Project Manager

Mr. MICHAEL PIERETTIS

"Highly experienced and qualified on Business Operations Project Management

with excellent communication and problem solving skills. Customer focused

with a proven ability to work under pressure in a variety of situations."

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 19-03-1982

Place of Birth: Nicosia - Cyprus

Marital Status: Married with child

Address: 4 Sirinon Str, P.Faliro - 17561, Athens,

Greece

Home Tel: +30 - 211-***-****

Mobile: +30 - 693-***-****

E-mail: **********@*****.***

EDUCATION

. 1996 - 1999 4th Public High School

P. Faliro, Athens, Greece

. 1999 - 2005 BSc in Physics

University of Ioannina, Greece

Thesis: Development of a wireless automation system based

on the Bluetooth protocol

. 2005 - 2006 MSc in Mobile Communication Systems

University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Thesis (University of Oulu, Finland): Future active

multiband reconfigurable Patch Antennas with Switchable

Slots (PASS) for Dual - Band performance in Wireless

Communications. (71%)

WORK EXPERIENCE

. Business Development in C3I Intelligent Systems ltd (www.c3i.com.cy).

(January 2011 - today)

. BU Manager Sales & Marketing in Rugged & Mobility Prospects ltd

(www.rugged.gr). (January 2008 - today)

. Rugged Mobile Computing Product and Presales Manager in Latris ltd

(www.latris.gr) with responsibilities in Sales support. (October 2006

- January 2008)

. International Roaming Engineer (Network and Development / Core Network

Department) in WIND Hellas (ex TIM). (February 2007 - July 2007)

. Educator at the P.I.B.C (Public Institute of Business Constitution) of

Ilioupoli for the pathway of "Computers Networks Technician". (October

2006 - May 2007)

. Latris (www.latris.gr) summer placement programmes for three

subsequent years (June-September 2002, June-September 2003 & June-

September 2004), undertaking responsibilities of systems development

for wireless internet solutions

. Technical support in WEB Internet caf (January - May 2004)

LANGUAGES

. 1996 First Certificate in English, University of Cambridge

. 1998 Certificate in Advanced English, University of

Cambridge

. 2005 TOEFL exams (Grade: 237 out of 300)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS (IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS)

. Design, Procurement, Implementation and Successful Installation of 98%

of the Ruggedized IT equipment usage by the Greek & Cypriot Government

("Hit & Hide" Informatics HQ, Psychological Operations Company,

fire control Artillery, NATO DC, HAI)

. Participation as sub-constructor (to largest local Integrators &

Consortiums) or supplier or Integrator in all Greek & Cypriot

Government's public tenders in Ruggedized IT area. More than 90%

awarded success

. Installation of Ruggedized IT equipment in Artillery's and Infantry's

vehicles, in Coast Guards patrol ships, in Hellenic Navy's frigates &

helicopters, in Hellenic AirForce's mobile units, in Greek Police's

vehicles and in Hellenic Fire department and Forestry vehicles

. Supply, installation, training and support of complete Command Control

and Investigation Homeland Security System at Hellenic MoD and MoCP

(Ministry of Civil Protection)

. Consultation and successful operation in major pioneer National

projects to Cypriot Ministry of Justice and Cyprus Police: 1st Mobile

& Fixed ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) system, ECHIMS

(Emergency Call Handling Incident Management System i.e. "112"),

Digital Jamming solution (Prisons, EOD), Explosive Detectors (EOD),

Upper Ministry Level Counter Measures monitoring

. Special projects consultation, commissioning and implementation to

Greek & Cypriot NIS (National Intelligent Services), Greek & Cypriot

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (TEMPEST), Greek Ministry of Justice

. PMP in Homeland Security & Border Surveillance projects to Kuwait

National Guard (Kuwait Ministry of Interior)

. Consultancy to India Civil Aviation Authority (DGCA) in Airworthiness

clarifications and National pioneer blueprints (Cockpit Door

Surveillance System)

. Flight Watch & Tracking Satellite solution consultation to Pawan Hans

Helicopters Ltd (India's biggest helicopters operator)

. Successful & Constructive long-term partnership with worldwide's

largest vendors in Multi-Level Security, Homeland Security, Border &

Maritime Surveillance, Aviation, Law Enforcement: USA, UK, Germany,

Italy, Spain, Nederlands, Bulgaria, South Africa, Israel, Belarus,

India, Taiwan

. Successful & Constructive long-term partnership with worldwide's

largest Private Integrators & Enterprises: Greece, Cyprus, USA,

Kuwait, Israel, India, UK

MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROCESS / RFI

. Hellenic Ministry of Maritime & Aegean Sea (HCG): 1st Greek Maritime

Surveillance System "ATICS" (Advanced Technological Integration System

For The Control & Surveillance Of The Sea Borders)

. Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs: TEMPEST to Greek embassies in EU

. Cyprus Ministry of Defense: Cyprus "Border" Surveillance ("Green

line")

. Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center: 1st Cyprus C&C Surveillance

System

. Kuwait National Guard: C2I Security System

. Kuwait Ministry of Interior (Border Security): "Supply, Commissioning,

Installation, Integration, Training and Maintenance of Invisible

Buried Sensor System to find the targets which pass the Border Line

with range of 70km of North Border"

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE

. 10yrs experience in systems development, deployment and support

across Government (Defence & Law Enforcement), Aviation, Financial and

Telecommunication industry sectors

. Extensive experience managing Business IT mission critical Projects

with key blend to on-site / offshore model

. Project Pre-Initiation responsibilities: creating and presenting

client proposals to communicate and demonstrate the ROI from new

technologies, together with developing and negotiating contracts and

statements of work

. Engagement responsibilities: controlling project

budgets/status/risks/issues, identifying resource requirements,

assigning and scheduling resources and controlling multiple project

teams, creating and monitoring performance metrics on multiple

projects

. Defining Project Goals, objectives and success criteria

. Work closely with customers to understand their business model,

requirements, capabilities, budget and translate them into needs

generation

. Identify and document Project assumptions, constraints, issues, risks,

and mitigations

. Identify and secure Project Team resources in a phased manner

. Served as a focal point-to-point for all project communications

. Project Plan Development, tailoring to reflect project needs. The

Project Plan included the Project Charter, Scope Statement,

constraints, assumptions, WBS defining project deliverables, cost

estimates and project budget, major milestones, schedule, resource

requirements, acquisition/procurement plans, risk analysis and

response plans, project team structure and communications plan. Also

included were the deliverables acceptance criteria (quality metrics)

and the acceptance process.

. Development of the supporting plans such as scope, cost, risk,

schedule, quality, resource, security deliverables, procurement and

change management plans

. Obtain stakeholder approval and acceptance of the Project Plan

. Obtain organizational commitment and support for completion of project

task assignments, timing and quality

. Establishment baseline for the Project

. Manage and monitor day to day activity and provide direction to team

members and supporting organizations

. Manage and monitor quality targets and goals both project and product

BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS & PROJECT CONTROL RESPONSIBILITIES

Worked closely with customers to understand their business model,

requirements, capabilities, budget and translate them into needs

generation. Specifically, the responsibilities include:

. Ensuring that the solution suggested is commercially viable and

competitive

. Making proposals

. Client relationship management

. Conducting research and basic analysis of the industry the customer is

in

. Worked directly with the implementation team to ensure delivery and

implementation of the software solution

. Collecting and understanding business requirement

. Defining the project and scope

. Effort estimation and costing

. Drafting business requirement specification

. Translating business requirement document to software requirement

specifications

. Interacting with the technical team to ensure that the requirements

are clear

. Conducting Proof of Concept demonstrations to business stakeholders

and demonstrating key business functionality to meet key User

requirements

. Preparing Functional and Non Functional Requirement specifications

based using structured techniques as per corporate information

gathering tools available in the organization

. Prepared and distributed project performance reports. Weekly review

project status, evaluating performance criteria (scope, cost, schedule

and quality)

. Developed and managed corrective action plans

. Evaluated project performance and initiated change requests as

required based on (scope, cost, schedule and quality)

. Participated in change control board to review and approve

product/project changes

. Reviewed Project Risks and establish risk response times

. Adjusted Project Plans as required to include approved changes in

scope, timing, cost and quality after obtaining customer approvals

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION

. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS

Outlook, MS PowerPoint)

. Extensive knowledge in Wireless & Mobile Data Communication Networks:

WiFi (802.11), WiMAX (802.16e, 802.16-2004), Bluetooth (802.15), RF,

UWB, GSM, GPRS, 2.5G (EDGE), 3G (UMTS), 3.5G (HSPA), 4G (LTE)

. Extensive experience in using the Internet

. Good knowledge and experience in using simulation and plots graphing

programs: Origin, Matlab, LabView

. Very good knowledge of PCB and Microstrip CAD designing specialized in

antennas (Orcad, Agilent ADS, Ansoft HFSS)

. Knowledge in Object Oriented programming: Java

. Knowledge in web page design: HTML (Macromedia Dreamweaver)

. Knowledge in using Series 60 platform CodeWarrior IDE for Symbian OS

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL QUALIFICATION / SKILLS

. Excellent communication skills, exceptional team spirit and

constructive leadership spirit

. 10 years scout experience including scout leadership

o Excellent knowledge of first aid (Special seminars)

o Excellent knowledge of lifesaving (Special seminars)

. Rafting

. Paragliding

. Sailing

. Tracking, orienteering

. Semi - professional tennis player

. Table tennis

. Basketball

. Archery

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