Experienced travel executive with +17 years managing tourism companies of +150 employees and leading multidisciplinary cross-functional project teams, in fast-paced environments. Roles of Executive Director, Director of Operations, Business Development Manager, Product Manager, implementing and developing travel online platform and management of travel agency networks.Knowledge and passion for product management applying DABL (Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live) Agile Scrum, or Kanban with a preference for using Atlassian Jira, Service Desk, and Confluence. Entrepreneurial and travel consultancy mindset.My favorite saga of all times is Dune by Frank Herbert - I remember thinking (while completely fascinated with the genius of the author and his amazing storytelling talent) that a good ruler of a company should be like a wise ruler of a planet: understanding of the fact that responsibility is a virtue and a duty, that one should manifest engaging self discipline and maximum efficiency, embrace and encourage change, creative approach, exposure to information and novelty and that real politics is an art. And I remember secretly wishing to become one - not a planet leader, but a wise ruler of a community. I added to the list a personal firm belief - kindness is difficult, but it should be a lifestyle.I soon became fascinated with business models - mainly because I think companies are just communities with certain sets of rules, always making the effort to enter the main stream preoccupation of their targeted consumers tribe. But I accomplished what I had set my mind to and I took care to apply and improve on the above mentioned attributes - this is how I ended up being a seasoned executive with over seventeen years of practice in the European travel & tourism industry. My proven track record and expertise range from executive and managerial functions to B2B sales & marketing, sales strategy, product management, destination marketing, corporate travel, customer care and event organizing.My in-depth theoretical knowledge of the travel & tourism industry is put to the test constantly, especially with the advent of tech. But since in healthy communities you can only be a team member and leader at the same time, I have built from ground up and trained during the last decade a host of professionals in my domain, be they students, colleagues or clients.In case you want to discuss the sociological impact of science fiction books, the science of the mind, the art of making chocolate, travel tech or how I could contribute to your community, leave a message.