d_mitropoulos resume aug 2016
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Address
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Dimitrios Mitropoulos
Neckartalstraße 129 in 70376, Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart
+30 6930818583 (Mobile), +30 6947296597 (Mobile)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitriosmitropoulos
dimitrios.mitropoulos
EDUCATION & ENGINEERING LICENSES
Electrical & Computer Engineering (National Technical University of Athens 1983 – 1988).
Technical Chamber of Greece member since 30th May 1989.
Hellenic Association of Mechanical & Electrical Engineers member since 5th September 1989.
PROFILE
A technology enthusiast and competitive Senior IT Technical Consultant with twenty four years working experience in the Gaming, ITC and Defense Sectors.
KEY SKILLS, MANAGEMENT & TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Designing and developing Gaming, Telecom & Defense software products in the leading Industries of Greece.
Embedded software & firmware design and development in the Telecom and Defense Industry using C/C++ & assembly programming language on Real Time Operating Systems (VxWorks etc.) on RISC, ARM & DSP chipsets.
Contract & Account Management of ITC Large Scale Software Development & Maintenance Projects.
Technical Project Management in Defense Programs.
Managing Framework Contracts in the EU.
Bid Management in the Gaming Sector.
Preparation of complex Technical Proposals for the ITC, Defense & Gaming Industry.
Design of complex IT production environments.
Excellent communication skills at all levels and experienced in developing customer relationships.
Proven general management abilities include recruiting, training staff.
Previous experience with Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA), Enterprise Resource Systems (ERP) and Material Requirement/Resource Planning Systems (MRP) in Process Plants and ITC Industries.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
ROCHE PVT (http://www.roche-pvt.de) January 2016 to Present
Embedded Software Design & Development Senior Engineer (Full time employee. Reporting to the Head of Software Development. Based in Stuttgart)
Working in Workflow & IT Research and Development Organization as a product developer to providing solutions for Automation in Large Laboratories mainly focused on Pre- and Post-Analytics.
Software design and development in C/C++, Python, on Linux and QNX kernels to Automate Large Laboratories.
INTRALOT (http://www.intralot. com ) February 2013 to November 2015
Technical Solutions Architect (Full time employee. Reporting to the Business Development Director. Based in Athens)
Conceptualization of new products and services.
Researching and analyzing lotteries requirements and market tends to identify opportunities.
Planning, coordinating and directing complex technical proposal development activities from kickoff to delivery.
Assessing customer business requirements to obtain technical specifications coordinating IT technical teams across multiple sites to meet the client’s expectations.
Analyzing, studying and evaluating gaming market activities and trends.
Evaluating new business opportunities - monitor competitors technical competence, gambling regulations, customer
preferences, etc.
Leading diverse teams (Technical PMs, Hardware & Software Architects, QA Consultants, Business Analysts, procurement and external consultants) to deliver technical solutions that meet the most demanding requirements under tight time schedules throughout the project life cycle.
Bid technical management for RFIs/RFPs/RFQs regarding large multi-million gaming projects and contract negotiations (3rd party suppliers, state organizations, etc.)
Delivering implementation plans that define how the proposed solution will be implemented in the target environment, incorporating project management best practices and procedures.
Preparing feasibility studies, analyzing and evaluating the introduction of gaming products in different countries.
Complex technical offer preparation of mission critical central systems architectures, virtualized environments, software defined data centers, storage solutions & networks, redundancy techniques, disaster recovery, systems integration, software interfaces, ESB, back office applications, ETL, DWH and BI solutions.
Proposing gaming network architecture, primary and backup production, staging & testing environments, network, network security, and audit & security procedures.
Offering Lottery Platforms based on INTRALOT LOTOS™ O/S Central Gaming System, Data Center Architecture to ensure the highest level of uptime for the Lottery and Network solutions for Lottery, Gaming and Sports Betting Platforms including Retailer’s WAN and access with mobile devices.
Customer facing and presenting technical solutions.
CLARUS ESCO (http://www.clarusesco.com) May 2011 to December 2012
Partner, Technical Consultant (Partner. Based in Athens).
Preparing feasibility studies & energy performance contracts.
INTRASOFT International (http://www.intrasoft-intl.com) May 2007 to March 2011
Lead IT Project Manager (Full time employee. Reporting to the Delivery Director. Based at OHIM premises Alicante, Spain).
Deputy Contract, Program and Account Manager of the OHIM-SMS Framework Contract (21M Euros - 7 years) signed between OHIM and INTRASOFT International for the Provision of the Software Maintenance Services (SMS) to the Office for the Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM is the European Union agency for registering trademarks and designs that are valid in all 27 countries of the EU http://oami.europa.eu). Key roles:
Organizing and successfully leading the Transition In to the Office for the Harmonization in the Internal Market of a new software maintenance provider;
Managing the INTRASOFT International multinational team of 55 IT professionals in OHIM and Deputy Manager of 120 IT professionals working on three different sites Athens (GREECE), Bucharest (ROMANIA) and Alicante (SPAIN);
Supervising teams to develop and maintain software applications in J2EE on frameworks such as Struts, Hibernate, iBatis, Spring, using Oracle 9i, Informix 11 and Filenet P8 DBs, software applications in Visual Basic .NET, C#, MS Visual C++ /MFC, replacement of Filenet P8 with Alfresco;
Technical Manager in new IT developments to provide inter-operable services under the set of principles and methodologies of Service-Oriented Architecture;
Analysis of Business Requirements and preparation / review of the Software Requirement Specifications, Software Design Description, Technical Oriented Architecture Documents, Interface Design Documents for various implementations;
Follow up of the Software Development Life Cycle in the various development projects. Models: Waterfall, Iterative and Agile;
Preparing and submitting the technical and financial proposals in reply to the Requests for Offers;
Managing the different specific contracts from start to completion also resolving issues (including the legal issues);
Analysing and managing threats and risks of each Specific Agreement (risks management) from tender stage, to project completion;
Establishing Service Level Agreements with the customer;
Initiating and supervising of the Change Management Procedures;
Monitoring and controlling the technical and financial progress (within budget-within time) of each project;
Outsourcing the Provision of IT Services from the customer site in Alicante Spain to Athens and Bucharest;
Managing the successful deployment of an offsite “replica” of the OHIM Production IT Environment;
Managing the subcontractors (including legal issues) and resource planning;
Organizing audits, issuing reports and project execution plans;
Accountable for the Project budget, participating in the development of the annual company budget and sales plans;
Monitoring and controlling of actual-versus-budget turnover and expenses;
Providing reports and sales forecasts and recommending solutions to maximize profitability.
INTRACOM Defense Electronics (http://www.intracomdefense.com) March 1999 to May 2007
Project Manager Technical Lead March 2004 - May 2007 (Full time employee. NATO Secret security cleared. Reporting to the Program Office Director. Based in Athens).
Technical Project Management for the design, development, integration & system acceptance testing and production of defense products. Key roles:
Analyzing business requirements to obtain product technical specifications;
Ensure that prime contractor’s set of standards and design specifications are aligned with our products under development;
Setting product specification and design of the overall architecture in compliance with relative military standards;
Setting hardware and software requirement specification. Selecting hardware platforms, application software, middleware and firmware, network architecture for products under design;
Managing the R&D teams (mechanical, analogue and digital hardware, software);
Project planning and monitoring of internal and outsourced production (Software, Electrical, Electronic, Printed Circuit Boards, Connectors, Cabling, Mechanical);
Analyzing technical requirements and managing the preparation, review and validation of technical documents,;
Subcontractors management;
Coordinating the material specification / procurement teams;
Responding to various RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, coordinating different technical teams to provide feedback;
Triggering, monitoring and approving of technical changes in products (under design, in production, final);
Working together with Quality Department to ensure compliance to NATO standards;
Configuration management of products.
Successful participation in the following Key Programs:
Design, development and production of the WISPR (Wideband Intercom and Secure Packet Radio, WISPR Wireless LAN and WISPR-NET;
Product integration in the LEOPARD-5 Battle Tank (Krauss Maffei Wegmann), RDE Vehicles (Rheinmetall AG Defense), ARTHUR Artillery Hunting Radar System (ERICSSON Microwave Systems);
Development and production of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (RAYTHEON);
Rolling Airframe Missile (RAYTHEON);
PHALANX Naval Close-in-support Weapon System Programs (RAYTHEON).
Senior R&D Software Engineer March 1999 to March 2004 (Full time employee. NATO Secret security cleared. Reporting to the Programs Development Director. Based in Athens).
Design and development of firmware / embedded software for Field Test Equipment of airborne missiles, Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence system (C4I), Data Links and encryption devices.
Working with the VME bus, I2C, MIL-STD-1553B hardware bus protocols, ARM7 Processor family, Texas Instruments DSP TMS320C5x (Digital Signal Processor) and INFINEON PEB/PEF ISDN Access Controller hardware bus protocols, Programming with C/C++, Ada, Pascal, embedded Java, Assembly language and VxWorks Real Time Operation System.
Design and implementation of the software for the following products:
INTRACOM Wideband Intercom and Secure Packet Radio: Implementation of the protocol stack for the communication with THALES Battlefield Radios;
Radio Control Unit & High Speed Modem: Design and development of the application software and communication layers to control and operate from distance THALES HF/VHF Digital Battlefield Radios;
Field Test Equipment: Design and implementation of the Analogue Missile Interface with the IRIS-T missile.
SANDVIK International (http://www.sandvik.com) August 1998 – January 1999
Technical Sales Engineer (Full time employee. Reporting to the General Manager of SANDVIK Greece).
Technical Sales of SANDVIK stainless steel products in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Chemical Industry within Greece.
COCA COLA HBC (http://coca-colahellenic.com) March 1996 – August 1998
Project Engineer (Full time employee. Reporting to the General Director of Frigoglass PET. Initially based at the Headquarters of Coca Cola HBC – Athens Greece and at Noyvallesina Engineering Center –Parre Ponte Selva, Bergamo Italy, later at the Plant Construction Area -Volos Industrial Zone II, Volos Greece).
Engineering Manager for the construction of VPI (VOLOS PET INDUSTRY) Chemical Plant -50,000,000 USD- a joint
venture of COCA COLA HBC S.A. later shares transferred to FRIGOGLASS S.A. (http://www.frigoglass.com), HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A. (http://www.hellenic-petroleum.gr) and RADICI GROUP (http://www.radicigroup.com). Plant is located at VOLOS 2nd Industrial Area and produces PET Resin from PTA and Ethylene Glycol. The VPI has been renamed to ARTENIUS Hellas (acquired by ARTENIUS PET http://www.laseda.es). Key roles:
Project and Financial Planning;
Subcontractors management;
Preparing the Bidding Book of the Electro-Mechanical, Piping & Instrumentation and Automation & Control systems;
Supervising the Electrical & Mechanical works on site;
Designing the Logistics (Organization of the Warehouse and Supply Chain Processes);
Supervising the installation, testing, commissioning and operation of the Distributed Control System (DCS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) and Management Information System (MIS);
Preparing the feasibility study for a Combined Heat and Power Plant (Cogeneration);
Managing the Government Grants & Licenses required for the Plant Operation.
INTRACOM Telecom (http://www.intracom-telecom.com) June 1991- February 1996
Software Engineer in the R&D (Full time employee. Reporting to the Technical Director of the R&D Department. Based in Athens).
Designing and developing firmware and embedded software applications on various gaming technology products such as Intelligent Terminals for Lottery Applications and LOTOS Open System, later used by INTRALOT (http://www.intralot.com). Extensive use of C/C++ and assembly programming language in embedded real time applications under RISC INTEL i960 and various ZILOG hardware platforms. Building applications on VxWorks Real Time Operating System.
Certified in the Software Engineering for the telecommunication industry.
MORE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Design of Data Center Infrastructure (Tier III) and Network solutions.
Design of High Availability (over 99.95%) IT production environments.
High Availability Overall Network Design with VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) and HSRP (Host Standby Router Protocol)
Network security, internal and external firewalls, DMZ, Reverse Proxy configurations, Web Application firewalls, Application Delivery Controllers, Network Load Balancers (CISCO, Imperva, Checkpoint, CITRIX etc.).
Good knowledge of CISCO ASA 5000 Family.
Extensive knowledge of different Enterprise Service Bus architecture solutions (Apache Camel, Mulesoft, Oracle).
Extensive experience with system configurations using IBM PureFlex with both RISC POWER8 and INTEL x86 Hardware Platforms with IBM Storwize V3700 and V7000.
Data Warehouse, ETL and Business Intelligence solutions (Informatica, Sybase, IBM Netezza Analytics, SAP etc.).
Servers and storage virtualization of Linux, Windows Standard Server and IBM AIX 7 Operating Systems using VMWARE and IBM PowerVM.
Cloud based solutions, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS).
Software Defined Data Centers & Networks.
Network monitoring technologies such as Nagios, Cacti, IBM Tivoli, HP OpenView.
Working experience with industry leading Operating Systems including IBM AIX, Oracle Solaris, HP UX, Microsoft Windows Server, Linux (RedHat, Debian).
Knowledge of Web technologies IIS, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, IBM WebSphere, ORACLE WebLogic.
Working experience with IBM Informix, IBM DB2, ORACLE 12c, Microsoft SQL Server 2014.
Designing & developing software applications with Dual-Redundant MIL-STD-1553B bus, VMEbus and I2C bus protocol.
Object Oriented Analysis & Design, UML.
Application programming on Link Layer and Transport Layer.
Working experience with J2EE, C++ Object Oriented Programming and Structured Query Language.
Experience with issue tracking systems Bugzilla, Jira.
Extensive experience with BMC Remedy Service Management product.
Knowledge of testing & performance tools JMeter, JUnit.
Experience with Alfresco and SharePoint Document Management Systems.
Previous extensive experience using AutoCAD.
Extensive use of ERP tools e.g. SAP, Primavera and MS Project Planning.
PM methodologies: PMBOK and PRINCE 2.
Knowledge of Agile and Scrum work methodologies.
QA Standards: CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2008, AQAP-110, AQAP-150.
HIGHLIGHTS/ACHIEVEMENTS
Technical Bid Manager - Technical Solutions Architect at INTRALOT
Successful introduction in the global market of a new gaming platform;
Project Manager at the Office for the Harmonization in the Internal Market representing INTRASOFT International
Successful Transition In to the Office for the Harmonization in the Internal Market of a new software maintenance provider without interrupting the provision of services. The 21M Euros Budget of the Framework Agreement was consumed in half of the estimated period.
Project Leader at INTRACOM Defense Electronics
Participation in the IRIS-T missile multinational R&D Program. DIEHL Defense (http://www.diehl.com/de/diehl-defence.html) was the Prime Contractor of the Program.
Engineering Manager at COCA COLA HBC
The Plant construction ended on schedule and within the original budget.
R&D Engineer at INTRACOM TELECOM
Designing a methodology to migrate the software platform of the Intelligent Terminal for Lottery Applications from Assembly to C++ language, reducing the development time by 90%.
LANGUAGES
Fluent in the Greek language (mother tongue). Excellent command of English. Limited working proficiency of Spanish language.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Non-smoker. B class international driving permit.
REFERENCES
Upon Request.