Today Director of Digital Services with her past experience that combines different Head of Unit positions in the domains of interoperability policy, delivering solutions for human resources, decision-making, document and knowledge management. Since she joined the European Commission in 2000, she has been involved in developing user-friendly solutions for public administrations and the European Commission itself. She graduated Deusto University (Bilbao, Spain) with IT background and has a deep knowledge of the business domains she works with.

With his expertise in digital transformation, Tolis is always seeking opportunities, to transform the way European citizens interact with the services offered by the EU Institutes, Bodies and Agencies (EUIBAs) as well as to assist the private and public sector within EU and beyond, to establish citizens-centric, interoperable services of great value.

Background

Tolis graduated as an Electrical and Electronics Engineer from the University of Patras, Greece and following a successful career in Greece and Germany, he started working for the European Commission and specifically in DG DIGIT, in 2011.

Since then, Tolis has managed several projects in Research and Education domains and lately he is the Solution Owner of the electronic identities and digital signing services in the European Commission. The past 4 years, Tolis and his teams are working intensively to boost the penetration of Trust Services inside the EUIBAs, as well as in the EU Member States. He is also a key contributor to the efforts of the European Commission in the technical field of international recognition of Trust Services between the EU and 3rd countries.

Olivier is an eSignature expert with an extensive experience of 25 years in IT, in particular regarding digital transformation in eGovernment and finance.

He is providing consulting and auditing services to public and private stakeholders in trust services ecosystems, in Europe and MENA, and has contributed to various standards and guidelines around (Q)TSP security requirements and electronic signature validation. Among others, since 2014 he is providing support to eIDAS initiatives at the European Commission and has been involved in the technical field of international recognition of Trust Services between the EU and 3rd countries.

Viky Manaila is an international expert in the field of electronic signatures, digital identity and digital transformation processes, who has successfully promoted the electronic business globally. Viky has successfully contributed to standardization work for the global acceptance of European Trust Services, a study of existing trust services that operate in different regions of the world and their possible mutual recognition or global acceptance. 

The eIDAS Regulation and corresponding standards go beyond EU boundaries, proving that interoperability and cross-border legal recognition are the keys for global electronic commerce and transactions.

Viky has detailed in-depth knowledge of regulations, technologies and policies in digitisation and digital identities in the EU and third countries. She is member of different high level working groups set up by the European Commission, ETSI (www.etsi.org ), World Economic Forum,  aimed at aligning policy and operations around trust identity, digital signatures and cross-recognition.

Viky Manaila is also President for Cloud Signature Consortium.