Asterios Chrysanthopoulos, Mba Email & Phone Number

Certified senior Agile practitioner with a 15+ years proven track record of driving large and complex digital transformation projects and managing cross-functional teams in the financial services, IT and NGO industries. International mindset, having lived and worked in over 10 countries across 3 continents (BEL, GRC, TUR, USA, CHN, POL, GBR, CZE, DEU, CHE)PEOPLE LEADERSHIP:• Facilitating an atmosphere of team creativity to foster increased productivity• Mentoring and coaching teams to improve their performance• Identifying training needs to increase their competencies• Resource and retention management• Hiring new talent • Knowledge transfer management• Conducting reward and recognition initiativesPROJECT & STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT:• At ease working in multinational environments and with senior leaders• Agile methodologies practitioner (Certified: Advanced ScrumMaster A-CSM, ScrumMaster CSM, Scrum Product Owner CSPO, Agile Leader CAL)• Bringing teams to an even higher level of performance • Creating product concepts based on company strategy • Breaking down concepts into user stories • Prioritizing product backlogs • Reviewing requirements and stories with the development and business teams • Implementing risk management and issue escalation procedures • Mentoring teams on processes/procedures • Removing impediments and resolving conflictsDELIVERY MANAGEMENT:• Possessing a thorough understanding of: quality management, change management, expectation management, release management and testing processes• Coordinating UAT, cutover and migration activities• Planning contingency rollbacks• Planning releases • Establishing continuous deployment processes• Leading technical teams through the software development lifecycle (vision, planning, implementation, successful release/deployment and maintenance)TECHNICAL SKILLS:• Extensive knowledge of: MS Project, MS Visio, Axure (wireframing, rapid prototyping, documentation and specification tool), Qlik Sense and Tableau (business intelligence (BI) and visual analytics platforms). • System Admin knowledge of: Trello + JIRA (issue tracking and agile project management tools), Confluence and MURAL (content collaboration tool used to help teams collaborate and share knowledge) PERSONAL INFORMATION:• EU/EFTA national (Greece) with valid C Swiss residence permit

Listed skills include Project Management, Agile Methodologies, Leadership, Agile Project Management, and 37 others.

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  Software Team Leader

  Sicpa

  Apr 2024 - Present - Prilly, Vaud, Switzerland

  SICPA is a long-trusted partner to governments, central banks, high security printers and the industry: a market leader in security inks for banknotes and a leading provider of secured authentication, identification, traceability and supply chain solutions.