Emmanouil Kermitsis
Head of Information Technology
0030 210 8618195(Home) | 0030 6972258826(Mobile) | mkermits@gmail.com
PROFILE http://gr.linkedin.com/in/mkermits
Holding BSc Honours Degree in Computer Studies from University of South Wales (UK) and an International MBA from
Athens University of Economics & Business with specialization in e-Business, I started working as Application Software
developer in the IT industry with my last 24 years in the position of IT Director/Manager for a Group of Authorized
Distributors and Dealerships in the Greek Automotive Industry.
CAREER HISTORY
05/2015 – Today : Assessor / Auditor - EOPPEP (Part Time)
National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications & Vocational Guidance http://www.eoppep.gr/index.php/en
12/2013 – IT Manager (Full Time 9 months)
09/2014 LAMDA SA & LAMDA STAR SA, Athens,Greece, Multi-branding Automotive Dealership group of companies
(Lancia, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Kia, Hyundai, Toyota and Mercedes) (http://www.lamdasa.gr/ | http://lamdastar.gr/)
 Managing and supporting Data Center Infrastructure and IT resources across multi-site (4 locations)
networking environment with more than 100 end-users under Microsoft Operating System and SQL Server
Software Application platforms with 2 different ERP Systems per company-brand (ATLANTIS for Fiat Group,
Hyundai-Kia & INCADEA(Microsoft Navision) for Mercedes, Toyota)
 IT Budgeting and Procurement, Vendors and IT assets management.
01/2012 – IT & Administration Manager (Part Time 12 months)
12/2013 AVALON, Audiovisual Digital Productions/e-services, Athens, Greece, http://www.avalonproductions.gr/
 Developing and providing Internet Applications & e-services.(website designs, audiovisual and film festival
management and administration)
01/2013 – ICT & WEB Coordinator (Part Time 7 months)
07/2013 Culture Polis NGO, Greece, Forum for Culture, Sustainability & Innovation http://www.culturepolis.org/
 Web Site Design, Development, Maintenance & Web GIS coordination for the European Program ‘SUSTCULT’
(SUSTain CULTural heritage).
03/1988 – IT Director (Full Time 23 years)
12/2011 LION HELLAS SA ,Athens, Greece, Group of Authorized Automobiles Distributors (Peugeot, SIXT,Kawasaki)
 Reported to CEO, leading IT Team of 11 with extra administrative duties of HR, Training, ISO, Maintenance &
Security Depts.
 Managing and supporting a complex Data Center Infrastructure and IT resources across multi-site networking
environment with 80 locations and more than 500 end-users under IBM midrange AS400/iseries,
RPG,SQL/DB2 & Microsoft Windows & MS-SQL Servers platforms.
 Designing, developing, maintaining & supporting in-house and outsourcing ERP,CRM & Logistics-Warehouse
Management Systems, Collaboration/Groupware Applications and Dealers Management Systems (DMS) for a
Network of 70 remotely connected Authorized Dealerships.
 IT Budgeting, h/w & s/w procurement, Vendors, SLA’s and IT resource management (h/w assets-s/w licences)
(2004 – 2009) – IT Consultant for NEC Virtualization Technologies (Thin Clients, PC/Desktop & Server Virtualization)
TEOTEC SA – IT & Telecommunications – NEC Authorized Distributor , Athens, Greece
(1983 – 2004) – IT Software Consultant , Athens, Greece (PART TIME 21 years)
N.EFTHIMIADIS-International Transportations Ltd & ONIA Ltd (ex-Authorized HERBALIFE Distributor in Greece)
 Developing, maintaining and supporting Commercial & Financial s/w applications in COBOL Programming
Language under various oper.systems (Xenix/Unix, Novell, Banyan Vines, Windows) throughout my 21 years
period of external part-time consultancy taken place in parallel with my other full-time jobs in the same period.
01/1988 – Applications Lecturer for Information Technology Applications (Part Time 7 months)
07/1989 Technological Educational Institute of Athens - Greece
12/1986 – Software Manager (Full Time 14 months)
02/1988 Action Group Ltd, Athens, Greece , Management & Computer Consultants
 Business Applications Software Development and Customer Support under Unix environments in COBOL

02/1986 – Software Applications Developer (Freelancer Full Time 10 months)
11/1986 THRAKI SA, Athens, Greece , Meat Production
 Developing MRP & Commercial s/w applications under Univac/Unix system in COBOL
01/1985 – Software Applications Developer (Full Time 1 year)
01/1986 Microsystems Ltd, Athens, Greece , H/w & S/w Solutions Provider
 Developing Commercial s/w applications for various industries (Clothing, Hotels, Retail etc) under Unix/Xenix
systems in COBOL Programming Language
01/1984 – Computer Programmer under IBM Mainframe – Banking Applications (Full Time 1 year)
12/1984 Pyramis SA, Athens, Greece , IT Center of Ionian & Popular Bank of Greece
08/1981 – Computer Programmer under IBM Mainframe – Banking Applications (Full Time 1 year)
07/1982 National Bank of Greece SA, Athens, Greece , IT Center of National Bank of Greece
SKILLS
EDUCATION
 2000-2002 MSc Decision Sciences/International MBA in e-Business, Athens University of Economics & Business
 2000 – 2002 Global Electronic Management(GEM) Certificate >>
Awarded as additional certificate by a consortium of the following Universities : AUEB, Atlanta Georgia State
University (USA) and Reykjiavik University(Iceland) , for a team-project done over the Internet.
 1979–1983 BSc Honours Degree Computer Studies University of S.Wales (ex-Polytechnic of Wales)
 1977–1979 GCE A’ Levels Pure Maths Central London College - UK
INTERESTS
Photography | Movies | Traveling | Football | Gardening | Film Production
Management Skills
 Systems & Business Analysis
 Business Processes & IT alignment
 Project & Team Management
 Budgeting
 IT procurement &SLA's management
 H/w assets management & s/w licencing
 Problem Solving & Support
 Documentation & Technical Writing
 Analytical thinking & Attention to detail
IT Skills
 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems
 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems
 Supply Chain/Logistics/Warehouse Management Systems
(WMS)
 Groupware/Collaboration s/w (Lotus Domino/Notes and
Microsoft s/w- MS Exchange Server/Outlook)
 MS-Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT etc)
 Windows XP/7/8
 Windows Server 2003/2008 Oper.Systems-Active directory
 LAN/WAN Network infrastructure
 Security (Antivirus, Firewall, Antispam, Backup) s/w
 MS SQL Server
 IBM AS400 /i-series - CL/RPG/SQL400/DB2
 COBOL
 Web Design and Open Source Content Management
Systems(CMS : Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress etc)
 Managed Print Services
 Testing & Debugging
 High Availability & Disaster Recovery - Online Data Replication
platforms (Mimix)
 PC and Server Virtualization (Vmware)
 Thin client Technologies (NEC Thin clients)
 Adobe Photoshop
 Social Media
Membership
 Associate Member as ‘Expert’ in the ' Unit
of Innovation & Business Clusters’ of the
Institute for SME’s of the Hellenic
Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen
& Merchants (IME/GSEVEE
http://www.imegsevee.gr/presentation/
 Assessor as 'Expert' in the Registry of
Assessors-Auditors of the National
Organization for the Certification of
Qualifications and Vocational Guidance
(EOPPEP -
http://www.eoppep.gr/index.php/en )
 Ex-Member of the Board and IT
Coordinator of International MBA Alumni-
Athens University of Economics &
Business.
 Ex-Member of the Management Board of
various group of companies : CHEVELLAS
SA (Authorized Automobiles Distributors
Chevrolet & Daewoo), TEOTEC SA (IT &
Telecom)
 Greek Computer Society
Languages
 Greek : Native
 English : Fluent (Proficiency)
 Turkish : Basic