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First name(s) / Nikolaos Christoforatos
Surname(s)
Address Charitos 35
GR-106 75, Athens (Greece)
Telephone(s) +30-210-******* Mobile +30-693*******
E-mail(s) ***************@*******.***
Nationality Greek
Date of birth 08 July 1971
Gender Male
Work experience
Dates 18/08/2009 >
Occupation or position IT Consultant
held
Main activities and Design and Implementation of IT Projects
responsibilities Certified Microsoft IT Professional: Enterprise
Administrator (27/11/2009)
Certified Microsoft Technology Specialist :
Microsoft Office 2007 SharePoint Server Configuration
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Configuration
Windows Server 2008, Active Directory Configuration
Windows Server 2008, Network Infrastructure Configuration
Windows Server 2008, Applications Infrastructure
Configuration,
Windows 7 Configuration
Microsoft Partner for Cloud Computing Solutions
Planed to obtain Certified Microsoft Specialist: Microsoft
SharePoint 2007, Application Development in September 2010.
Also working on Developing and Deploying Web Applications
using Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2010 for
Microsoft Azure (Cloud Platform) and SharePoint 2007.
Founder of the 'Human to Human' site for the promotion and
the support of the Web Conferencing as a distance education
and collaboration tool. (www.humantohuman.eu)
Name and address of Self-employed
employer
Dates 18/02/2008 - 18/02/2009
Occupation or position Technical Account Manager
held
Main activities and Management and Administration of Premier Support contracts
responsibilities between Microsoft and large customers, mainly Telecoms :
Vodafone, Wind, Greek Telecommunications Organisation etc.
Name and address of Microsoft Hellas
employer Kifisias 221, 151 24 Athens (Greece)
Type of business or Information Technology
sector
Dates 15/02/2004 - 15/02/2008
Occupation or position IT Expert Engineer
held
Main activities and Temporary Agent AD 9 (promoted from AD8 in 2007).
responsibilities Assisting and replacing the Head of the IT department.
Responsible for the IT operations
-Architecture, Design, IT systems evolution
-Follow up on Deployment and Support projects (Proactive /
Reactive)
-Troubleshooting, Microsoft Premier Support Contract,
customer contact.
-Procurement,
- Help and Support, team coordinator
-IT documentation management, IT automation and delegation
of technical tasks, Scripts in VB, PowerShell
-Staff representative (elected)
Name and address of European Commission. European Agency for Reconstruction
employer (EAR)
Egnatias 4, 54626 Thessaloniki (Greece)
Type of business or Government
sector
Dates 01/08/2000 - 31/12/2003
Occupation or position Senior System Administrator
held
Main activities and System Engineer, European Commission Email Team (MS
responsibilities Exchange), Primary Engineer for contact with Microsoft
Name and address of Intrasoft International
employer 89-91 route de Thionville, L-2611 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Type of business or Information Technology
sector
Dates 09/11/1998 - 30/06/2000
Occupation or position Network Engineer
held
Main activities and Network devices installations,
responsibilities troubleshooting, network analysis.
Name and address of Intrasoft International
employer 89-91 Thionville, L-2611 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Type of business or Information Technology
sector
Education and training
Dates 11/11/2008 - 21/03/2009
Title of qualification Executive Program in Telecom Management
awarded
Principal subjects / Telecom Environment,Essentials of Marketing in Telecom
occupational skills Industry
covered Project Management, Organisational Change, Decision Making
Succeeding in Negotiations, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship,
Strategic Management, Managing Telecom Professionals and
Organisations
Name and type of OTE Academy
organisation providing Athens (Greece)
education and training
Dates 10/09/2007 - 14/09/2007
Title of qualification Management Training
awarded
Principal subjects / European Commission: Inter-institutional Training Program
occupational skills for middle-managers
covered
Name and type of TEA CEGOS
organisation providing Fray Bernardino Sahagun, 24, Madrid (Spain)
education and training
Dates 10/09/1997 - 15/09/1998
Title of qualification Master of Science in Engineering
awarded
Principal subjects / Telematics
occupational skills
covered
Name and type of The University of Shieffield (University)
organisation providing Sheffield (United Kingdom)
education and training
Dates 01/10/1989 - 23/03/1995
Title of qualification Electrical Engineering
awarded
Name and type of National Technical Univeristy of Athens (Ethniko Metsovio
organisation providing Politechnio) (University)
education and training Athens (Greece)
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s) Greek
Other language(s)
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking W r i t i n
g
European level Listening Reading Spoken Spoken
interaction production
English
Other skills and Reading (favourite writers Nietzsche, Albert Camus, Nikos
competences Kazatzakis), runner (30-40 km per week), marathon,
Building Educational networks on Internet
Driving licence(s) B
Additional information Adriano Martins EAR acting Director
*******.*******@**.******.**
Niall Mc Hale EAR head of administration
*****.******@****.******.**
George Louverdis Premier Support Manager in Microsoft
Hellas *******@*********.***