Flight Sim Labs Forums: Lefteris Kalamaras - Viewing Profile

Born 1970 in Athens, Greece, where I am residing once again, after spending ten years in the U.S.A where I studied and worked, receiving my B.A in Computer Science from Vassar College and several certifications in Finance, working in various top Wall Street firms writing trading software.

Apart from running NetGroup, my own software and network consulting business, I spent eight years as Technical Director and Lead Developer of PMDG, a group of developers producing specialized airliner aircraft simulations for MS Flight Simulator.

As Founding Member of VATSIM, the world leading online network of simulator pilots and controllers, I've served as VP of Development and actively fly online to showcase and test our products.

Over my many years in the flightsim industry I was also honored by Microsoft by receiving their Most Valuable Professional status first in 2007, and again in 2008 and 2009.

I am happily married with Margarita; we have three kids - my daughter Athena and son Stefanos from my first marriage and Vassilis, the youngest, my step-son. I hold a Private Pilot's license since 2001, flying Socata TB9s and Cessna 172s around the Greek islands when the weather is not too hot.
When time permits, I also spend some time playing basketball (always coming home with an injury, or so my wife thinks anyway). I maintain my Big, Fat, Greek Blog at Blogger, so do go read it if you like!