Curriculum Vitae

Work experience
Dates	From May 2013
Occupation held	Freelance Contractor
Main activities and responsibilities	International Team Lead as bilingual (Greek-English) research and data entry specialist
Name and address of employer	Upwork Global Inc. URL: http://www.upwork.com/
Type of business	IT
Dates	From November 2001 to March 2012
Position held	Senior Project Manager, Quality Assurance specialist
Main activities and responsibilities	Project management for more than forty small to medium scale projects funded mainly by 2nd, 3rd and 4th European Framework for Greece, Coordination of teams involved in the projects and Quality Assurance specialist of the final products
Name and address of employer	Kastaniotis Editions S.A., 11 Zalogou street, 106 78 Athens, Greece Tel.: +30 2103301208 – Email: gsor at kastaniotis dot com – URL: http://www.kastaniotis.com/
Type of business	Publishing
Dates	From March 1997 to May 2000
Occupation held	Senior Multimedia Programmer, Audio and Video Editor
Main activities and responsibilities	Senior Multimedia programmer for more than ten commercial software titles (Macromedia Director), Video editor (Adobe Premiere), Audio Editor (Sonic Foundry Sound-Forge)
Name and address of employer	Kastaniotis Editions S.A., 11 Zalogou street, 106 78 Athens, Greece Tel.: +30 2103301208 – Email: gsor at kastaniotis dot com – URL: http://www.kastaniotis.com/
Type of business	Publishing
Dates	From November 1994 to February 1997
Occupation held	Multimedia Programmer, 3D Graphic Designer, Audio and Video Editor
Main activities and responsibilities	Multimedia programmer for applications for both private customers or European projects (Macromedia Director), Video editor (Adobe Premiere), Audio Editor (Sonic Foundry Sound-Forge), 3D Graphics Designer (Strata Studio-Pro, Alias/Wavefront Explore (3D Design module), Pixar Renderman)
Name and address of employer	Athens Technology Center S.A., 10 Rizariou street, 152 33 Chalandri, Greece Tel.: +30 2106874300 – Email: info at atc dot gr – URL: http://www.atc.gr/
Type of business	IT
Dates	From October 1993 to June 1994
Occupation held	Multimedia Programmer, 3D Graphic Designer
Main activities and responsibilities	Participation in the European project DELTA-DEDICATED (Development of a New Dimension in Computer Aided Teaching and Education) as a multimedia programmer. Part of the program was his final thesis titled “Learning Solid Modelling with a personal computer”, a multimedia software where the user was introduced to the construction of solid models using AutoCAD 12.0.
Name and address of employer	Technical University of Crete, Production Engineering and Management Department Professor Nikolaos Bilalis, email: nbilalis at isc dot tuc dot gr
Type of sector	University
Education and training
Dates	From September 2005 to October 2007
Title of qualification awarded	MSc in Advanced Information Systems
Name and type of organisation providing education	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications
Dates	From October 1991 to March 1992
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	Courses at the University of Liège (Belgium) through the ERASMUS student exchange program
Name and type of organisation providing education	University of Liège – Sart Tilman, Department of Business Administration
Dates	From September 1989 to October 1994
Title of qualification awarded	Production and Management Engineer
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	Production engineering and management is a broad discipline involving the design of effective systems and methods used to develop production resources to their full potential. Production and management engineers draw upon the knowledge of mathematics, physical and engineering sciences, production systems, operations research, computer science, management and behavioral sciences to function as problem solvers, system designers, innovators and managers.
Name and type of organisation providing education	Technical University of Crete, Production Engineering and Management Department
Personal skills and competences
Mother tongue	Greek
Other language(s)
Self-assessment	Understanding		Speaking		Writing
European level (*)	Listening	Reading	Spoken interaction	Spoken production
English	(B2)(**)	(B2)	(B2)	(B2)	(B2)
French	(B1)(**)	(B1)	(B1)	(B1)	(B1)
Spanish	(B1)	(B1)	(B1)	(B1)	(B1)
	(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (**) Levels B1 and B2 refer to independent user
Language certificate(s)	English: First Certificate in English – Cambridge (December 1986) French: Certificat Pratique de Langue Française (1er Degré) (26.02.88) Spanish: DELE Nivel B2 (29.10.10)
Social skills and competences	dynamic self starter; team spirit; good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained through his experience in various European projects; good communication skills gained through his experience in project and team management; excellent problem solver.
Organisational skills and competences	leadership (managed ten teams of four people simultaneously); very good experience in project and team management.
Computer skills and competences	PC expert with excellent knowledge of all operating systems from MS-DOS to Windows 7; Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook, Powerpoint), Microsoft Project and Adobe Acrobat; Very good knowledge of html and the following software programs and tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Encore, Apple iBooks Creator, Audacity, QuickTime VR Authoring Tools Suite, Sony Sound Forge and WordPress; Good knowledge of MacOS.
Certifications
	Score: 3.8 – Percentile: 98% Date taken: 30/04/2013
Additional information
	Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since February 1995

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