+20 years at Microsoft in various positions including:

• Sales [Cloud Sales, ISV & Digital Natives Cloud Sales, Education Sector, ranging from 1:1 Enterprise account management to programmatic cloud sales to SMB accounts]

• Program Management [Startup programs, Academic programs, Community programs]

• Marketing [Academic programs marketing]

• Technical and Dev Evangelism [offline/online audiences]

• General Management [Microsoft Innovation Center]

• People Management [Developer Experience Group, Academic Program Group]

• Partner Management [Cloud Business development for ISVs]

Blogging at www.draganidis.com and really appreciative of the privilege to be a mentor at accelerators and initiatives which support startups and innovation in Greece and EU including StartupBootcamp HightechXL Netherlands, MIT Enterprise Forum, TheEgg.gr, SEV Ekkinisi Lab, Endeavor, InnovationFarm.eu, StartupWeekend Athens, ImagineCup, Beyond Fintech Hackathon, Vivanest Fintech Accelerator, ennovation, and National Bank of Greece Fintech Accelerator.

Served as a member of the Greek National Council for Competitiveness and Development and of SEV's (Greek Industry Association) committees for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Research experience on Semantic Web and its applications on competency management and e-learning. PMB member at EU Cloud Computing R&D projects. Independent expert of EU Commission's RnD Grid/Cloud Projects for e-Science.