Michael Kousathanas

Experience

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  2Kapa l Mykonos

  May 2013 - now

  Digital Marketer/ Orders Manager/ Accounting

  Woodworking website design & implementation. Digital presence set up, rebranding, logoredesign. Office support, preparation & issuance of tax documents. Sales & customer support.Communication with Clients & Suppliers. Website Reference Link: https://www.2kapa.gr

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  Vertoyo

  Jun 2020 - now

  Working as external consultant at the National Bank of Greece assigned on several Banking Projects in the Business Analysis Department in the Business Analysis sub-department of transactional banking of the National Bank, focusing on issues of digital transformation and integration of new technologies in banking services, systems and products.Apart from that, amongst some projects assigned are the following:▪Balance of Payments BOG (Αnalysis of payment & remittance data requested by the Bank of Greece. Involved in the Creation of specifications, data structures & data mappings that are required. Tests on several remittance cases through the Internet Banking channel & Internal Remittance systems of NBG. ▪ISO 20022 Project (Large Scale Project of data Migration plan of banking messages exchanged amongst financial institutions during remittances, transactions, payments, etc.)▪Legacy BO Reports Migration to EDW (Project of Data Migration to the Bank's Enterprise Data Warehouse)▪BlueBook Project Show less Working as external consultant at the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy in Cyprus assigned on the creation, writing and coordination of the 2nd Phase delivery of the System Design Document for the Counter Automation System - (C.A.S.) of the Cyprus Postal Services Department.The aforementioned system will provide digitization of all the postal operations and electronic Services to Citizens.Apart from that, the responsibility concerning the delivery of this project phase comprises the creation and submission of the following documents:1) Hardware, software and data specifications 2) Logical models of the new system3) Test Scenarios4) System Network Architectural Structure5) Connectivity design with existing systems 6) System screens without function (Mockups) Show less Working as external consultant at the Ministry of Citizen Protection, assigned on new Applications for the provision of Electronic Services to the Citizens and Procurement of Central Infrastructure equipment to support the Electronic Services of the Ministry for Greece's Public Security Services (Hellenic Police, Hellenic Fire Service, Hellenic Coastguard).Apart from that, amongst some responsibilities are the following:▪Perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) ensuring correspondence with Business Requirements & Functional Specifications▪Manual Testing of Subsystems▪Subsystems User Manual Documents Creation & Writing▪UAT Testbook Documents Writing▪Execute testbook to validate new feature implementation and correspondence with business requirements▪Execute frequent regression tests on production level Show less Working as external consultant at the National Bank of Greece assigned on NBG I-Bank Mobile Internet Banking Application at the Department of Digital Transformation of the National Bank, focusing on issues of digital innovation and integration of new technologies in banking services and products.Apart from that, amongst someresponsibilities are the following:▪ Involved in Business Requirements & Functional Specifications Documentation, Business Requirements Gathering & Communication ▪ Writing of Gherkin Scenarios (Business/Technical Definition for UI & API) ▪ Testing of NBG Mobile App & Banking Products ▪ Perform functional testing & involved at UAT testing in UAT Phase. Involved in creating and maintaining comprehensive test cases and test plans.▪ Communicate key insights and findings to product team that drives and evolves the software solutions Show less

  • Business Analyst (Banking)

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Solution Architect / Project Manager (Telecommunications Sector)

    May 2023 - Oct 2024

  • Business Analyst (Banking)

    Dec 2021 - May 2023

  • Business Analyst (Public Sector)

    Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Business Analyst / QA Engineer (Public Sector)

    Feb 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Business Analyst / QA Engineer (Banking)

    Jun 2020 - Feb 2021