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(Note: For a short Employment Summary, please refer to the previous page.)
KANTOR Management Consultants Group , Athens
Consultant, November 2006 - to date.
KANTOR is an international consultancy firm, committed to helping commercial clients to create and sustain competitive advantage and public clients to achieve their optimal performance.
Developed main KPIs for use by the Board of Directors of a major Greek metals industry and real estate development sector company.
Involved in the business requirements and I.T. master plan for a new ERP system for a leading sports goods retail chain. Drafted RFPs for the client for sending out to selected vendors.
Supported a leading Greek Communications group in entering the EU communications related projects market by identifying and acquiring a company in Brussels. Prepared a sector review of the Public Affairs/Lobbying industry in Brussels and identified acquisition targets, including preparation of their profiles and supported the client in the acquisition of a minimum 51% stake in one of the target companies.
Part of Kantor’s working team for various tenders for the selection of advisor for the implementation of projects (School’s buildings, University buildings etc.) through a Public Private Partnership.
European Dynamics, Brussels-Athens
Consultant, June 2005 - November 2006.
EUROPEAN DYNAMICS (ED) is a leading European IT and Telecommunications systems integrator.
Consultant/Project Manager for the eGovernment Observatory (eGovO) portal (http://europa.eu.int/idabc/eGovO) for Directorate General Enterprise (DG ENTR) of the European Commission. Responsible for writing and publishing eGovernment related News & Events items. Contributed in writing the Feasibility Study for eGovO’s future Marketing & Communication plan.
Responsible for managing the project’s program office and project reporting including KPIs and designing custom reports.
Acting as lead day to day customer contact ensuring customer satisfaction. Responsible for supplier management to deliver consistent service and address service emergencies.
Managing and delivering external promotional activities for the eGovO portal, liaising with advertisers, conference organizers to raise awareness and promote available services.
Project Manager for a 80,000 Euro project for Directorate General for Translation (DGT) of creating a Multilingualism Web portal (http://europa.eu.int/languages) and the reorganization of the DGT's intranet.
Identifying business opportunities and driving Business Development and strategic partnership activities across Europe.
Identifying and chasing leads across European Commission's Directorate Generals and other European Institutions (European Parliament, European Space Agency etc.).
Praxis Critical Systems Ltd (ex-DELOITTE Consulting), ALTRAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, Emerging Markets and Accounts Department, Bath, U.K.
Consultant, June 2002 – February 2004
Key achievements include the development of a new and innovative service to manage corporate critical risks. This unique Operational Risk Management (BASEL 2) methodology (STORM™ – Safety Treated Operational Risk Management), based on safety engineering and NASA technology, worth millions of pounds, was introduced in a new industry and sold to a new client; specifically was implemented in de-risking the migration of a major Financial Institution in the U.K.
STORM™ project: Part of team which implemented the successful delivery of this methodology to a large Financial Institution in the U.K, by de-risking its migration. That was fundamental towards BASEL 2 certification.
Part of the core team that examined the possible expansion of the parent company, Altran Group, in Eastern Europe and Middle East. The effort involves detailed market intelligence gathering, countries’ financial position evaluation, Moody’s Ratings, etc.
Active participation in business development/selling and market research across a number of industries. Generated leads and participated in high level sales meetings and industry days (e.g. Galileo Industry Day, Brussels, March 2003, The Economist Conference, Athens, Dec. 2003). Main industries involved included Financial Services – Banking, Shipping, Satellite and Nuclear.
Project Manager for market research in 4 vertical industries, i.e. Financial Services – Banking, Shipping, Satellite and Nuclear.
Wholesale Banking Operations Retail Bank project: Part of team, which elicited and documented the business requirements for a replacement system that would log and record unpaid cheques and direct debits returned to the bank's wholesale division. The deliverable was a document that recorded the current situation and a set of derived business requirements for the replacement system. In more detail, the work involved: – eliciting and documenting the current processes and existing system functionality from the users; – eliciting and documenting any new requirements that would improve efficiency of existing business processes; – documenting the requirements as derived from the existing system.Contributed in the team which developed a new service line regarding Project & Programme Management and Management Support Services. Methodologies considered included PRINCE 2.
ERNST & YOUNG S.A. (Balkans Headquarters), Technology Consulting, Management Consulting Services, Athens, Greece
Analyst, September 2000 – May 2002
Participated in the development of a Business and Technology Plan and Software Evaluation and Selection for eMarketplaces and Communities (Business-to-Business) which led to their approval by the board.
Entirely involved in the team for the development of two Feasibility Studies/ Business Plans for a major book industry vendor in Greece. Project Manager for project’s market analysis, questionnaire design and designing and conducting statistical data analysis.
eCRM – Assisted in the development of a Web Site and Applications, including WAP and ASP technology.
Actively participated throughout the development of the Regional Web Site (Turkey - Greece).
Took the initiative and made contact in contributing towards a Strategic Partnership of Ernst & Young and a major Greek Internet Service Provider.
Responsible for a few Internet portal proposals, while contributing in others, in various industries, which led to the acquisition of the project.
Assisted in Financial Models Analysis, Construction and Development. Participated in Financial Projections, Financial Restructuring, Investment Appraisals, IPOs & Valuations.
ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A., Systems Development and Support House of the Capital Market S.A. (ASYK S.A.), Capital Market Issues – Consulting Department, Athens, Greece
Industrial Placement, Junior Consultant, May 1999 – July 1999
Main responsibilities involved full time assignment in a project about the “Constitution and Rules of the Athens Stock Exchange’s Securities’ Trading Department”.
MODA CHROMA S.A., Synthetic Leather Manufacturer, Finance, Sales & Marketing Departments, Athens, Greece
Industrial Placement, System Analyst Assistant, March 1998 – December 1998
Lead the preparation of Monthly Budget Reports. Responsible for the statistical analysis (charts, quartiles, etc.) of products’ sales (approximately 300 different items).
Supervised the data analysis for the Sales and Marketing Departments (e.g. by product, by salesman, by area etc.).Assisted the Export Department (price list in different currencies, dealt with shipping companies, etc.) Head of design and maintenance of the company's World Wide Web site.
UNILEVER Ltd, Information Technology Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Industrial Placement, Web Technology Projects Assistant, February 1998 – March 1998
Supervised, implemented and completed the creation of the IT Department's Employee Web page using Digital Cameras & imaging tools.
Scanned and published in a softcopy format various IT Service Management Catalogues.
Lead and directed an innovative new Marketing and Internet Marketing Strategy for the Proteins Department.
MOTOROLA Ltd, GSM Products Division, Software Engineering Department, Swindon, U.K.
Industrial Placement, Software Metrics Administrator, August 1996 – February 1997
Lead the production of monthly software metrics report pack.
Collected data from engineers & updated Software Quality World Wide Web pages, acquiring knowledge of HTML language and UNIX skills.
Had visibility of the methods used in monitoring progress of large scale software projects, assisted in producing Quality Review meetings' viewgraphs.
Exports Research Centre (KEEM), Founder: Pan Hellenic Exporters Association, Athens, Greece
Summer Internship, June – August 1995
Assisted in the analysis of foreign trade statistics, exports & imports of Greece, while producing foreign trade's reports.
Participated in extensive market and statistical research, including data analysis of many countries' trade balanceFamiliarized itself with the analysis of currency market exchange.
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