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CQR 2005 CHAIRMAN’s AWARD
Dr. Makris briefing IOC President Jacques Rogge, during the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games
Dr. Makris is cited for sustained contributions in the field of network reliability analysis, technical leadership for the Olympic Games, and collegial, rigorous and optimistic dialogue with his industry peers.
Spilios Makris received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research from the University of Massachusetts, his M.S. in Engineering Management from Northeastern University, and his Diploma in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece.
Spilios is recognized worldwide for his work on the robustness of Olympic Networks and leads a Telcordia Team for third-party assessments of those networks. These assessment reports are used by the Telecom Olympic Sponsors to address questions by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the National Organizing Committees (e.g., ATHOC, SLOC, SOCOG), Federal and State governments, international broadcasting organizations (e.g., NBC), and other Olympic sponsor organizations (e.g., Atos Origin).
He served as the Olympic Program Director and Project Manager for the following assessments of the OTE Consortium’s Olympic Network: risk mitigation strategies, network integrity review, reliability analysis, risk assessments, disaster recovery planning, IOC-mandated technical rehearsals and “war game” exercises. He also served as advisor to OTE’s CEO and CTO in the Crisis Management Team during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games. Spilios served as Project Manager for the network integrity review of Qwest’s Olympic Network for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
Spilios has contributed to FCC-sponsored Network Reliability & Interoperability Council’s (NRIC) Focus Groups since 1992 on root cause analysis of major network outages and recommendations for improvement. Also, he is a Technical contributor to many ATIS Network Reliability Steering Committee’s (NRSC) sponsored teams including the: (1) Data Analysis Team responsible for analyzing the telecommunication industry’s outage data reported to the FCC and publishing Quarterly and Annual Reports, (2) Facilities Solutions Team chartered to analyze facility outages and give recommendations to the industry, (3) Internet Study Team, and (4) Procedural Error Team. Spilios served as an advisor to President’s (Clinton’s) Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) with contributions in the area of network reliability and survivability. He is a frequent-invited speaker on the challenges of world-class events like the Olympic Games.
Chair of the T1A1.2 Working Group (WG) on "Network Survivability Performance" July 1998- July2002; Vice–Chair and Chief Co-editor for that WG (’94-’98 and 2002-present); Telcordia’s representative to that WG as Subject Matter Expert since 1992.
Technical Program Chair for the IEEE CQR’2000 International Workshop held in Crete, Greece (April 17-21, 2000) with theme: “Telecommunications: World Class Quality & Reliability for World Class Events”.
Guest Editor for the IEEE Communications Magazine’s Feature Topic Issue on “Telecommunications at the Olympic Games” (July 2001, Vol. 39, No. 7).
Co-organizer of the WCE 2005 International Workshop on “World Class Events: Telecommunications Challenges” in Waterloo, Canada (May 6, 2005).
Spilios has been honored with: Telcordia’s CEO Award on Innovation (2003); Bellcore President’s Recognition Award for his contributions on the T1 Outage Index (1995); Member of Bellcore’s Team that won the 1995 INFORMS Prize; Standards Committee T1 1995 Outstanding Achievement Award (highest Standards award in U.S.A.); FCC/NRC Recognition Award for dedicated efforts and valuable assistance in furthering the Telecommunications Network Reliability of the United States (May 1993).
He is a Member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and IEEE.
Dr. Makris receiving the CQR 2005 Chairman's Award from Karl Rauscher in CQR 2005 Workshop, St. Pete Beach, Florida