects
Name and address of employer Technical University of Crete
Kounoupidiana, 73132 Chania (Greece)
Type of business or sector Research Projects
Education and training
Dates 04/08/2009
Title of qualification awarded Certificate - Basic I.T. Thematic
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Information and Communication
Serial Number: 5464582334
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
i-Skills Ltd. (Skill Certification Organization)
(Greece)
Dates 25/06/2009 - 10/07/2009
Title of qualification awarded Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
Certification in basic skills and use of Information & Communication Technologies for Public Servants
in the Local Government (60 Hour Program)
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Information Society Ltd. (Operational Ρrogram)
85100 Rhodes (Greece)
Dates 16/07/2008
Title of qualification awarded Key Cert IT Basic
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Internet Applications, Presentations
Serial Number: EL090089203
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
KeyCert Ltd. (Certification Organization)
(Greece)
Dates 30/04/2008 - 09/07/2008
Title of qualification awarded Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
Certification in skills and use of Information & Communication Technologies for employees (100 Hour
Program)
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
AKMON Ltd. (Educational Organization)
85100 (Greece)
Dates 12/05/2007
Title of qualification awarded European Computer Driving Licence
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Information and Communication
Serial Number: EL1135220221DC

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Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
ECDL Hellas (European Computer Driving Licence Foundation)
(Greece)
Dates 31/03/2003 - 18/04/2003
Title of qualification awarded Graduation Certificate
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
Training in Informatics and Computer Science with focus on military applications.
Special Branch of the Greek Army for which in order to qualify for a Masters in Computer Science or a
relevant field is required.
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
School of Informatics Research Officers, Directorate of Research & Informatics (Greek Army Special
Branch School)
(Greece)
Dates 10/09/2001 - 16/10/2002
Title of qualification awarded Master in Science in Information Systems
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
Database Design & Implementation, Information Systems Management & Quality, Information
Systems Design, Information Systems Theory, Critical Systems Thinking, Management & Information
Strategies in the Digital & Global Economy
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Faculty of Information & Engineering Systems, Leeds Metropolitan University (Technical University)
LS6 3QS Leeds (United Kingdom)
Level in national or international
classification
ISCED 5
Dates 15/08/2001
Title of qualification awarded Intenational English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
English Language
Grade: 7.5 / 10
Certificate Number 01GR1038CHAD005A
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Intenational English Language Testing System (University of Cambridge)
Dates 10/09/1995 - 10/07/2000
Title of qualification awarded Diploma - Production & Management Engineer
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
The curriculum includes courses from the areas of mathematics and physics, the humanitarian
sciences, production systems, operations research, finance, organization and administration,
information systems and decision making systems.
Grade: 8,36 / 10
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Technical University of Crete (Technical University)
University Campus, 73100 Chania (Greece)
Level in national or international
classification
ISCED 5
Dates 01 September 1991 - 08 June 1994
Title of qualification awarded Highschool Diploma
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
3 years - Subjects include Ancient Greek Language & Secretariat, Modern Greek Language, History,
Algebra, Geometry, Physics, Chemistry, Psychology, Biology, Political Sciences, Physical Education
Religion.
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Kazouleio HighSchool (Public Highschool)
85100 (Greece)
Level in national or international
classification
ISCED 3
Dates 10/09/1988 - 16/12/1993
Title of qualification awarded Certificate of Proficiency in English
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
English Language
Grade: C

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Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Certificate of Proficiency in English (University of Cambridge)
(United Kingdom)
Dates 10/09/1990 - 26/08/1992
Title of qualification awarded Certificate of German as a Foreign Language
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
German Language
Grade: 99,75 / 120
Reference Number: HI 005158
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Goethe Institut)
(Germany)
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s) Greek
Other language(s)
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking W r i t i n g
European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user
German A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User
(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
Social skills and competences Easy going, can easily adapt to climate and different cultures. Eager to discuss issues and listen to
problems, providing analytical thinking to their solution. Good communication skills gained through my
seven years of being a civil servant.
Organisational skills and competences Excellent organisational skills, part also of my education as Management Engineer. Good experience
in project management (Have served as an organization committee member for the European
Symposium on Intelligent Techniques held at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece and helped
organize several events while still being a student for the Technical University). Multitasking.
Technical skills and competences Engineering Knowledge, Good at using both hand and power tools (undertook several workshops as
part of my Diploma), Handyman.
Computer skills and competences Computer Hardware and Software Service. Extensive knowledge of both hardware and software
including Microsoft Windows OS, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio,
SPSS, DataEngine, Mathworks Matlab,
Macromedia Studio (Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash),
Adobe (Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, Acrobat), Oracle,
SQL, Fortran, ASP, AutoCad, Pro/Engineer, PT/Modeler,
ArchiCAD, Art*Lantis, Corel (Draw, Photopaint), Quark Xpress.
Artistic skills and competences Graphics Design using DTP software, Architectural Design and Photo Rendering, Photography, Radio
Broadcasting - DJ (2 years of radio shows).
Other skills and competences My Hobbies include Music, Basketball, Running, Cycling, Gym Training, Cinema, Photography.
Driving licence(s) A, B
Additional information Publications:
Paper:
An Automated Knowledge Generation Approach

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for managing Credit Scoring problems
M. Michalopoulos, G. Dounias, D. Hatas, C. Zopounidis
Research Monograph
Fuzzy Set Systems in Management and Economy
Editors: C. Zopounidis, P.M. Pardalos, G. Baourakis
World Scientific Publishers
Paper:
Introducing Hybrid Computational Intelligence in Credit Management
Dounias G., Tsakonas A., Hatas D., Michalopoulos M.
submitted to the Special issue
"The Economics of Credit Management",
organized by the "Journal of Managerial and Decision Economics"
October 2001 (Wiley)
Paper:
Accounting Information Systems & Intelligent Systems
A framework for Continuous Online Auditing
Spathis Charalambos, Kyriaki Kosmidou, Dimitris Hatas
24th European Accounting Association Annual Congress
Athens 18 April 2001, Greece
Paper:
An application using a combination of neural networks and fuzzy logic
to automated knowledge acquisition in the credit scoring problems
M. Michalopoulos , G. Dounias , C. Zopounidis , D. Hatas
International Federation of Operational Research Societies
10th Special Conference, Athens April 2001
Paper:
An application of the automated knowledge acquisition in
the credit scoring problems
M. Michalopoulos , G. Dounias , C. Zopounidis , D. Hatas
VII Congress of Sigef
September 2000, Chania, Crete, Greece