Experienced PMI certified project manager, working over 10 years in EU research projects focusing on e-government, information systems and ICT-enhanced education. Constantly managing multiple projects and completing them, exceeding customers’ expectations, while keeping the morale and productivity of my teams high. Over the last years I have been involved in the inception, design, coordination and implementation of several projects focused on ICT enhanced education, Big Data and semantic technologies specializing in agricultural information systems.I'm currently working on proposals focused on Smart Farming and Precise Agriculture applications powered by Big Data and IoT technologies. Interested in the whole agri-food value chain and challenges connected to both the agri-food and transport societal challenges.I'm an evaluation expert, specializing in the evaluation of IT/IS with a PhD in Integrated Evaluation Methods for Electronic Port Services (2012) from the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport of the University of the Aegean, Greece. Some publications in scientific journals and conferences can be found on ResearchGate (http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikolaos_Marianos/publications/).