George Anastasopoulos
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Georgios (George) Anastasopoulos | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Born | February 7, 1965 Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Nationality | Greek-American |
| Alma mater | University of Patras and Northwestern University |
| Notable awards | EOQ Georges Borel Award, 2015 |
| Spouse | Vicky Karvela |
| Children | Ioannis Anastasopoulos |
Georgios (George) Anastasopoulos is a Greek–American Engineer, PhD, resident of Michigan, USA.
Georgios (George) Anastasopoulos (in Greek: Γεώργιος Αναστασόπουλος) is born in Athens, Greece, on February 7, 1965. His father Ioannis Anastasopoulos (1929–2015), from Kentriko, Messenia, Greece, was a Mathematician and served as high-school principal. His mother, Nikoletta Pantazopoulou (1931–2015) was born at Filiatra, Messenia, Greece. He is married to Vasiliki Karvela, from Koroni, Messenia, Greece and they have one son, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Mathematician.
In 2015, he was awarded by the European Organization for Quality (EOQ) the Georges Borel Award[1] for international achievements being at the edge of the development, use and diffusion of quality at international level through his professional activities and behaviors, personally contributing to the development of the European Quality movement through his accomplishments with a global impact in the field of quality.[2][3][4]
Studies
Anastasopoulos attended the 36th Elementary School and the 5th Gymnasium and Lyceum (high-school) in Exarheia, Athens, Greece. He received his undergraduate diploma from the Polytechnic School of University of Patras, where from he graduated with a mechanical engineering degree. Then, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, US, for graduate studies, where he attended Northwestern University, and he received his MS and PhD in applied mechanics. His research was focused on fracture mechanics specializing in understanding failure mechanisms in Brittle-Matrix Composite materials.[5]
A major breakthrough of his research was the elasticity solution he developed for the fiber-matrix-interface stress-distribution type problem.[5] The problem itself consists of an isolated fiber in an infinite medium (matrix). A third phase (interphase) is assumed between the fiber and the matrix (see figure 1). The matrix is uniformly loaded in tension. Both the fiber, interphase and matrix are considered to be linear elastic and isotropic. The interface between the three materials is also assumed to be perfectly bonded.
Professional activity
Since 2024, Anastasopoulos is the Technical and International Business Development Manager of Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA), a third-party Accreditation Body based in Michigan, United States.[6]
Anastasopoulos is the General Secretary of IPC, the International Personnel Certification Association. IPC was established in 1995, as a global association of Personnel Certification Bodies with the objective to represent and promote the interests of its members. Previously, he has also served as the Chairperson of IPC.[7]
He is the Founder and Chairman, the Conformity Assessment Society (CAS), an international, non-profit US based association uniting professionals and organizations involved in testing, inspection, certification, accreditation and standardization. Founded on the principles of competence,.[8]
From 2015 to 2024, Anastasopoulos was associated with the International Accreditation Service (IAS)[9] in many managerial positions up to Senior Vice President.
Anastasopoulos served as General Secretary of Communications of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (2007–2009)[10] and as General Secretary of Industry of the Ministry of Development (2009) for the Hellenic Government under prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis.
From 2006 to 2007 he served at the Bonn-Germany based, Accreditation Panel of the United Nations Kyoto Protocol system UNFCCC/CDM. Under the Clean Development Mechanism, emission-reduction projects in developing countries can earn certified emission reduction credits. These saleable credits can be used by industrialized countries to meet a part of their emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol.
As a member of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) technical committees, he has contributed in developing many international standards, including ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 17024 and ISO/IEC 17025. He also contributed to a series of technical committees such as ISO/TMBG, ASTM/E36, IPC, ISO/TC176 and ISO/CASCO. He is also participating in international organizations of Accreditation Bodies IAF and ILAC.
In addition to the above, he has also involved in the following professional activities:
- Chairman & CEO, STAREGISTER International Inc., 2012–2014
- Member of Executive Forum, Coleman Research Group, Inc., New York, USA, 2011–2014
- President and CEO, PARATUS Europe Ltd., Athens, Greece, 2011-1013
- Director International Business Development, PEOPLECERT Group, 2009–2010
- European Regional Manager, American/Australian Personnel Certification Body RAB-QSA, Athens, Greece, 2006–2007
- General Director, CHECK POINT Consulting and Training, Athens, Greece, 2002–2007
- Member of the board of directors, Hellenic Accreditation Board (ESYD), 2002–2004
- Member of the Accreditation Council, Hellenic Accreditation Board (ESYD), 2002–2004
- managing director, European Center of Advanced Technologies EUCAT SA, 1993–2004
- Member, Organizing Committee of Hellenic Ministry of Development for "Year for Quality" (1998)
- Served in a series of Technical Committees of Technical Chamber of Greece, 1996–2012