Dr. Leonidas Anthopoulos is an Associate Professor at the Business School of the TEI of Thessaly. Dr. Anthopoulos has IT research, planning and Management experience with the development and deployment of municipal and organizational IT environments. At his previous job positions, as an Expert Counselor at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs in e-Government and e-Diplomacy areas, as an IT researcher and manager at the Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), Municipality of Trikala (Greece), Administration of Secondary Education of Trikala (Greece) and Information Society S.A. (Greece), he was responsible for planning and managing the development of multiple IT systems for Greek Government and for various Public Organizations. Among them it worth mentioning the Digital City of Trikala (e-Trikala) project, the SYZEFXIS and Police-online projects, the central portal for the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs etc. He is the author of several articles published on prestigious scientific journals, books and international conferences. His research interests concern, among others, smart city, e-Government, Enterprise Architecture, Strategic Management, etc.
