THEODOROS PITIKARIS

	Karousades corfu Ionian Islands  hellas          THODORIS@pITIKARIS.EU                        (030) 6973-216559
OBJECTIVE I have built on my academic background in business management related areas by acquiring invaluable hands-on professional experience whilst working as IT Project Manager in various IT Projects. I look forward to expanding on the aforementioned abilities in a fast-moving and competitive environment. Moreover, I would deem it highly effective for my professional development to be able to face challenges that would enable me to apply the excellent problem-solving abilities that education at Surrey University has endowed me with. Lastly I judge it essential to be able to work in a network of inter-personal relations, promoting efficiency, best practices, and collaboration with colleagues as this enables us to take the optimal advantage of each other’s skills, interchange ideas, and motivate each other thus achieving maximum efficiency as a team. In conclusion, I find it fulfilling to lead other people in a way that encourages them to organize their skills and qualities in order to achieve their personal goals - and through them - success in the global group scopes. EDUCATION Ph.D. Candidate  :    “Forecasting  Medium term Global Macroeconomics & Financial trends  based on Web 2.0 Crowd Knowledge flows”  Stockholm University of Economics.        Chinese Language Level I (Distance course) Dalarna University Sweden (2012-14) Law,   Bachelor of Laws(October 2010 – June 2011) University of London (External Program) ,  London UK Areas of Concentration:  Studies focused in Common Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law          Management and Finance of Telecommunication Networks, Master of Science October 2008 – April 2011 University of Athens, Athens, Greece GPA 8.0/10 Areas of Concentration:  Studies focused in application IT project management ,  business   analysis,  networks, IT security, Games Theories, Knowledge Management, Macro/Microeconomics, Change management, Risk Management       Thesis: “ Cloud Computing :  Transforming the way of doing  business    “    Computing Information Technology, Bachelor of Science(October 2004 – June 2006)                                   University  of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK GPA 67% 2:1 Upper Areas of Concentration: Computer Engineering, Network Engineering, Marketing, Knowledge Management, DBA, Programming & algorithms, java, Simulation-CSP, Artificial Intelligence, web services, IT security,  UML, Marketing, Management, Business Economics, Finance     Final Year Project:   Data mining over unstructured  data using Neural Networks    Bachelor of   Business Administration (Major Tourism Industry) (February  1997 – November 2001) Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion , Crete, Greece GPA  7.1/10 Areas of Concentration:  Business Administration, Accounting, Logistics, Public Relations, Marketing, Economics, Human Resources Management, e-commerce, Finance ,Project Management, Italian Language  Final year Thesis: “E- commerce in Tourism Industry” WORK   EXPERIENCE UNESCO       ( June 2012  - ) Hellenic  Department,  Sections of Ionian Island Volunteer technical Manager on the ‘Kapodistrias’  project  Protecting Local Heritage  IT/Social Media Team Leader  Technology Change PM                                  (March 2011 – present) Karafli LTD –Software house Athens, Greece,  Description: Manage the software transition from Cobol platform to Java™  platform For the proprietary the GAS and service stations, accounting & management software. Senior System Manager – IT PM                       (October 2010 – Present) University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete,   Greece Description: Perform   Network and Server Management   for the Central University Service and interaction to the Internet. Assisted with critical system outages, software upgrades, MySQL & MSSQL DB Installation/Administration and capacity planning.  Project Manager for the Implementation of Private Cloud system   and migration of departmental services to Virtual Machines. Backup/Restore Maintenance IT Consultant  -System Integrator                   (September 2009 – September 2010)                        TEKAT LTD, Potamou 22, Korydalos , Greece Description: Set prototype and best practices guidelines for the migration of a chain of Gas/Service stations (500) from a legacy manual system to an Automated/Computerized Management System in accordance to new tax legislation in Greece. In more details my duties were to: 1. Contribute in project planning 2. Manage resources and deliverables timetable. 3.End-to-end communication 4.Communicate the concept of the project to team members 5. End user support policy supervision. 6.Crisis Management & Emergency planning 7.Progress reporting and financial analysis 8.Deal with security issues 9.Training of staff for in-house implementation /support 10. Change Management (transition procedure  planning and implementation International Relationship Manager             (March 2009 – September 2009)  & E-commerce Team Leader                       TEKAT LTD, Potamou 22, Korydalos , Greece Description: International Relations Manager: Negotiate the new Supply Agreement for the area of South and South east Europe (legal status and finance details) Safe Web PM                                                   (September 2008 – March 2009) Union of Municipalities of Lasithi,   Ag. Nikolaos,   Crete, Greece                                                               Description: Project Manager for the Safe Web campaign for increasing awareness between minors and parents/educators. Project Planning and fund raising supervision. Human Resources Management.  Educational Material overview. Acted as middleman between client and technical Team. Project Manager                                               (May  2008 - September 2008 ) Neoanalysis LTD,  Athens, Attika, Greece Description: Greek Open University Portal for Web Resources classification and evaluation. Project Scheduling, team builder, business case assessment, optimization, time maintenance,  project constraints, crisis & conflict management. Quality Assurance Agent                                   (June 2007 –May 2008) E2000 LTD, Mavilis str, Attika, Greece Description: Quality Assurance agent for the project of “National Digital Libraries” of Hellenic Ministry of Education. Include the entire software development process, which includes processes such as requirements definition, software design, knowledge organization, and retrieval process, coding, source code control, code reviews, change management, configuration management, testing, release management, and product integration. User interface evaluation and performance testing, retrieval relevantly benchmarking Systems Administrator, I/T Specialist                        (June 2006 – June 2007) Hellenic  Air force, Hellenic Air Force Headquarters, Athens Description: Performed software and system and network support for the HAF‘s Internal central network. Assisted with critical system outages, software upgrades, and security framework planning, IDS overview, Cisco IOS upgrades.  Coordinated with military executive officers, software development experts, security department, help desks, and data source teams in a 24x7 availability environment. Support tasks involved work with Solaris 9, Widows 2000 Server, PKI infrastructure, Oracle DB. Visiting Researcher  (February  2006 – May 2006) Center for  Technological  Research Heraklion, Crete, Greece                                                 Description: E-government and e-security consultant for local and central government bodies. Project manager for   E-Government services quality assurance on a project for the county of Lasithi.  User requirement gathering, resource planning, evaluation report productions, client and supplier middleman.  Performed acceptance tests. Network Advisor, I/T Specialist (February  2005 – January  2006)      University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK               Description:  Worked on the team that supported the University’s internal network. Created support framework for the Student and Academic Staff Help Desk in order to simplify the procedure. Enhanced internal security/end user data protection framework. University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete,Greece  (December  2001 – August 2004)                           I/T Specialist       - Visiting Faculty  Description: Primary technical contact for critical issues regarding networking and internet services. Served as team leader. Tasks included resolving technical failures in a timely manner, automating spam and virus/content filtering, and providing technical expertise for VoIP and network capacity expansions. Technical training and process documentation  .  System Managment  ( MS-Platform, Linux ,AIX systems, Solaris)  Oracle databases Administrator. Lecturer  in computing.: Introduction to programming in Java, and Network designs   STSnet s.a –ISP  , Heraklion, Crete,Greece(June  1999 – June 2001) I/T Specialist- I/T Project Manager                              Description: Chief Network engineer. Tasks included resolving technical failures in a timely manner, automating spam and virus/content filtering,  DNS services,  ADSL/Wi-Fi network designer and project  manager, VoIP  services, testing internet interconnection (BGP routing), network security audit. Trainees mentoring including technical training.   In-depth knowledge   of Solaris, Linux Cisco IOS, and Oracle databases required. Technological Educational Institute of Crete  , Heraklion, Crete, Greece (May  1997 –  Today) I/T Specialist- I/T Project Manager - Researcher                           Description: Unix System manager with responsibilities including kernel updates, mail services, DNS Services.  E-Services project manager for external clients (private and public sector) including provision of the Internet Services, planning, assembling implementation team, reporting, and client – technical team contact point. Researcher at Artificial Intelligence Lab in the Field of Neural Networks. Publication 1.       T. Pitikaris,  “Linux in new Economy “, 1st Linux Fest, TEI of Crete,2001 T.Pitikaris,  I.Tsagatakis,  M.Nikitakis, G.Papadourakis,  “Digital Libraries: information retrieval with neural network”, 2nd  Internation Conference for NHIBE, Santorini, TEI of Crete, 2002 T.Pitikaris, S. Thanasoulas , “Open Source  scenarios for Business and Science”,2nd  Linux Festival, University of Crete,2003 T.Pitikaris, G. Papadourakis , M. Nikitakis “ Information Literacy”,TEI of Larissa, 2004  (http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/48335379?access_key=key-x0qv0rmvp4ljdsfejxl) T.Pitikaris,N.Carrera  “Networking in the 21st century – the implications of web based social networks and personal data protection”  5thConference for Management Science, Economic University of Athens,2007 (http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/48338115?access_key=key-pk7i2uuhr09d4j3r7zd) A.Dalianis,T.Pitikaris “ A low tax movement”, Onned economic policy managment, 2010  (http://www.scribd.com/doc/55314671/lowtax-1?secret_password=v4ip5x2wflg291c4z7i) A.Dallianis, T.Pitikaris,N.Kanelos,N.Carrera “Doing business in Greece” 8thConference for Management Science, Economic University of Athens,2011 (http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/55240181?access_key=key-24qyoc3aeuikg8qfn4wv) ACTIVITIES & AWARDS Politics – Society 1991-1993 Secretary @  Student Board [Secondary Junior ] 1993-1996 Secretary @  Student Board [Secondary High ] 1997-2001 Member of Student board (School of Management and Economics) 2004-2006 Member of Hellenic Society @ University of Surrey 2007-2008 member of Internet volunteering Network  PASOK 2008-2009 Member of Student board (Master Program in Economics and Management of Network University of Athens) 2009-2011  macroeconomics analyst ONNED [Department of Economics] 2011 Candidate – Conservative Party (New Democracy) 2012  Partner of Local  Point of Presence of Green Party 2012 Candidate  Parliament Member Center Left Party “Social Agreement” 2012- Member Center Left Party “Social Agreement” 2012 Member of The NGO ALKINOUS ( For the Sustainable development of Ionian Islands ) Journalism Market analyst for the local Newspaper of Enimerosi (www.enimerosi.com) Member, University of Surrey  BareFact University Press, 2005-2006 Volunteering Volunteer, Mentor for disabled students at University of Surrey Volunteer, Olympic Games Athens 2004 Blood donor (O- universal blood door STD free  9/2012) UNESCO of Ionian Sea volunteer member for the preservation of the local in heritage   Memberships Member, Hellenic Taekwondo Association – Heraklion Branch , 2007 Member, University of Surrey Taekwondo Society,  2004-2006 Mentor, Hellenic  Blood Donor Association, 2001- Candidate PM – Green/Liberal Party Awards Hellenic State Scholarship Body – MSc scholar 2008-2010 Artificial Intelligence Group – TEI of Crete – Best Associate Award 2008-2010 Foundation of Research and Technology  Heraklion  - Scholar 2001-2001 Ministry of Education – Best Student Award – 1997,1998		Skills Project Management (8 years) Human Resources & Mentoring (5 years) Quality Assurance (2  years) Market Research (2 years) Scientific Research (6 years) Consulting (10 years  ) IT Strategic Planning  (12 years Business Management  (4years ) Business Intelligence  (3 years ) IT –Telecoms Oracle/Mysql DBA Linux /Solaris Sys Admin (10 years) Network Manager (5 years) PHP (2 yers) Android 3.0/4.0 api (1 years) HTML 5.0/FLASH (2years) Java (2 years) Perl/Bash Scripting MYSQL (4 years),   Oracle  (1 year) Virtualization (4 years) Cloud services  ( 3 years) Windows System Administration (13 years) Cisco (  9 years  ) Cisco Voip IT  Infrastructure support (13 years) Microsoft   Office (15 years) Social Media Marketing (5 years) E-government Services (6 years) Analytics  (2 years) Certifications CCNA Linux  SysAdm Languages English Greek Basic Italian Economics /Financial Analysis Organizations  Transformation via Technology  - Change Management  (10 years) Macroeconomics Analysis   (5 yeas) Sovereign Debt Risk Basement  & Sovereign  Debt Portfolio Management (3 years)

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