Our team
Dr. James Seferis
Chairman of the Board
President and CEO
E-mail: James Seferis
Download: bio [pdf, 84KB]
Dr. James Seferis, our founder, chairman and CEO, has left the University of Washington and established GloCal Network Corporation (GLOCAL) in the U. S. and Academy for GloCal Processes (AGLOCALP), a non-profit Association in Tokyo Japan, to augment his work in a teaming environment from a Profit, Government and Non (non-profit or non-government) (PGN) platform.Dr. Seferis directs the work of 15 professsionals through six for-profit and four nonprofit organizations in six countries. He is the Founder and Manager of a unique Venture Capital Fund established in Greece.
Ari Vihersaari is Vice-President and Chief Development Officer of GloCal Network Corporation and Director of GloCal Systems Management. He is also the Managing Director of the SEFKO group with activities in the US, Finland, and Greece. Ari's extensive experience in the aerospace and business development spheres make him an asset to GloCal's internal and external partners.
Dr. Chris Velisaris is Vice-President, Director and CFO of GloCal Network Corporation and GloCal Systems Management that manages the GloCal Investment Ventures Enterprise(G.I.V.E) Fund. Dr. Velisaris also coordinates industry, university, government collaborations and teams worldwide through our profit/non-profit network. He is also the Research Manager of Polymeric Composites Laboratory.
Shubang Gan
Resident Entrepreneur
Vassilis Drakonakis
Research Associate
E-mail: Vassilis Drakonakis
Download: CV [pdf, 39KB]
Vassilis Drakonakis is currently performing his Ph.D research at GloCal Network Corporation. He is being supported by the Greek nonprofit organization Archimedes, Center for Innovation and Creation to coordinate activities of the Polymeric Composites Laboratory as part of GloCal Network Corporation and F.R.E.E.D.O.M. He graduated from the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Dept of University of Patras and he has been admitted as a Ph.D candidate to the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering of University of Cyprus, while he is also visting graduate student in Aeronautics and Astronautics Dept at MIT.
Aris Sfakianakis
Research Associate
E-mail: Aris Sfakianakis
Aris Sfakianakis is currently performing his Ph.D research at GloCal Network Corporation. He is being supported by the Greek nonprofit organization Archimedes, Center for Innovation and Creation to coordinate activities of the Polymeric Composites Laboratory as part of GloCal Network Corporation and F.R.E.E.D.O.M. He graduated from the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Dept of University of Patras, where he also continues his studies as a Ph.D candidate. He is also an intern in the national Center for Scientific Research in Greece, "Demokritos".
Kazui Takahashi-Jimenez is the GloCal/F.R.E.E.D.O.M and G.I.V.E/GSM Administrative Assistant at the Seattle Office
and is also our Liason to the AGLOCALP non-profit organization in Japan for Development and Education.
Contact us
For any further information about GloCal Network Corporation or general inquiries send us an e-mail.
You can reach us just down the block from the new, acclaimed Sculpture Park at the address:
Suite 526
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel: (206) 285 8600
Fax: (206) 284 2228