Sotiris served as a Principal at PwC in a variety of global and national roles, and Managing Director at the law firm of MLA, focusing on procurement advocacy, governmental affairs, and PPPs. Earlier, he was Global VP of public sector strategy at CA Technologies, Inc. He began his career as a university professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, where he created his first technology innovation lab.

His global portfolio includes work in the USA and Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, the UAE, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana and Zimbabwe.
He was trained in aerospace, applied mechanics, and project economics. He received his PhD from UT Austin, sponsored by NSF, where he conducted research in project benchmarking of complex projects. He went on to become a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, followed by advisory roles at Columbia University, NJIT, Baruch and Temple University. He also served as advisor to the Diebold Institute for Public Policy and the Renee Dubos Centre for Human Environments. He was the founder of ECOSFUND, an NGO providing support to grass roots organizations throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. He was awarded The Order of Alec for outstanding leadership from The University of Texas at Austin in 1984.

Expertise: strategic planning, operations planning, program management, change management, business transformation, technology assessment, governance

Interest: Smart cities, airport cities, smart transportation infrastructure, sustainability, P3s, hi-tech innovation.