WCS – Wellics Ltd
Country UK
Website www.wellics.com
Wellics offers corporate wellness services to everyone who takes self-improvement and quality of life seriously and wants a personal digital coach with them at all times. Improving people’s lives through the seamless interaction with technology and data science is what drives us. Our products, being simple and smart, supported by wellness and health experts, provide actionable, personalized insights by integrating data and profiling information through data analytics, mobile applications and a digital marketplace that seamlessly interact to generate value.
Andreas Raptopoulos
CEO, co-founder
Andreas Raptopoulos (Dipl. Ing. MSc, MBA) received his diploma in Computer and Informatics Engineering from the University of Patras in 2005, his MSc in Computer and Telecommunications Networks from University of Athens in 2009 and his MBA from Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA) in December 2012. Over the years he has been actively involved, technically contributed in and coordinated more than 18 EU FP7 and H2020 projects mainly in the ICT for Health field.
Dimitrios Karamitros
CTO, co-founder
Dimitrios Karamitros has worked in large scale public and European Research projects for more than a decade, under the roles of software developer, technical Project Leader and RnD Technical Team Leader, acquiring rich specialization especially in back-end technologies and a plethora of different system architectures. He received his MSc in Telecommunication & Network Systems from the University of Athens and his BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technological Education Institute of Athens.
Hara Stefanou
Product leader
Hara Stefanou has been a project manager and consultant for commercial projects as well as coordinator in several EU funded projects for more than 10 years. Hara received her MSc in Medical Informatics & Biomedical Engineering and in Multimedia from the University of Crete and his BSc in Informatics & Telecommunications from the University of Athens. Her current research interests focus on AI-assisted health and wellness, social inclusion, user-centric design and social technology.
Ioannis Ladakis
Researcher
Ioannis Ladakis has a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a MSc in Medical Informatics both from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). He works as a research assistant in the Lab of Medical Informatics AUTH and Wellics, while the start of his PhD is imminent. His research interests focus on identifying and dealing with stress/anxiety through physiological signals’ analysis and exploring the possibilities of serious games implementations as support systems in standard therapy methods.
Evangelia Fappa
Senior Researcher, Domain Expert
Dr. Evangelia Fappa holds an MSc in Clinical Nutrition and a PhD, with scholarship, on dietary behavior both from the Harokopio University, Athens. She is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of University of Peloponnese and programme leader of BSc Dietetics, offered by Metropolitan College in collaboration with Queen Margaret University of UK. Her research interests include dietary behavior & factors that improve dietary adherence.
Elena Avatangelou
Project Manager
Elena Avatangelou holds a BSc in Informatics and an MSc in Decision Sciences, both from the Athens University of Economics and Business. She has been actively involved in Research and Innovation projects for more than eighteen years as a researcher and project coordinator. Since 2017 she has been involved in Service and Product design as a Design Thinking producer, facilitator and trainer. Her fields of expertise include wellness and aging, creativity, culture and education.
Minas Badounas
Software engineer
Minas Badounas has been a Junior Software Engineer in the technology sector for two years now. Minas has been involved in multiple industrial projects, from energy dispatch to customer support during his working experience. He holds a B.Sc. Degree in Mechanical Energy Engineering from the Technological Educational Institute of Athens and attends the AFDEmp Coding Bootcamp to acquire further qualifications and skills which are indispensable as a Software Engineer.