Eirini Kolaiti

Eirini Kolaiti

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Manager at Cambridge University Press & Assessment

  • Education

    • University of Patras

      2002 - 2008
      Bachelor (Honours) Computer Engineering & Informatics

      Dissertation: Comparative Analysis and Description of XML Database technologies.

    • King's College London

      2017 - 2019
      Master of Arts - MA Computer Science Education Distinction
    • University of the Arts London

      2015 - 2015
      Course Digital Marketing Strategy
    • King's College London

      2016 - 2017
      Postgraduate Certificate in Education Computer Science Distinction
  • Experience

    • Aqurance

      Nov 2011 - Dec 2014

      - Provided solutions to customers’ business needs, challenges and technical requirements. - Generated sales opportunities and managed complex sales cycles. - Project manager for Veeva CRM (Salesforce.com platform) and Business Intelligence solutions. - Conducted CRM training for workforce. - Responsible for Veeva CRM roll outs for leading pharmaceuticals. - Prepared reports and dashboards to provide insights of sales and marketing activities. - Managed sales teams realignment projects. - Provided technical support and troubleshooting for CRM and CLM applications. - Organised workforce training and evaluations. - Configured and tested Veeva CLM (Closed-Loop Marketing) implementations.

      • Account Manager

        Apr 2014 - Dec 2014
      • CRM Solution Specialist

        Nov 2011 - Apr 2014
    • Kaplan International English

      Mar 2015 - Sept 2016
      Salesforce Specialist for Marketing

      - Maintained and extended the Salesforce B2C & B2B CRM platform in order to meet marketing needs. - Product Owner for Salesforce CRM software developments following the Agile Scrum methodology, managing backlog, epics, user stories and acceptance criteria using JIRA.- Provided accurate reports, queries and dashboards to demonstrate the impact of marketing activities in final sales figures. - Maintained the CRM database to ensure data integrity and optimise targeting.

    • Trinity Catholic High School

      Aug 2017 - May 2019
      Computer Science Teacher

      - Taught KS3 Computing, KS4 and KS5 Computer Science. - Led KS3 Computing, coordinated a team of 8 teachers and produced an extensive set of learning and assessment materials. - Carried out the 'Getting Girls into Computing' initiative.

    • Raspberry Pi Foundation

      May 2020 - May 2023

      - Developed learning materials and projects for studying Computer Science at secondary education and college. Primarily worked on the Ada Computer Science online platform in partnership with the University of Cambridge. - Led a research project that explored student perceptions around MCQ explanations constructed using the semantic waves theory.- Designed curriculum pathways that map to Computer Science specifications (e.g. OCR, AQA).- Analysed and reported on user engagement metrics.- Produced and presented a research poster at the Cambridge Computing Education Research Symposium (CCERS). Show less - Planned and managed content reviews, improvements and product feature releases. - Organised the delivery of online mentoring sessions aimed at students from disadvantaged areas.- Managed activities that resulted in consistently exceeding the expected KPIs.- Analysed usage data and produced monthly reports on key metrics for the DfE. Analysed and presented key findings from the Ada Computer Science platform annual evaluation survey.- Carried out team development, training and performance management. Show less

      • Learning Manager

        May 2019 - May 2023
      • Senior Learning Manager (maternity cover)

        May 2020 - Nov 2020
    • Cambridge University Press & Assessment

      May 2023 - now
      Product Manager

      - Working with customers to identify needs and validate solutions.- Developing and managing product strategies and roadmaps.- Delivering new features based on the product strategy and vision.- Undertaking regular life cycle reviews of products using metrics and customer validation.- Developing an improved user experience, creating detailed user stories that fully encompass customer needs.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Professional Scrum Product Owner I

      Scrum.org
      Aug 2023
    • Professional Scrum Master I

      Scrum.org
      Jun 2016
    • Veeva Administrator

      Veeva Systems
      Jan 2014
    • Machine Learning with Python

      Cambridge Spark
      Mar 2020
    • Salesforce Certified Administrator (SU16)

      Salesforce
      Sept 2016
    • Raspberry Pi Educator

      Raspberry Pi Foundation
      Jan 2017
    • Professional Certificate in User Research

      UX Design Institute
      Mar 2025
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Eirini Kolaiti
      BCS Scholarship BCS Academy of Computing 2016