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Contact Information:
Office of the Senior Vice President 200 Healy Hall Box 571421 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057 Phone: (202) 687-3730 Fax: (202) 687-9109 |
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Path: Main / BiographyDr. Spiros Dimolitsas Spiros Dimolitsas became Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Georgetown University in November 2001. In his role as Senior Vice President, Dimolitsas is responsible for the leadership, management, and organization of capital projects, facilities, information systems, public safety, risk and enterprise continuity, technology commercialization, human resources, student dining and housing services, new construction, real estate, audit, emergency management, etc. In addition, Dr. Dimolitsas has been leading the development of science-based innovation alliances, and led the partnering of Georgetown University with the US National Laboratories in the areas of systems medicine, cyber-operations, global climate, and bio-security. Dr. Dimolitsas held other positions before joining Georgetown University. Between 1995 and 2001, he served as Senior Executive for Engineering and Associate Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL), an applied-science national security organization; then operated by the University of California under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy. In this capacity Dr. Dimolitsas’ 2,500-person division led the engineering design of the world’s largest laser facility (the National Ignition Facility – a “mechanical engineering wonder”); the refurbishment of the W-87 nuclear warhead; and the design, fabrication and fielding of systems for environmental, energy and national security applications, such as remote sensing related to nuclear, biological, and chemical counter-proliferation, or cyber operations. Prior to LLNL, Dr. Dimolitsas held a variety of management positions with the Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat), where he pioneered technology related to voice and data communications over hybrid networks. At Comsat, he also led the development and implementation of several international mobile telecommunication systems and standards. Prior to Comsat, Dr. Dimolitsas worked with the United Technologies Corporation and the Mayo Clinic in the semi-conductor and biomedical industries, respectively, in the United States and Europe. He also consulted with the Smart Technology Venture Fund, and has served on the Board of Directors of Maxoptix Corporation and Breece-Hill Technologies, which were high technology companies specializing in mass tape and magneto-optic secondary storage. As member of the US Council of Competitiveness, Dr. Dimolitsas’ expertise in large-scale, high-tech/high-risk project management and commercialization has formed the basis for advice that has been provided on innovation and on complex-systems risk management to the Governments of the United States and Brazil. He also represents Georgetown University in a variety of fora on climate issues, including the World Economic Forum’s Global University Leadership Forum on Sustainability. Dr. Dimolitsas holds a B.S. in Physics with Honors from Sussex University in England; a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Imperial College and Queen Mary College –London; and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Sussex University. In 1992, he received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers outstanding achievement medallion, and in 1995 was elected Fellow of the Institute. He has published more than 60 peer reviewed scientific papers and holds eight patents in the field of data and encrypted mobile communications. |
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