Dr. Stelios Kyriacou is Chief Technology Officer) at ERMA FIRST. He graduated from Hatfield Polytechnic in Mechanical Engineering and holds an MSc in Applied Mechanics and a PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Cranfield University. Following a 10-year academic career at Cranfield University, Dr Kyriacou held senior leadership positions in companies in the marine equipment sector including HamworthyKSE, Hatlapa GmbH, Wärtsilä/Hamworthy Water Systems, and De Nora Water Technologies (USA) as an engineering manager, engineering director, technical director and general manager, respectively.