Panayotis Dimitrakopoulos,  PMP®, Project Manager

Panayotis Dimitrakopoulos, PMP®

Project Manager

DEUTSCHE TELECOM GROUP

Location
Greece
Education
Master's degree, M.Sc Management and Economics of Telecommunication Networks
Experience
11 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 1 Months

Project Manager at DEUTSCHE TELECOM GROUP
  • Greece
  • October 2008 to April 2017

• Enhance team members’ morale and performance through efficient management of a multicultural team
• Oversee the successful end-to-end implementation and delivery of customer’s services as well as OTEGLOBE’s international network
• Negotiate company’s needs for new infrastructure, collocation space, off-net service, and reselling agreement deals with Collectors/Telehouses and other wholesale carriers
• Ensure project specification, requirement and roadmap complies with company’s policies and procedures
• Expand business network by cultivating rapport that influenced 3rd party suppliers relationships with key business owners
• Influence cost-effective decisions made by upper management by reporting project progress and supporting its resolution
• Serve as subject matter expert providing technical direction during pre-sale process while responding to complex RFP
• Ensure delivered projects met intended quality by assisting in quality assessment audits, IT processes quality assessment and set up of quality management procedures
• Manage the negotiation and harmonization of MSA (Master Service Agreement) with carriers describing partners’ rights and obligations regarding technical, financial and legal aspects of the project
Achievements
 Exceeded targets and goals for the most competitive and crucial projects in the company
 Maximized available project budget while delivering result that surpassed intended project quality within stipulated timeframe
 Drove staff productivity and performance by initiating effective communication channels that relayed projects objectives and targets
 Gained the best market value via cost reduction by negotiating contract deals with Telehouses and wholesale carriers
 Facilitated multiple projects success by sourcing, identifying and evaluating sub-contractors that worked on mid and large-scale projects
 Reduced losses and expenses through risk assessment that identified unforeseen issues for immediate resolution
 Guaranteed uninterrupted operations and flawless flow of the project by improving company’s internal process

Network Engineer at FORTHNET
  • Greece
  • April 2006 to October 2008

• Boosted the productive output of recruits by coaching them on company’ tools, methodology, and strategy
• Facilitated the successful delivery of new generation network project by managing and supervising the access network
• Enhanced companies connectivity by utilizing leased lines to implement private networks for corporate customers as Technical Manager
• Worked with technologies and network services like MPLS, Frame Relay, IP, VoIP, VPN’s, MetroEthernet, ATM, and LMDS
Achievements
 Contributed to the successful preparation of feasibility and implementation study of YEFXIS islet 3 (a project of public sector interconnecting public authorities and municipalities) as part of the team
 Served as Technical Expert in the successful rollout and deployment of Forthnet’s new generation network

Education

Master's degree, M.Sc Management and Economics of Telecommunication Networks
  • at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • June 2015

Institute: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece- Interdepartmental Departments of Informatics and Telecommunication of Positive Sciences Faculty and Economic Studies of the Law Economics and Political Sciences Faculty Master Degree in Management and Economics of Telecommunication Networks

Higher diploma, Electronic and computer engineering
  • at technical university of Crete
  • June 2003

electronic and computer engineering deartment .Areas covered : Electronics, Signals & Systems ,Computer sience ,Algorithms ,Telecomunications , computer architecture

Specialties & Skills

Project Planning
Team Leadership
Risk Assessment
Project Management
Cisco WebEx
MS office
Six Sigma
MS project
PMI/PMBOK “Method”
PRINCE2 methodology
Cisco Technologies :MPLS , Ethernet ,IP

Languages

Greek
Native Speaker
English
Expert
Italian
Beginner

Memberships

PMI
  • MemberID: 5131632
  • November 2017

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)® (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
Valid Until:
December 2020
Project Management; PMI Methodology for Advanced (Training)
Training Institute:
OTE Academy
Duration:
24 hours
Structural Adaptation of employees and Enterprises in the Economic Crisis (Training)
Training Institute:
Ergoway
Date Attended:
December 2011
Duration:
253 hours
Advanced Preparation course for PMP & CAPM (Training)
Training Institute:
ΟΤΕ Academy
Date Attended:
May 2015
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • kitesurfing
  • Sailing
  • Internet of Things