Part of the ACS Athens experience is to draw from the life story of our community members, who offer their mentorship, advice and knowledge to our students as they imagine, plan and begin their academic and professional future and ultimately career.

 Parents have always been a tremendous pool of talent and knowledge, as they come from all walks of life, nationalities and career paths. Today's Parent edition of the Owlcast hosts one of our parents, Constantin Tzembelicos, an engaged and creative entrepreneur in several industry sectors, including the aviation industry, finance, retail fashion, beverage, and real estate. He is running several start-up companies of his own but continues to be in executive positions within his decades-long career in the aviation industry. Mr Tzembelicos graduated as a Mechanical Engineer in Toronto, Canada, and applied his technical engineering skills as an aerodynamicist, stress engineer, and structural repair engineer before moving into the airline industry. Constantin is now the founder of several new startup companies in fashion accessories and jewellery designing, and beverage manufacturing, and most recently he heads a startup incubator. He also maintains organic roles in firms related to investment advisory, aerospace representation and business aviation consultancy.

With Constantin Tzembelicos, today we discuss:

All about opportunities - a point of view coming from an entrepreneur

Managing the project by seeking the talent instead of being the talent

The art of empowering the members of your team and the dangers of micromanaging

The boring and the exciting things that make you find your passion

Learning how to learn at the university

Seeking knowledge by doing the hard staff 

Education as an experience that offers a toolkit for life

The inflection point of the AI emergence

Appetite to learn, an important asset in the job marketplace

The need for talented people willing to unlearn and be trained -- and,

The Elysian project - A business incubator with a flair to innovate inspire and create