Nikolaos Psaraftis

Experience

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  National Center for Emergency (EKAB)

  Apr 1989 - Aug 1990

  Line manager / Electrical Engineer

  • Responsible to organize, maintain and develop the wire line and wireless network of EKAB• Line manager of 3 service engineers and 2 assistant electronic engineers • Starting from bid preparation till set up and installation and operation of two base stations (Larissa & Creta) and new transceivers for ambulances

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  Siemens

  Dec 1990 - Mar 2007

  • Responsible for project management team (5 people) for fixed networks C&I projects in a multinational R&D environment for Siemens soft switch (EWSD / hiE)• Handover Project Manager for Siemens DCs worldwide (Portugal, Finland, Hungary and China) • Responsible for IN (Intelligent Network) for fixed and mobile operators• Responsible for a team of 20 people for development, system test and project management • Acting as project manager in various mobile C&I IN projects (Jordan - Fastlink, Kuwait - MTC) • Responsible for a development team (7 people) for baseline / C&I customer fixed project for analogue interfaces for both Call and Line processing • Successful implementation on target of baseline interfaces (V5 interface in Line and Call processing) and numerous C&I fixed projects for the analogue interfaces (Call processing) • Responsible or analogue interfaces - Line and Call processing

  • Senior Project Manager & Line Manager

    Jul 2002 - Mar 2007

  • Line Manager & Project Manager

    Jan 2000 - Jun 2002

  • Line Manager

    Nov 1998 - Dec 1999

  • R&D Engineer

    Dec 1990 - Oct 1998
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  Nokia

  Apr 2007 - now

  • Technical & financial review and control• Reusage of all OPEX R&D materials purchase needs -including prototypes- for entire Mobile Networks (MN) division • Participation in Flea Market tool creation• Process and team creation from scratch• Process scope, besides transparency and savings, to ensure the most effective and efficient use of MN OPEX R&D Materials / LVA budget• Continuous trainings for all MN planners / group leaders worldwide for this process and relevant tool • Continuous process improvement – define and follow-up KPIs for process efficiency• Project member for MN transformation: actual vs target and ranking of all MN development units• Project management for tools automation and user interface Show less • Responsible for MBB (Mobile Broadband) liquid core for entire MME (Mobility Management Entity) product portfolio• Projects as Quality Manager:-Systematic RCA/EDA (Root Cause Analysis / Escape Defect Analysis), via 5Why approach, for all critical and major errors -Single contact point for MME product CEDAR -Monitoring and follow up via CAPA (Corrective & Preventive Actions) projects in Jira tool in case of deviations from targets of quality / TL9000 / QEJ (Quality Education Journey) KPI’s -Ownership for whole MME product portfolio (TL9000 SFQ KPI)• Project Manager for special issues activities:-Defining, calculating and sharing team’s KPI’s, providing MME scorecard and preparing, monitoring and follow up of MME business execution plan -Providing and monitoring current and next steps improvement plan (quality, system, performance, competence etc) • Responsible for competence and onboarding training programs for Line Manager & R&D Engineers Show less • Lead APO (Area Product Owner) in MBB (Mobile Broadband) for whole OMP (Mature products) for various programs and customers • TS (technical support) single entry point for key customers of OMP • Maintenance lead for whole OMP • Project manager for improvement projects and buddy for French development location to establish efficiently its own technology center improvement project portfolio• Planned and executed the ”Business Continuity real power off project” in whole technology centre of Athens premises and labs Show less

  • Operations Manager

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Project Manager / Team Leader / Global Process Owner

    Sept 2016 - Dec 2019

  • R&D – Maintenance Project Manager/ Quality Manager/ Competence Manager

    Apr 2014 - Aug 2016

  • Lead Area Product Owner / Maintenance Lead / Project manager

    May 2012 - Mar 2014

  • Program Manager

    Apr 2007 - Apr 2012