 He then went on to serve as governor ("doux" and "anagrapheus") of the theme of Mylasa and Melanoudion in Asia Minor during the last years of Isaac II's first reign.Many scholars assign him the rank of "sebastos" from a seal attributed to him, but this is disputed by Lucien Stiernon, as he is nowhere else mentioned with this title.Alexios III re-appointed him to the same province, probably in 1200.