CV

Education

PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Completion Date: December 2018
Thesis: ICT Systems Integration in Higher Education.

MSc, Information Systems Management

Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science
Completion Date: November 2009
Dissertation: Information Security Awareness Strategy.

Diploma, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Completion Date: November 2007
Thesis: Development of a Virtual Telecommunications Laboratory.

Work experience

Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)

Position: Research Officer
Duration: March 2023 – Present

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Position: Technical Project Manager
Duration: April 2020 – Present

• Managed the design and implementation of infrastructure and applications for 32 universities and 27 research institutes in Greece.
• Designed data visualization tools and analyzed business requirements for software solutions.

Hellenic Agricultural Insurance Organization (ELGA)

Position: Systems Engineer
Duration: October 2021 – March 2023

• Managed and redesigned ELGA’s central data center infrastructure.
• Acted as Information Systems Security Representative for the Ministry of Digital Governance.

Hellenic Academic Libraries Link

Position: Project Manager
Duration: January 2017 – December 2017

• Oversaw financial management of the annual budget.
• Delivered Greece’s first SaaS plagiarism detection software (Turnitin).

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Position: Project Manager
Duration: November 2014 – December 2016

• Supervised technical tasks and financial management of the annual budget.
• Improved IT infrastructure aligned with ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001.

Hellenic Army

Position: Systems Administrator
Duration: January 2014 – September 2014

• Maintained and managed the central firewalls, IPS systems according to ISO 27001

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Position: Network Infrastructure Architect
Duration: May 2011 – April 2013

• Designed the network infrastructure for Halki Theological School, Turkey.

Position: Systems Administrator / DevOps Engineer
Duration: September 2010 – December 2013

• Maintained Linux and Windows servers, web services, mail systems, and databases.
• Implemented computational R clusters using AWS ElasticCluster.

Dataline SA

Position: Wireless Infrastructure Architect
Duration: February 2008 – March 2008

• Designed and implemented the Technological Institute of Larissa, Greece wireless infrastructure (802.11)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Position: Junior Project Manager
Duration: May 2006 – July 2008

• Led the development of the University’s first wireless network infrastructure (802.11 - eduroam).

Position: Systems Administrator
Duration: June 2005 – July 2008

• Linux server maintenance

Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE)

Position: IT Consultant
Duration: May 2005 – July 2008

• Redesigned the organization’s IT infrastructure.
• Personnel technical support.

Certifications

• PRINCE2 Practitioner (2013, 2017)
• ITIL Foundation (2014)
• Microsoft Azure certifications (Administrator, Network Engineer, AI Fundamentals, etc.).

Skills

• IT Systems Management: AWS, VLANs, Windows, Linux, Firewalls, Cisco, VMware.
• Statistical Software: Excel, SPSS, R.
• Programming: PHP, Python, Bash, SQL.

Professional Memberships

• Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)

Publications

Statistical disclosure control for Census data with sdcMicro package: the computational challenges

Spiliopoulou V., Fragkopoulos D. (2024). "Statistical disclosure control for Census data with sdcMicro package: the computational challenges" Use of R in Official Statistics 2024.

Shifting Sands: Examining and Mapping the Population Structure of Greece Through the Last Three Censuses

Kalogeropoulos K., Fragkopoulos D., Andreopoulos P., Tragaki A. (2024). "Shifting Sands: Examining and Mapping the Population Structure of Greece Through the Last Three Censuses" Economies 2024, 12, 294. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies12110294

Internet Services and Social Networks in the Greek Academia

Fragkopoulos D. (2019). "Internet Services and Social Networks in the Greek Academia. In: Kavoura, A., Kefallonitis, E., Giovanis, A. (eds) Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism." Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. [1(3).](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12453-3_32)

Εισαγωγή και ολοκλήρωση ICT συστημάτων στις εκπαιδευτικές, οργανωσιακές και επικοινωνιακές δομές της Ανώτατης εκπαίδευσης

Διονύσιος Φραγκόπουλος (2018). "Εισαγωγή και ολοκλήρωση ICT συστημάτων στις εκπαιδευτικές, οργανωσιακές και επικοινωνιακές δομές της Ανώτατης εκπαίδευσης" Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης.

Talks

Issues of Data Organization & Management in Questionnaire-Based Surveys (Tutorial on Imputation Technics)

May 08, 2020

Tutorial at School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Teaching

Digital Tools and Techniques for Official Statistics

Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms

Computer Science