George Vranopoulos, Executive Manager - Head of Development

George Vranopoulos

Executive Manager - Head of Development

National Bank of Kuwait

Lieu
Koweït
Éducation
Doctorat, Candidate in Big Data
Expérience
32 years, 2 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :32 years, 2 Mois

Executive Manager - Head of Development à National Bank of Kuwait
  • Koweït
  • Je travaille ici depuis juin 2016
R&D – Technology & Architecture à Piraeus Bank
  • Grèce
  • janvier 2014 à juin 2016

- Reporting to IT Deputy Director.
- Evaluation and proposals to the upper management of new technologies and infrastructures in relation to business implementations.
- Thorough investigation and rapid prototyping of proposed subcontractors’ solutions in order to provide IT upper management, with insight and hands-on experience.

Manager IT - BI à Marfin Egnatia Bank S.A (Member of Laiki Bank Group)
  • Grèce
  • juillet 2012 à janvier 2014

- Reporting to CIO.
- Manager of the teams responsible for the maintenance and administration of the infrastructures (RDBMS Administration, systems integration etc) of the Bank’s “peripheral systems” (all none core banking systems).
- Manager of the teams responsible for the development and maintenance of “in-house” and contracted BI applications.
- Management and coordination of contracted projects in respect to applications
- Manager of the teams responsible for the IT help desk and user support.
- Manager of the teams responsible for the maintenance and administration of the infrastructures in respect to Active Directory, collaboration platforms (eMail, Lync etc) and mobile computing (Blackberry, iPhone etc).
- Evaluation and proposals to the upper management of new technologies and infrastructures in relation to business implementations.
- I.T. representative of the Bank in Public and Private Organizations (Tiresias, Hellenic Management Association etc).

Deputy Manager IT à Marfin Egnatia Bank S.A.
  • Grèce
  • janvier 2008 à juillet 2012

- Reporting to Deputy CIO.
- Manager of the teams responsible for the maintenance and administration of the infrastructures (RDBMS Administration, systems integration etc) of the Bank’s “peripheral systems” (all none core banking systems).
- Manager of the teams responsible for the development and maintenance of “in-house” and contracted BI applications.
- Management and coordination of contracted projects in respect to applications
- Evaluation and proposals to the upper management of new technologies and infrastructures in relation to business implementations.

Business Intelligence Applications Manager à Marfin Egnatia Bank S.A.
  • Grèce
  • juillet 2007 à janvier 2008

- Manager of the team responsible for the development of “in-house” BI applications.
- Management and coordination of contracted projects in respect to applications under the department’s jurisdiction.
- Evaluation and proposals to the upper management of new technologies and infrastructures in relation to business implementations.

I.T. Infrastructures Manager à Egnatia Bank S.A.
  • Grèce
  • février 2003 à juillet 2007

- Management and maintenance of the Data Centre Located in Athens.
- Management of all Oracle Infrastructure which covers Oracle Application Servers, Oracle Database Servers, 11i Environment Servers, OFSA Environment Servers.
- Evaluation and proposals to the upper management of new technologies and infrastructures in relation to business implementations.

I.T. Manager à Ippokampos S.A.
  • Grèce
  • octobre 2001 à février 2003

- I.T. Strategic planning according to the business needs of the company and market developments.
- Implementation of software and hardware platforms selected in conformance with the business strategy.
- Creation of policies and the related processes to support the defined strategy and marketing them to the management of the company.
- Preparation of tenders, set up and participation in committees for vendor evaluation and selection.
- Supervision of a team responsible for the support of hardware and software installations including help desk.

Lecturer à American College of Greece (Deree College)
  • Grèce
  • février 1998 à septembre 2002

- Lecturer in C.I.S. Department having taught, amongst other subjects, Introduction to Computer Science, Hardware and Software Concepts, Visual Basic, Oracle.

Senior Project Manager à Byte Computer S.A. (S/W & H/W Provider)
  • Grèce
  • avril 1999 à octobre 2001

- Manager of the team responsible for providing an appropriate integrated pre-billing system for Vodafone telecom in Greece.
- Preparation and co-ordination of the company's quotations in response to tenders originating both from the public as well as from the private sector. (e.g. the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Committee, Ministry of Transportation, Vodafone, the National Bank of Greece etc. )
- Selection and integration of RDBMS Platforms, Operation Systems and hardware platforms, for the first Pan-European installation of Web-Sphere with Oracle 8.1.6 on an IBM H70-Risk system for Copeluzos Group.
- Controlling of the Project for the implementation of Lotus Notes workflow application concerning the Loans Approval Procedure for the National Bank of Greece. Liaison for senior management, reporting the progress and proposing corrective actions when necessary.

Project Manager à Criterion S.A. (Software House)
  • Grèce
  • juin 1998 à avril 1999

- Project management for the planning, implementation and rollout / installation of the ORAMA 2000 ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system in several organisations.
- System analysis of the companies interested in installing ERP systems.

Instructor à Delta Institution of Vocational Training
  • Grèce
  • mars 1998 à juin 1998

Responsible for Applied Databases and Systems Analysis courses.

Expert for I.T. Issues à Signal Corps Recruit Centre & 482 Battalion.
  • Grèce
  • août 1996 à janvier 1998

- Analysis of the S/W & H/W requirements of the Personnel Office.
- Proposing alternative solutions for the improvement of the operations of the communication centre to the commander of the unit.
- Supervision of a turnkey solution for the computerisation of the personnel office.
- Preparation, Implementation and Testing of the software and hardware infrastructure necessary for the registration of the recruits.

System Analyst I.T. Expert à Magiras Ltd (Microbiological Research Lab)
  • Grèce
  • septembre 1995 à août 1996

- Responsible for the analysis of existing processes, feasibility study and proposals for the introduction of an I.T. solution for the company.
- Supervision of the implementation of the I.T. Solution for the development of microbiological examination results.

Lab Instructor à American College of Greece (Deree College)
  • Grèce
  • septembre 1995 à juillet 1996

- Lab Instructor, demonstrating several of the theoretical aspects of related courses in real-life situations. Assisting and guiding students in developing projects simulating business requirements and environment.

Tutor / Demonstrator à University of Stirling
  • Royaume Uni
  • septembre 1994 à juin 1995

- Administration and supervision of workshops for ORACLE, SQL Plus and SQL Forms, conducted for the M.Sc. in Information Systems Management and the Master in Business Administration.

System Analyst à Velvet Software Development. (Software House)
  • Grèce
  • août 1993 à septembre 1994

- System analysis and S/W development of an accounting S/W package.
- Assistant to the project manager.
- Planning and implementation of PC networks (S/W and H/W).

System Analyst à Diagnostic Laboratories (Microbiological Research Lab)
  • Grèce
  • janvier 1992 à août 1993

- Implementation of a hardware and software I.T. infrastructure, for improving the operations of microbiological laboratories.

Éducation

Doctorat, Candidate in Big Data
  • à University of Plymouth
  • janvier 2015

Thesis: Metadata in Tackling Big Data Variety Expected Graduation 2019

Master, Information Systems Management
  • à University of Stirling
  • juillet 1995

M.Sc. in Information Systems Management (with Distinction).

Baccalauréat, Computer Information Systems and in Management and Organisational Behaviour
  • à American College of Greece,( Deree College)
  • juin 1994

Computer Information Systems GPA 4/4 Management and Organisational Behaviour 3.6/4

Diplôme, Information Technology
  • à Sxoles Xyni (Polytechnic)
  • juin 1993
Etudes secondaires ou équivalent, General Education
  • à Athens College
  • juin 1989

Specialties & Skills

Application Development
Business Intelligence
Project coordination & Management
IT Infrastructure Management
R&D Technology & Architecture

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Grec
Expert

Formation et Diplômes

Six Sigma Yellow Belt Professional (SSYB) License Number: 70753 (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
March 2016
Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC) License Number: 92545 (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
February 2016
Teradata FS-LDM Training (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Teradata
Date de la formation:
August 2011
Durée:
16 heures
Teradata Database Training (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Teradata
Date de la formation:
August 2011
Durée:
16 heures
European MSDN (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Microsoft
Date de la formation:
February 2001
Durée:
24 heures
IBM Net Commerce (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
October 1999
British Internal Auditor Accreditation (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
April 1995
Citrix CIO Demonstration (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Caisse D’Epargne
Date de la formation:
June 2005
Durée:
8 heures
Executive Training (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Byte Computer S.A.
Date de la formation:
April 2001
Durée:
8 heures
Oracle Database Administration (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
June 1999
Oracle Database Backup and Recovery (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
June 1999
IBM Visual Age for JAVA (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
June 2000

Loisirs

  • Skiing
  • Horsemanship
  • Sailing
    Member of Erytos II – Cosmote Racing team