Head of Sales and Marketing @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Regional Sales Director, APAC and CIS @ Upstream Systems is one of the leading mobile marketing companies in the world, with active engagements with over 50 mobile operators worldwide. The company is focused on the areas of mobile marketing and revenue growth strategies for mobile operators, with a product portfolio that includes applications and app stores, promotions, loyalty and top up campaigns, mobile content services and advanced credit services. Major Tasks and Responsibilities • Responsible for managing all aspects of the sales cycle from new prospect identification, business development, solution presentations, sales negotiations and closures as well as payment collection. • Devising optimum entry strategies and ensuring monetization through client-specific product and content strategies • Networking, building and leveraging relationships with senior level contacts, influencers, partner ecosystem, team members and senior management • Operators I have worked with: Verizon USA, T-Mobile Croatia, Movistar Spain, Vodafone Romania, MTN Group, STC, Viva Kuwait, Zain Iraq, Etisalat UAE, Orange Jordan, TIM Brazil. From January 2014 to July 2015 (1 year 7 months) Engagement Director @ Major Tasks and Responsibilities • Delivered multi-million mobile marketing and value added services for mobile operators, such as SMS promotions, loyalty and top up campaigns, mobile content services, applications and advanced credit services. Value of projects delivered exceeds USD30 million in revenues. • Business and strategic planning, project management, feasibility studies, market reports and P&L responsibility in markets and projects involved. • Maintaining strong relationships with key contacts in existing accounts. • Managing the team of campaign and project managers, marketing, product and media managers and other internal capabilities on a per project basis. • Responsibility for RFP responses and proposal writing. • End to end managing of client and partner relationships and expectations. • Contract negotiations with clients and suppliers. • Working together with numerous Service Providers, Content and Application Providers, Advertisers and Agencies. • Extensive travelling, spending up to 40% of my time at client premises. From 2010 to January 2014 (4 years) Senior Management Consultant @ Major Tasks and Responsibilities • Specialising in EU funded projects for the public and private sectors in Greece. • Business and strategic planning, feasibility studies, financial analysis and evaluation of investment opportunities. • Freelance Consultant for European Profiles SA in the company’s International Projects Division (EU Initiative Projects). • Freelance Consultant for EasyPin SA and their Consulting Services Division. From 2008 to 2010 (2 years) Project Manager @ BPM S.A. is a Greek Management Consulting firm, specialising in the provision of management consulting services to businesses and organisations in the private and public sectors. Major Tasks and Responsibilities • Business and strategic planning, project management, marketing, feasibility studies, market reports and analysis/evaluation of investment opportunities. • End to end responsibility for consulting projects for companies in both the public and private sector. • Involved in the preparation and management of projects funded through the EU 7th Framework Programme. • Specialization in small and medium scale EU funded projects for the public and private sectors (ESPA, SDIT and Incentives Investment Law). From 2007 to 2008 (1 year) Senior Business Analyst @ Cosmoline is a Greek Alternative Telecoms operator that provides fixed telephony, broadband Internet, data and multimedia services and interconnection services. Major Tasks and Responsibilities • Managing projects (Business Plans, Feasibility Studies and Information Memorandums) for the Company’s Board of Directors. • Analysis and evaluation of Financial Statements, Profit Margins, Budget and Balance Sheets. • Managing the Company’s financial relationship with other Telecoms Carriers worldwide. • Responsible for the evaluation and monitoring of the competition in the Greek Telecoms Market (Strategy, Market intelligence, Technology trends, Opportunities and Threats, Financials). From 2005 to 2007 (2 years) Technology Manager @ • Consulting Services in the planning/delivery of Venue Results Technology requirements. From 2005 to 2005 (less than a year) Results Technology Manager @ Major Tasks and Responsibilities: • Member of the planning team with overall responsibility for the IT and Telecoms equipment (h/w and s/w) necessary for the results’ production and distribution. • Responsible during Games for timely production, presentation and distribution of results to all clients (Scoreboards, TV, Spectators, Internet, Press, IOC, Athletes, Federations). • Served as liaison between the Organising Committee, IOC and the Technology Partners (ATOS Origin, SWATCH, OTE, National Grid, Xerox and others). • Responsible for allocation and training of volunteers that served as operators of equipment. From 2003 to 2004 (1 year) Consultant, Industry Analyst, ICT industry @ Frost & Sullivan is a world leader in Consulting, technology research and corporate strategy formulation. Major Tasks and Responsibilities: • Leading Analyst in my area of Expertise (Telecoms Hardware and Software Vendors, Carriers, ASPs). • Lead consultant in a number of consulting projects for some of the company’s major clients (Nortel Networks, Alcatel, MCI WorldCom, Deutsche Telecom, BT, Compaq, Samsung, Sun Microsystems and PeopleSoft, amongst others). • Author of several market reports (Optical networking, xDSL, SDH, IP Telephony, Alternative Operators and Application Service Providers); produced 5-year forecasts and trends for 50 countries. • Responsible for the strategic analysis of telecoms markets and telecoms companies across Europe, author of monthly newsletters. • Presentation of results to clients at board level. From 1998 to 2001 (3 years) Account Executive @ • Handling of wholesale client accounts From 1999 to 1999 (less than a year)

MA, Marketing @ Staffordshire University From 1997 to 1998 BEng, Electronic Engineering with Business Management @ University of Sussex From 1994 to 1997 Georgios Bakolas is skilled in: Telecommunications, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Team Building, Project Planning, Account Management, Team Leadership, Negotiation, Mobile Devices, Budget, Team Management, P&L Responsibility, Cash Flow Forecasting, Customer Engagement, Media Planning