Dr. Alexandros Michaelides is a graduate Mining Engineer and Metallurgist from the National Technical University of Athens – NTUA (1990). After completing his studies, he worked for a year as a researcher at the Physical Metallurgy Laboratory of the NTUA. In 1991 he began the preparation of his doctoral thesis on “Laser processing of copper and its alloys”. 1995, he was awarded a Doctorate in Engineering in the Metallurgy and Materials Technology sector. In 1997, with a Fulbright scholarship, he attended an accelerated postgraduate program in Technology & Innovation Management at Lehigh University and MIT in the USA. He has also attended a series of specialized training programs in technology transfer, the exploitation of research results, commercialization, and technobroking at NASA’s National Technology Transfer Center. In 1995 Mr. Michaelides was hired at the Cyprus Technology Foundation, and from October 1997 until August 2000, he was responsible for the general coordination of the Foundation’s activities. In September 2000, he founded and assumed the general direction of the Development Organization RTD Talos. TALOS focuses its services on research, innovation, technology transfer, small and medium enterprises and regional development.
Alexandros Michaelides has an excellent knowledge of the Greek (mother language) and English languages.
Positions in which he served/serves:
- 2013: Certified Management Consultant
- 08/2006 to 07/2012: Member of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
- 2013 to date: Member of the Board of the Cypriot Network of Business Angels – CyBAN
- 2014 to 2020: Member of the Cyprus Committee of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) as a representative of the Cyprus industry.
- 12/2010 to 06/2014: Founder and first chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Association of Research and Innovation Enterprises -CARIE
- 6/2009 to 06/2014: Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Association of Business Consultants
- 03/2003 to 10/2007: Member of the Board of Directors and Director of the ERMIS Business Incubator
- 03/2006 to 12/2009: Member of the Technical Committee for the National Action Program for the Lisbon Strategy
- 12/2001 to 05/2005: President of the Cyprus College Research Committee
- 11/2002 to 12/2006: National Contact Point for Small and Medium Enterprises in the 6th European Framework Programme
- 05/1999 to 11/2002: National Contact Point for Small and Medium Enterprises in the 5th European Framework Programme
- 05/1999 to 11/2002: National Contact Point for Innovation in the 5th European Framework Programme
- 09/1999 to 11/2002: Representative of Cyprus in the Committee of the Program “Promoting Innovation and Encouraging the Participation of SMEs”, of the 5th European Framework Programme
- Leonardo da Vinci Program Evaluator
- Evaluator of national research programs
- Evaluator of national research programs of Romania, Montenegro
- 07/1997 to 08/2000: Member of The Board of the Fashion Foundation
- 12/1998 to 08/2000: Member of the Technical Committee of the Cyprus Bureau of Shipping
- 06/1999 to 8/2000: Member of the Technical Committee for High Technology in Cyprus
- 12/1998 to date: Member of the Technical Committee of the Cypriot Registrar
- 04/2000 to 8/2000: Coordinator of the HEFAESTOS Innovation Redistribution Center
- 04/1999 to 8/2000: Chairman of the Management Committee of the Cyprus Internet Exchange (CyIX)
- 04/1999 to 1/2000. Member of the National Advisory Committee to deal with the year 2000 problem
- President of the Friends of the Deaf Association
- General Organizing Secretary of the Pancyprian Association of Reserve Commandos
- am@talos-rtd.com
