Panagiotis Tsiantopoulos - IT Manager

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Frankfurt, Germany

Experience

Oct 2024 - Dec 2024

3 months

IT Manager

XCMG – XFL

Elicitation of basic requirements
Project scheduling
Creation of RfP and tender
Interviews with five vendors
Evaluation of proposals and contracts
Creation of a vendor shortlist based on hard facts (criteria catalog, price, licenses) and soft facts (quality of documents, software user experience, reputation and references)
Support in the phases of initiation and RfP & vendor selection
Planning of the implementation & go-live phases and HyperCare for 2025

Mar 2024 - Nov 2024

9 months

Interim Manager

Helaba

SPOC for program management and four IT-related projects (architecture, test & release, mainframe replacement, infrastructure and operations)
Support in planning, coordination, communication, and management of scope, risks, tasks, stakeholders, budget, change requests, and vendors
Task force lead for SAP S/4HANA 2023 and TRBK2.0 upgrade
Task force lead to ensure the stability of the migration environment
Leading a team to plan, implement, and operate a second SAP line including retrofit
Design of an overarching release management
Identification and escalation of risks and finding solutions

Sep 2023 - Feb 2024

6 months

Consultant

Thoranet

Advising employees on AI topics regarding the current state of AI technologies and trends
Conducting workshops on AI chatbots, prompts, tools and AIOps

Jan 2021 - Jul 2023

2 years 7 months

Lead Technology Manager

Deutsche Bank

Management of the bank-wide acceptance & integration test environment INT++ (E008)
Support for the migration test environment TMIG
Participation in overall cutover planning
Continuous feedback to senior management on scope, milestones, issues and solutions
Coordination with project teams regarding requirements for test preparation and execution (migration and regression)
Coordination with external teams, vendors, and support units
Creation of booking date calendars in coordination with ETL teams for detailed planning of test migrations without disrupting end-of-day processing

Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

10 months

IT Project Manager

DZ BANK / VR Leasing / VR Faktorem

Setup of the new application landscape as the first client in DZ BANK's data center
Phased handover and transition of individual applications to new operating units until the hypercare phase after cutover
Decommissioning and ensuring operational stability at the selling unit
Analysis of old and new system environments, creation of delta analyses
Support and coaching of the business project management
Clarification of technical and business requirements
Coordination with stakeholders up to C-level
Budget planning, milestone tracking, and management of external vendors
Technical assurance of on-time closing
Review of runbooks and development of migration concepts

Sep 2018 - Feb 2020

1 year 6 months

IT Project Manager

DZ BANK / VR Leasing / BFL / BAWAG p.s.k

Responsible for the carve-out sale of BFL Eschborn from VR Leasing to BAWAG p.s.k.
Extracting and handing over data from VR Leasing systems to BAWAG p.s.k. and service providers
Decommissioning and ensuring operational stability for the selling entity (emails, drive contents, reporting, data warehouse extracts)
Analyzing old and new systems
Coaching the functional project lead and clarifying business requirements
Coordinating with stakeholders up to C-level
Budget planning and milestone tracking
Ensuring project closing and setting up delivery channels for reporting readiness
Creating migration plans and supporting the transformation and rollout of new solutions

May 2017 - Jun 2018

1 year 2 months

Defect Manager

Commerzbank

Assigning defects from various sub-areas and projects
Resolving queries and tracking their resolution
Serving as facilitator and interface between test managers, test analysts, business analysts, architects, project management, Scrum Masters, delivery managers and subject matter experts
Initiating task force meetings
Optimizing decision-making and planning processes around defects (target release, estimated fix date, severity, priority, status)
Creating ad-hoc defect reports for management
Producing publicly available reports and analysis charts
Preparing the migration plan from ALM 11 to ALM 12.5

Mar 2017 - Jun 2017

4 months

QA Officer

Commerzbank

Requesting and archiving project documentation
Creating and maintaining project schedules and milestone plans
Creating and maintaining QA matrices
Preparing lessons learned slides

Sep 2016 - Feb 2017

6 months

Subproject Manager

Deutsche Bank

Ensuring achievement of board-agreed KPIs and plans for infrastructure modernization
Early identification and addressing of issues, risk escalation and stakeholder involvement
Prioritizing and planning based on cost and criticality
Impact analysis
Aligning project plans with internal service providers, application managers and vendors
Regular creation of reports

Feb 2016 - Sep 2016

8 months

Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Planning and managing release packages under the MITSA 3 contract with IBM to implement Standard Application Environments (SAE)
Production rollout and handover to operations teams
Gathering requirements from requesters and deriving requirements for tools and processes
Implementing requirements in ServiceNow
Aligning project plans and processes with internal service providers and IBM

Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

10 months

Business Analyst

Commerzbank

Analysis of IT applications and interfaces in a heterogeneous system landscape
Identification of customization needs and process optimization
Audit-compliant handling of production systems
Creation of technical documentation
Management of the development team
Coordination of tests with higher-level test teams

Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

2 months

Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Handling audit findings regarding process compliance in IT development
Coordination with audit and development teams
Analysis of business requirements and development of implementation options
Management of two analysts

Aug 2012 - Dec 2014

2 years 5 months

Change Advisory Board Manager

Deutsche Bank

Change manager for core applications SAP, ETL, Quest, and FACE/MKx in the Magellan program
Responsible for all production deployments and end-to-end dependency checks
Reviewing scripts, resolving conflicts, and requesting missing documents
Member of the core banking change management team for the retail division

Feb 2012 - Jul 2012

6 months

Test Environment Coordinator

Deutsche Bank

Coordination of the EDU environment setup (SAP, Quest, FACE/MKblue)
Coordination of the UAT environment setup (HOST, Informatica, SAP)
Coordination of the UAT operational phase
Member of the control center for UAT transition and operations

May 2011 - Jan 2012

9 months

Project Team Member

Commerzbank

As-is/to-be analysis and business process analysis for a credit risk stress test platform
Support in creating functional documentation
Concept development, architecture design, and analysis
Management of technical and functional tests
Creation of a preliminary study with recommendations

Sep 2009 - Apr 2011

1 year 8 months

Project Manager

Commerzbank / EuroHypo

Led five work packages for the redevelopment of an IT application as part of focusing on target markets
Created functional design documents
Managed technical and functional testing
Organized and conducted tests
Prepared and organized releases

Mar 2009 - Dec 2009

10 months

Test Manager

Commerzbank

Created test concepts and monitored test execution
Conducted reviews
Resolved cross-functional issues in the testing context

Mar 2009 - Oct 2009

8 months

Subproject Manager

Commerzbank

Performed requirements analysis for the balance analysis tool
Planned and executed the implementation
Managed testing

Mar 2008 - Mar 2009

1 year 1 month

Developer / Coach

Commerzbank

Further developed a corporate client rating module
Transferred know-how to a new development team
Implemented requirements and provided coaching
Developed low-risk solutions

Aug 2007 - Feb 2008

7 months

Architect

Commerzbank

Designed and documented the architecture for a corporate client rating process according to Basel II
Coordinated with stakeholders on product development and rollout

Jan 2007 - Jul 2007

7 months

Consultant

Commerzbank

Create SAP archiving concept
Compare architectures and select target architecture for rating platforms
Conduct a workshop for architecture teams and lead developers

Apr 2005 - Dec 2006

1 year 9 months

Deputy Project Manager

Commerzbank

Project management, controlling and reporting for scoring procedures according to Basel II
Coordination with business department, platform and test team
Progress tracking, document management and test support

Aug 2004 - Mar 2005

8 months

Lead Developer

Commerzbank

Requirements analysis, development and test support for Excel-based rating systems according to Basel II
Coordination with business department and test team

Feb 2004 - Jun 2004

5 months

IT-Consultant

Commerzbank

Consulting, development and documentation of a mainframe application for quality assurance of the securities price database
Making screen layout changes

Apr 2002 - Jan 2004

1 year 10 months

PMO

Deutsche Börse / Clearstream

PMO support for the introduction of the New German Settlement Model
Requirements analysis, development and test support
Tracking deliverables with a custom Excel tool
Creating templates, updating project plans and organizing meetings

Sep 2001 - Mar 2002

7 months

Consultant

adept consult AG

Modernizing mainframe applications to web solutions
Requirements analysis, development, testing and software selection
Extracting the COBOL calculation core and connecting it to a PHP web interface

Apr 2001 - Aug 2001

5 months

Developer

Commerzbank

Maintaining a mainframe application and connecting a new interface for external data providers
Implementing changes to the business logic
Technical documentation

Skills

Industry Experience

Banks: Transformation Processes In Banks And Related Migration Activities, M&a, Carve-in/carve-out, Merger/integration Or Separation At Banks, Credit Risk, Basel Ii, Macroeconomic Stress Tests, Architecture Analysis, Setup And Operation Of Test Environments, Test Management, Defect Management (Delivery Role), Change Management / Change Advisory Board (Production Perspective)
Exchanges: Introduction Of The New Securities Settlement Model New German Settlement Model

Management Skills

Project Management: Operational Leadership Of The Project, Definition Of Deliverables, Planning And Controlling Work Packages And Budget, Project Sourcing And Staffing, Time And Resource Planning, Definition Of Project Scope, Reporting To Project Steering Committees, Crisis Management (Task Forces), Risk And Issue Management, Mediation, Management And Coordination Of Complex Organizational Structures
Business Analyst & It Consultant: Requirements Analysis And Change Management, Business Process Analysis And Optimization, Creation Of Business And Technical Documentation, Interface Between Business And It
Test Management: Methodological Consulting, Planning Of Test Strategies And Levels, Setup And Operation Management For Test Environments, Cross-project Deviation Management, Reporting To Project Management, Definition Of Test Scope, Documentation Of Test Results, Test Management In The Integration Project Of Two Major Banks, Test Management And Sprint Planning In Development Projects Following Agile Methodology, Test Management And Release Management In Development Projects Following Waterfall Model, Defect Management (Proactive, Risk-oriented And Cross-team)
Pmo: Management Support, Project Controlling, Reporting And Administration (Kpis), Presentations For Program Management And Steering Committees, Project Progress Tracking, Development Of Pmo Automation Tools, Development Of Templates And Establishment Of Best Practices, Cross-project Communication Management
Change Advisory Board Manager: Support Of Management In Reviews And Decisions Regarding Change Conflicts, Setup Of Largely Automated Reporting, Development Of Templates And Establishment Of Best Practices, Introduction Of A Cross-project Culture Change And Understanding Of Change Management

It Skills

Methods: Agile Approach, Waterfall Model, Ooa, Uml, Epc, Swimlane Diagrams, Analysis And Design Of Technical Architectures
Tools: Ms Office (Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Access, Teams), Ms Project, Ms Visio, Lotus Notes, Jira, Confluence, Servicenow, Remedy, Mindmanager 22, Canva
Programming Languages: Java, Vb/vba (Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Outlook, Access), Cobol
Databases/tools: Oracle, Ibm Db2, Ms Access, Sql Developer, Toad
Test Tools: Hp Alm Application Lifecycle Management, Rational Clearquest
Operating Systems: Windows, Unix / Linux, Z/os
Other Tools: Aris Toolset, Enterprise Architect, Bonapart, Eclipse, Ilog Jrules, Sagent V6.6, Xmlspy, Dbrib