Dimitrios Souflis

Experience

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  Hellenic Air Force - Hellenic Tactical Air Force HQs

  Jan 1988 - Jan 2001

  Handled all short and medium termed RADAR and communication issues for all of the tactical units of the HAF. Major projects include:- Drafting the communications plan for all of the major National exercises of the Hellenic Tactical Air Force HQs and its 40+ units.- Drafting the communications plan for the combined Greece & Cyprus exercises.- Suggested a major part of the smart numbering scheme which was implemented to HAF's PABXs and rendered the use of telephone catalogs useless.- Planned, and closely supervised the replacement of Tactical Air Force HQs PABX, serving more than 2000 subscribers and over 20 interconnections to other military and civilian PABXs, without degrading the operational capabilities of crucial units during the needed works. Λιγότερα

  • Communications & RADAR Staff Officer

    Jan 1991 - Jan 2001

  • NAEGIS Supervisor & Quality Assurance Officer

    Jan 1988 - Jan 1991
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  NATO SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe)

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Deployable ACCS Component (DAC) Communications Officer

  Definition of the operational requirements as well as detailed communications planning of the Deployable component of NATO's Air Command and Control System (ACCS), including landlines, HF/VHF/UHF radio, microwave, SATCOM, Tactical Data Links (L-11, L-16), PABXs etc. Coordination between the operational NATO SHAPE HQs, the communications systems/subsystems designers (ACSI) and NATO's procurement agency (NACMA). Member of the ACCS Communications Working Group (ACWG, representing SHAPE), the focal point for all ACCS communications issues. Λιγότερα

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  Hellenic Air Force - Hellenic Tactical Air Force HQs

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2004

  Athens 2004 Olympic Games Tactical Air Force Communications Officer

  Planning as well as implementation supervision of Ground to Ground and Ground to Air communications of Athens 2004 Olympic Games for the Hellenic Tactical Air Force units (RADAR, airfields, air crafts, SHORAD, HIMAD).

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  NATO / Trial Spartan Hammer 2006 Electronic Warfare Exercise

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  CIS Manager

  Drafting and implementing the Communication and Information Systems plan for Electronic Warfare exercise Trial Spartan Hammer 2006 which involved 2,000 personnel from 14 NATO countries and 15 NATO agencies, including the SIGINT & ESM working group (SEWG) under the NATO Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Capability Group (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signals_intelligence_by_alliances,_nations_and_industries#Greece).Coordination for all aspects of CIS (ranging from simple PABX comms to Link-16 and crypto) with all major Hellenic and NATO military organizations in order to achieve interoperability and smooth integration of all of the participant nations systems. Also, performed on-site systems installation monitoring, supervision and problem solving during the exercise Λιγότερα

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  Hellenic Air Force

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2010

  In charge of support (maintenance of all assets, supply, Quality Control etc) of all Hellenic Air Force Electronic Warfare units. Major projects include:- Planning and implementation of all necessary electronic tools for office collaboration (e-mailing, shared documents, web site etc) to the SQ's headquarters as well as to all remote subordinate units and the relevant Hellenic Air Force network.- Implementation and commissioning of HAF's first dedicated WAN for Electronic Warfare information exchange.- Studied and suggested the way ahead on all operational, technical, financial and support issues for merging units of the HAF. Λιγότερα In charge of Ground/Ground and Ground/Air/Ground tactical communications of more than 40 Hellenic Air Force units (incl. airbases, RADAR sites, electronic warfare, reconnaissance etc).Maintained the link between the strategic decision makers of the General Staff and the day to day tactical communications requirements of the fighting units. Major projects include:- Planning and closely supervising the complete relocation of one of HAF's most important Air Defence center without degrading its operational capabilities during the move, while maintaining full rollback capabilities even after the relocation.- Studying, planning and implementing the installation, over cryptographed links, of remote terminals of computerized air defence systems.- Drafting the digital communications maintenance section of HAF's main maintenance standing order.- Member of the ACCS Communications Working Group (ACWG, representing Greece), the focal point for all ACCS communications issues. Λιγότερα Communications consultant, under the aegis of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the Greek-Turkish meetings for the coordination, installation and use of the main and backup point to point communication hot-lines for tension mitigation between the Air Force HQs at Larissa, GR and Eskisehir, TU, within the scope of confidence-building measures between the two countries. After the final agreement, in charge of planning, installation and commissioning of all the necessary equipment in the HQs at Larissa, GR. Λιγότερα

  • Electronics Engineer (Col, retired)

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  • Chief Support

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  • Communications Section Chief

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2008

  • Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Communications consultant

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2005
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  Various companies

  Jan 2010 - now

  Telecommunications consultant

  - Reviewed, suggested changes and matched the communications requirements of a backbone Hellenic Air Command and Control center to existing Ground/Ground and Ground/Air/Ground communications systems capabilities.- Planned and closely supervised the installation and commissioning of five ATC Ground/Air/Ground VHF/AM, UHF/AM radios and guard receivers as well as the fault tolerant recording infrastructure on military helicopter airfield.- Translated into English in behalf of a major company the operational and technical requirements for a tender of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority concerning modern air navigation aids. Also, checked and corrected the company's offer against the requirements and finally translated it into Greek for the preparation of the tender file. During the tender preparation, participated in the company's site survey team.- Translated into Greek the sales catalog and some user guides for the leader in electrical measurements and test equipment. Λιγότερα