Nikos Drosopoulos

Nikos Drosopoulos

Network Engineer (CCNP)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Network Manager West Greece Group OTE

  • Education

    • University of Essex

      1998 - 1999
      MSc in Computer & Information Networks Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
    • University of Patras

      1993 - 1998
      Computer & Information Technology Computer Science 7,73
  • Experience

    • Computer Technology Institute

      Oct 1999 - Aug 2003
      Network Engineer (CCNP)

      • Network Administrator of the Hellenic Educational Network (5.000 schools-routers)• Helpdesk operator for the Hellenic Educational Network• Co-ordination of the installation of the network equipment and the telecommunication circuits to the schools• Experience in Cisco 800, 1600, 1700, 3600, 7200, in Cisco switches Catalyst 2900 series, Catalyst 2950 LRE series and in Allied Telesyn AT-AR300 Series Routers.• Experience in network administration tools Cisco Works 2000, Cisco View, HP Openview, Internetwork Performance Monitor and ConfigMaker.• Very good knowledge of the following protocols and technologies: ADSL, SDSL, VDSL, PPP Protocols, ISDN (PRI, BRI), Dial on Demand Routing (DDR), LAN Trunking (802.1Q), VLANs, VTP protocol, STP protocol, Cisco ISL protocol, Long Reach Ethernet ( LRE ), Fast Ethernet, Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), Quality of Service (QoS), Authentication Protocols ( TACACS, RADIUS), AAA security services, IP routing protocols, IP Multicast, IP networking protocols ( UDP, TCP, ICMP e.t.c ), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), IP Application Services, Wireless technologies ( Aironet ) e.t.c. • Very good knowledge of Voice Over IP (VOIP).• Implementation, development and installation of the VDSL technology. Show less

    • Greek Telecommunication Organization

      Sept 2003 - Mar 2014

      • Administration of the backbone optical network of Greece for 22 prefectures (almost half Greece). Siemens, Alcatel and Ericsson (Marconi) SDH and DWDM equipment.• Administration of the wireless networks of mountainous regions (Intracom and Alcatel equipment).• Administration of the entire Greek optical backbone network during the Olympic Games of Athens 2004.• Great technical experience in circuit provisioning through TNMS (Siemens), MV36-MV38 (Marconi-Ericsson), RM-NM-BM (Alcatel) and imanager T2000 SNMS (Huawei).• Great technical experience in Alcatel 1660, 1662, Marconi MSH11C, MSH41C, MSH51C, MSH53C, MSH64, Siemens HiT 7060, HiT 7070, Marconi Ericsson OMS 16xx, OMS 12xx, NG-SDH Alcatel (1670, 1678), DWDM Alcatel 1626, DWDM Marconi - Ericsson (MHL 3000), DWDM Siemens equipment, Ethernet over NG - SDH Ericsson, Ethernet over NG - SDH Siemens, Ethernet over NG - SDH Alcatel technologies. Show less

      • Transmission Network Consultant

        Aug 2006 - Mar 2014
      • Transmission Network Manager

        Sept 2003 - Aug 2006
    • ΟΤΕ

      Mar 2014 - Dec 2019
      Network Manager West Greece Fixed (leading 4 teams)

      1. Optical Network Management Team (SDH-DWDM)2. Access Network Management Team (Alcatel, Huawei, Siemens, Intrakom)3. AXE-EWSD Management Team4. Access-Control Management (ACMS) & Auxiliary Power Unit Management System Team

    • Greek Telecommunications Organisation

      Jan 2020 - now
      Technical Project Manager

      Leading a team of 13 engineers divided into two teams:1st team: Monitoring – Troubleshooting – Provisioning Circuits of the Backbone Optical Network of Greece (Nokia, Infinera, Huawei, Alcatel, Ericsson, and Siemens Technology)2nd team : Monitoring – Troubleshooting – Provisioning Circuits of the Wireless Network of Greece (Huawei, Alcatel , Ericsson Technology)Responsible for Rollout actions on the Optical and Wireless Network

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project Management Professional (PMP)®

      Project Management Institute
      May 2025
      View certificate certificate
    • Cisco Certified Network Associate

      Cisco
      Jul 2019
    • Cisco Certified Network Professional 2.0

      Cisco
      Apr 2002