With over 20 years of experiencein research and academia, Kostas is currently serving as a GIS Analyst/ SpatialComplex Systems Scientist at the County of Orange, OC Survey GeospatialServices in Santa Ana, California, where he applies skills and knowledge inspatial data science, advanced geoAI, machine learning, programming, modelingand simulation for Digital Twins, and GISci to support digital transformationwork at the County of Orange. He holds a PhD in Natural Resource Policy fromPurdue University, and is also a Certified Geographic Information SystemsProfessional (GISP).

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As a co-chair of the Academia and Research Working Group at the Digital TwinConsortium, Kostas collaborates with leading experts and organizations indeveloping and advancing digital twin technologies and applications. He hasserved over the years in multiple University faculty and government positions.Kostas also serves as an advisory board member for the Big Data ExecutiveCertificate Program at California State University - East Bay, as a member ofIEEE and the IEEE Computational Intelligent Society, URISA, a member of theIUCN Committee on Ecosystem Management, and as a member of numerous otherprofessional organizations. His mission and vision is to contribute to thescientific and social understanding of complex spatial systems and theirimplications for natural resource management, policy, and decision making.