Costas Tzaras

Dr. Costas Tzaras is a serial entrepreneur and academic. In 2007, he founded a company in Greece and in UK to develop radio and network planning software and to assess quality of service for the cellular industry. His company currently serves large cellular operators in Europe/Asia/Africa, with presence in 12 countries worldwide. He is also an active entrepreneur in smart grids developing software but also hardware solutions for RF mesh smart meter networking, meter data management systems and Web development. He ​has a B.Sc. in Physics, University of Thessaloniki, an M.Sc. in Mobile & Satellite Communications, University of Surrey, UK, and a Ph.D. in Mobile Communications, University of Surrey, UK. In the period 2000-2007 he worked as Team Leader at Vodafone Global R&D in UK and his team was responsible for the development of new software and new technologies for the radio planning of GSM and UMTS networks across the Vodafone Group worldwide. In the period 2002-2007 he also worked as a lecturer at the University of Surrey in UK.