After graduation from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1988, Kontogiannis joined General Dynamics Space Systems. He was assigned to the Titan 4/Centaur program after Martin Marietta's purchase of the Space Systems Division in 1994. He returned to the Atlas program in 1998, first in launch support, then in development of automated control systems for ground operations of the Atlas V.
Birth Place: Albany, New York.
Born: 1965.10.01.