Europass Curriculum Vitae

Personal information Last Update: 11/2011 First name(s) / Surname(s) Manolis Spanakis Address(es) Deligiorgi 40, Alimos 174 56, Athens, Greece Telephone(s) +30 210 9831432 Mobile: +30 697 7268706 Fax(es) +30 210 9831432 Web Site http://manolis.spanakis.me - http://gr.linkedin.com/in/espanakis E-mail [email protected] - [email protected] Nationality Greek Date of birth 06 January1972 Gender Male Desired employment / IT Manager / Director / Consultant Occupational field Web Specialization / System Architect

Work experience 18+ years of total experience in IT industry (Greek IKA insurance verification available)

Dates January 2013 – now Occupation or position held Web & Mobile Systems Development Manager (3 Developers) Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for all the Web & Mobile systems development.  Web & Mobile Software as a Service (SaaS) Products Design & Development (New Product Line)  Software as a Service (SaaS) Development Team Management  Technical Team Management  R&D Team Member Technologies Supported:  MS ASP .NET 2012 Framework 4.0 / 4.5 with C#  MS SQL Server 2008 R2 / 2012  Developer Express Net Advantage v2011, SVN Source Control  Adobe Phone Gap (HTML5 / CSS3, JavaScript) Mobile Native Apps Framework Name and address of employer Benefit Software S.A. (www.benefit.gr), Filonos 111, 185 35 Piraeus Type of business or sector Marine Industry Services, Marine ERP Web and Mobile Products (SaaS) Dates September 2010 – November 2012 (2 years + 3 months) Occupation or position held Mobile Promotions Systems Development Manager (5 Developers) Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for Mobile Promotions (Campaigns / Mega Promos) systems development. Provision of added value services based on mobile SMS & WAP and other communication technologies.  System Analysis: Requirements and specifications  System Design: H/W (platform) & S/W (system) design  Development (as development team manager) o Thin Client / Web: Administration Tools, S/W Routers, S/W Gateways, Web Services, Business Reporting o Fat Client / Win32: Lottery preparation and drawing applications, TV Text and Graphics Display Systems Technologies Supported:  MS ASP .NET 2005 / 2008 Framework 2.0 / 3.5 with C#  MS SQL Server 2008 R2  Developer Express Net Advantage v2011, SVN Source Control Name and address of employer Internetq S.A. (www.internetq.com), Troias 17, 112 57 Athens Type of business or sector Telecom, added value services, SMS / WAP enabled services, campaigns / mega promotions

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Dates December 2009 – July 2010 (8 months project contract) Occupation or position held IT Consultant (Technical Team Leading) Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for www.netlinkretail.gr new company e-sales and retail sales product development:  System Analysis: Requirements and specifications  System Design: H/W (platform) & S/W (system) design  Development (as development tech team leader) o Client: Occasionally connected application (OCA) with data synchronization o Server. Web Service with custom Encryption / Compression and data synchronization Technologies Supported:  MS .NET 2008 Framework 3.5 with C# (Client and Server)  MS SQL 2008 (Client: Express Edition, Server: Enterprise Edition)  Developer Express v2009, MS Sync Framework, MS Enterprise Library 4.1 Name and address of employer Netlink S.A. (www.netlink.gr) Doryleou 10-12, 115 21 Athens Type of business or sector e-sales of e-PIN products, e-sales platform provider

Dates July 2008 – October 2009 (1 year + 4 months) Occupation or position held Information Communication Technology Dept. Manager (8 persons: IT Adminis, Web Developers) Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for all Information and Communication Infrastructure:  Company Internal Data Center Maintenance (3 racks, 35 Servers)  Design and Development of external ISP Data Center for Web Application / Services (19 Servers)  International (Daughter) Companies Infrastructure Support (Turkey, Portugal, China)  Information Systems Deployment (Mail, ERP, HR, CRM, Internet, AVAYA / VoIP, SMS, FAX, Video)  Networking Infrastructure and Security (ISMS – ISO 27001) procedures  Development and maintenance of all company portals (www.ecdl.gr, www.cityandguilds.gr etc) Technologies Used:  MS Windows 2000 / 2003 Server OS (x32 and x64), MS XP and Vista OS, Firewalls, Routing, VoIP, VPN, Ethernet, Fiber Optic. HP Blade Servers, Cisco Switches, HP DL Servers, Storage Array Networks (SAN), Network Access Server (NAS), HP Backup Tape Library etc.  MS Exchange / CRM / ISA / SQL, ERP / HR Management s/w, Access Control s/w, etc.  MS ASP .NET 2003-2005-2008 / C# / SQL 2000-2005, MS Sharepoint (MOSS) 2007 Name and address of employer ECDL Hellas S.A. (www.ecdl.gr), 3 Korai Str., Athens 105 64, Greece Type of business or sector Certification Authority for IT Related Subjects (Automated Examinations Systems)

Dates September 2006 – June 2008 (1 year + 10 months) Occupation or position held Information Systems Development Dept. Manager (21 persons: Analysts, Developers, Testers) Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for the development of all company s/w products. Developed / Maintained Systems:  ELiSS (https://my.ecdl.com.gr): Web based certificate business administration system responsible for all lifecycle of certification (ASP .NET 2003, Web Services XML/SOAP, SQL Server 2005)  Exam Manager Web (https://em.ecdl.com.gr): Web Based and Windows executable (win32) application responsible for individual examination management (ASP .NET 2008, Web Services XML/SOAP, SQL Server 2005, AJAX)  InATES: Windows executable (win32) application responsible for individual candidate examination communicating with exam manager web during exams (Delphi 2007, Access)  QMS: Windows executable (win32) application responsible for Questions Management and Tests providing the content for the inATES candidate examination engine (Delphi 2007, SQL 2005)  eLearning: Web based e-learning system responsible for training on various areas having multimedia capabilities and content (moodle open source, PHP, MySQL, SQL Server 2005) Technologies Used:  web based solutions (ASP .NET 2003-2005-2008 / C# / SQL 2000-2005, PHP, MySQL)  win32 solutions (.NET 2003-2005-2008 C#, Delphi 2007, SQL 2000-2005, Access)

Name and address of employer ECDL Hellas S.A. (www.ecdl.gr), 3 Korai Str., Athens 105 64, Greece Type of business or sector Certification Authority (Automated Examinations Systems)

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Dates January 2004 - August 2006 (2 years + 8 months) Occupation or position held e-Banking Solutions Dept. Manager (8 Persons: Web Developers) Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for internet banking solutions, electronic payments, e-commerce solutions. Specialty in transactional high performance and high availability solutions.  https://www.winbank.gr: Project Manager for Piraeus Bank Internet Banking (winbank) web service  https://paycenter.winbank.gr/admintool: Project Manager for this Piraeus Bank Internet Banking (winbank) web site / service, capable of supporting credit cards transactions (sale, preauthorize / settle, refund) via internet through web services and providing online reporting to the merchants.  https://www.easypay.gr: Project Manager / Technical Manager / Developer for this Piraeus Bank Internet Banking (winbank) web site supporting payment services for various private and public sector services.  www.draseis-gynaikes.gr: Technical Manager / Developer for this ΚΕΘΙ internet web MIS service, which is capable through web interface to provide management of data and detailed reporting.  www.eurognosi.gr: Developer for this internet web site responsible for the presentation of various information regarding company information and activities Technologies used: HTML, Javascript, ASP 3.0, ASP .NET 1.0 and 2.0 (VS 2003 & 2005), SQL 2000, XML, Web Services Name and address of employer Exodus S.A. (www.exodus.gr Piraeus Bank S.A. Daughter), 6-10 Pharantaton Str., Athens, Greece Type of business or sector IT Solutions Provider for Banking, Financial and Telecom (Web) Sectors

Dates March 2001 to December 2003 (2 years + 10 months) Occupation or position held Senior S/W Developer, Embedded Systems & Multimedia Department Main activities and responsibilities  Set Top Box embedded h/w programming based on ST20 processor  Embedded Java Virtual Machine porting to Windows / Linux / VxWorks Operating Systems  TCP/IP, Datacast protocols, DVB, MPEG 1 & 2 Streaming and Playback s/w development  VoIP Embedded Devices s/w development Technologies used: HTML, Javascript, Java (CVM), C, C++, VxWorks – Tornado II RTOS, Linux OS and Windows NT OS Name and address of employer Intracom S.A. (www.intracom.com), Markopoulou Ave, Peania, Athens, Tel. 6690280, Fax.6860446 Type of business or sector Telecom, IT Services, Defence Electronics

Dates July 1998 to February 2001 (2 years + 8 months) Occupation or position held Software Development Team Leader (4 Developers), Terminal Equipment Division / Lotto Department Main activities and responsibilities  Requirements / Specifications / Object Oriented Design and first prototype s/w development for the new embedded (at that time) lottery terminal CORONIS www.intracom- telecom.com/en/products/other_markets/lottery_systems/coronis.htm  Device drivers development for Pagescan II Full Page Image Scanner (Parallel Ports SPP and ECP modes) accomplished in PDI premises (US, Philadelphia, Plymouth www.pdiscan.com)  Device drivers development for Multiple Display System, Led Display System and VBI Decoder System Technologies used: MS VB 6.0, MS VC++ 6.0, MFC, ActiveX, Nucleus Real Time OS, Windows 95 / NT Name and address of employer Intracom S.A. (www.intracom.com), Markopoulou Ave, Peania, Athens, Tel. 6690280, Fax.6860446 Type of business or sector Telecom, IT Services, Defence Electronics

Dates March 1997 to June 1998 (1 year + 4 months) Occupation or position held Software Development Team Leader (4 Developers) Main activities and responsibilities  Windows Plant Manager Edit s/w development  Plant Manager Database Maintenance s/w development (102 Tables), support browsing / viewing / editing / reporting for all PM Database  ITTime32.DLL Development: Scheduling Services for all PM Projects  Windows Plant Manager Database Maintenance: Database Structures Maintenance and Changes Recording Technologies used: Borland Delphi 2.0 with Titan, InfoPower, Orpheus, Formula I, Quick Reports, Custom Components and Multi-Language support utilities, MS Visual C++ 5.0 with MFC & STL

Name and address of employer Industrial Technologies S.A. (ITSA), Ag. Efthimiou 6, Keratsini, Athens, Greece Type of business or sector Industrial Automations Solutions with expertise in Textile Industry

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Dates December 1996 to February 1997 (3 months) Occupation or position held Junior Software Developer Main activities and responsibilities  AIMS 10, Development: Upload / Download Job Scheduler, Crew Schedule Upload, Crew  AIMS 9, Maintenance / Support for Report Generator Module Technologies used: Microsoft Pascal (DOS), Borland Delphi 1.0 & 2.0 (Windows 95), Btrieve Database Name and address of employer AIMS Corporation (http://www.aims.aero, formerly CDC ), 367 Syngrou Ave., Athens 175 64, Greece Type of business or sector Airline Information Management System (s/w development)

Dates July 1996 to November 1996 (5 months) Occupation or position held Junior Software Developer Main activities and responsibilities  Development FLDE Ver 2.0 Code Generator / Optimiser (s/w module)  Design and Development of CANSim Ver 1.0 s/w System  Ultra Fast ’’Intelligent’’ Ni-Cd Battery Charger Modelling using Fuzzy Logic (FLDE Ver 1.6, Fuzz-C) Technologies used: Borland C++ 4.5, MS VB 4.0, Intel 8051 / Motorolla MC68HC12 Assembly, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5 Name and address of employer SYNDESIS LTD., Iofondos 7, Athens 116 34, Greece Type of business or sector R & D for IT Systems (Artificial Intelligence, Control Systems, Embedded Systems, Real-time Systems)

Dates July 1995 to June 1996 (1 year) Occupation or position held Junior Software Developer Main activities and responsibilities  Lamia (5 months): Software/Hardware maintenance and development  Drama (7 months): Development of Prototype Software for Ammunitions Technologies used: DBase III+, IV (DOS), FoxPro 2.6 (Windows 95) Name and address of employer Army, 12 month Military Service, Sergeant Type of business or sector Greek Military Service

Dates December 1994 to July 1995 (8 months) Occupation or position held Junior IT Admin Main activities and responsibilities  Hardware Installation, Software Installation, Networks Installation, Customer Support Technologies used: DOS, Windows 3.01 and 3.11 (for Workgroups) Name and address of employer SUNTECH, Alexandras Ave. 117, Athens 114 75 Type of business or sector IT Services (desktop pc assembly, os and s/w installation, networks, on site customer support)

Education and training

Dates 1992-1994 ( 2 academic years) Title of qualification awarded BSc Honours – Computer Science Principal subjects/occupational skills Operating Systems, Data Bases, Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Algorithms, covered Computability Theory, Neural Networks, VLSI, Discrete Mathematics, Pascal and C Programming Name and type of organisation University College Swansea, Wales (UK) providing education and training Level in national or international BSc Honours classification

Dates 1990-1992 ( 2 academic years) Title of qualification awarded Higher National Diploma - Computer Science Principal subjects/occupational skills Information Systems, Mathematics, Business, Marketing, Algorithms, Relational Data Modelling, Pascal covered Programming, Prologue Programming Name and type of organisation British Hellenic College, Athens, Greece (associated with the University of Wales) providing education and training Level in national or international Higher National Diploma classification

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Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s) Greek

Other language(s) English, French Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production Greek C2 Excellent C2 Excellent C2 Excellent C2 Excellent C2 Excellent English C2 Excellent C2 Excellent C2 Excellent C2 Excellent C2 Excellent French A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic A1 Basic (*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Social skills and competences  Hard Working, Sincere, Direct, Dedicated / Devoted, Focused, Innovative  http://gr.linkedin.com/in/espanakis (please check my recommendations)

Organisational skills and  IT Projects Management & IT Technical Teams Management competences  IT Personnel Recruitment (Team Construction)

Technical skills and competences Programming Languages:  Microsoft .NET 2003-2008 Win32 (EXE) / Web (ASP) / Data Access ADO (VB, C#)  Microsoft ASP 3.0 (VB Script), JavaScript, HTML, XML, Web Services (SOAP), AJAX  Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 with MFC, C++ Builder 5.0, ANSI C  Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Access 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Transact SQL)  Microsoft ActiveX, DLL, DCOM, DirectX  Microsoft Visual J++, Java 1.3.1, Java AWT, Java JNI  Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.6 & Visual FoxPro  Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project (with project server), Microsoft Visio  Borland Delphi 2.0-2007, Standard Pascal, Turbo Pascal 6.0, Think Pascal (Macintosh)  DBase III+, DBase IV, FoxBase+, Clipper 5.0, GWBasic, Quick Basic, Fortran 77, Prolog, ML  Assembly for 65C02 and Intel 80X86 processors, VGA board programming (80X86 Assembly) Reporting:  SQL Server Reporting Services, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Data Reports Operating Systems:  Installation / Administration: DOS, Windows 3.01 / 95 / 98 / Me / NT 4.0 / NT 2000, 2003, Linux  Usage: MAC OS, BULL / Pyramid AS 400, UNIX, SUN Solaris OS (SunView and X-Windows ) Computer Systems:  IBM 80X86 systems: Hardware installation, formatting, operating system and software installation, network installation, system maintenance and administration  I have used Macintosh, SUN workstations, Pyramid (UNIX) Networks:  Microsoft Networks and Windows NT Networks: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, WINS, RAS, Routing, Domain Controllers, Internet Sharing (Connection Sharing / Routing) and Active Directory, FTP Server, Firewalls, Web Server, NTFS Client  Linux Networks: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, RAS, Routing, Internet Server (Routing), FTP Server, Firewalls, Web Server

Technical / Project Management Microsoft Certificates of Achievement (New Horizons) Related Seminars  (Custom) Upgrade to SQL 2005, 24h (04/2007)  (2710) Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft Solution Architectures (04/2006)  (2734) Updating your Database Development Skills to MS SQL Server 2005 (10/2005) Other Technical  (82) Data Bases & ASP .NET 2.0, 80 hours, Ergon KEK (09/2007)  (B1.21) Programming C++, EUROCOM (07/1999) Project Management:  The Art of Project Management, Hellenic American Union (11/2007)  How much S.M.A.R.T. are you; basic Principles of Project Management (07/2008)  Explore MS Project 2007, Hellenic American Union (11/2009)

Other skills and competences  Swimming, Dancing, Motorcycling, Fishing, Music, Movies, Cooking

Driving licence Motorcycle (type A) and Car (type B0 Driving Licences

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