Noospherics Technologies is organized around this essential principle: Our people are our company.  We hire only the best, and we make the long term investment in individualized training, mentoring and support required to help them reach their professional best.  We assist each employee in creating and implementing a professional development plan so that our employees become more valuable resources.

Today’s cutting edge e-business technologies offer unparalleled range and sophistication, enabling the development of increasingly powerful and elegant technical business solutions. The principle still holds, however, that the most exquisitely designed tool is only as good as the craftsman who uses it to create a work of genuine value. 

Noospherics Technologies Founder and Principal

• George Kosmides, President and Chief Executive Officer

George Kosmides
George Kosmides, Co-Founder and Vice President of Noospherics Technologies, Inc., leads the firm’s eBusiness integration mentoring services and training services. His depth of experience and professional versatility have developed over twenty years in software and hardware engineering (fifteen years in object-oriented technologies). He has developed numerous eBusiness web sites utilizing IBM WebSphere, Net.Commerce (WebSphere Commerce Suite), BEA WebLogic, and Enterprise Java technologies. He has been instrumental in leading training and mentoring of project teams for firms in the United States and Europe in diverse industries including international banking, insurance, telecommunications, medical information systems, industrial controls, and distributed processing. 

Mr. Kosmides has extensive experience in architecting, designing, mentoring teams and developing large-scale Internet applications using intranets, extranets, electronic commerce and sales force automation. His professional background includes:

• Design and development of corporate intranets and extranets, using IBM VisualAge™, Lotus Domino (Notes), and Oracle and IBM DB2, including Java, Smalltalk, HTML, JavaScript, Firewall, SSL and CyberCash integration.
• Development and teaching of numerous courses in OOA/OOD, UML, object-oriented design techniques and integration of electronic commerce with enterprise business systems.
• Broad project development experience with Smalltalk, C++, Java, Lotus Domino/Notes, relational and object databases, CORBA, RMI, EJB, Servlet, JSP and distributed objects, and UML OOA and OOD methodologies.
• Extensive background in industrial control, SCADA control systems, networked VAX systems, project management, new product development, and proposal preparation.
• In-depth skills in Smalltalk software engineering, microprocessor hardware and software design, instrumentation and analog interfaces, energy conservation analysis, power systems design, large wind and solar power systems, technical writing, and course development and training.        

Mr. Kosmides’s educational background includes undergraduate work at the University of Delaware and Towson State University.  He is currently pursuing a Masters of Science degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Loyola College.  He has completed additional course work and training in IBM WebSphere Advanced Edition, BEA WebLogic, Java (Java Servlet, Enterprise Java Beans and JDBC), Smalltalk (Enfin, Visual Smalltalk Enterprise, Envy Smalltalk, VisualWorks, VisualWave, Distributed Smalltalk, IBM VisualAge), OOA/OOD methodologies, OMB CORBA (Smalltalk, C++, Java), ACM, SQL (Oracle, Sybase, DB2), and PLC RTU microprocessor programming/design.

He is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Computer Society (Neural Network Society), and European Smalltalk User’s Group.  He has written and presented papers on object-oriented technology at major industry gatherings, including SIGS Smalltalk Solutions and the IBM Networking and E-Business Conference, and has authored feature articles in various industry periodicals.