PMFORUM Breaking News
Breaking News in the Project Management World
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Theofanis Giotis named PM Ambassador(TM) in Greece
PMForum is pleased to announce that Theofanis Giotis, CEO of ITC Solutions and President of the PMI Greece Chapter, has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau. Based in Athens and with over 20 years of professional experience, Theofanis advises organizations and speaks on project management throughout Greece and the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. He has announced his availability to speak at project management events worldwide.
Theofanis Giotis is Co-Founder, owner and CEO of ITEC Training SA & ITEC Solutions SA since 1988, based in Athens, Greece. Since 2004 he is also Co-Founder & President of the Greece Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®). Theofanis has over 20 years of professional experience in Project and Program Management, Information Technology, Economics, Operational Research and Management. As an entrepreneur, consultant and trainer, Theofanis has worked in different cultural environments, mainly in EMEA region.
He was instrumental in 1992 in establishing the first Project Management Office (PMO) in Greece for a Greek Telco for managing a project of €200 million budget. Since 1987 he has managed hundreds of IT/TELCO projects. As an ICT expert he has envisioned, planned, designed, developed and implemented hundreds of Infrastructure Deployment and Application Development projects for Greek & multinational companies. He has experience in 2 and 3 tier applications using different programming languages and tools (Cobol, DBase II/III/IV, Clipper, Visual Basic, Access, Excel VBA, SQL Server etc).
Since 1987 he also has gained tremendous experience in the field of Information Technology and Project Management (more than 22.000 consulting and training hours). Theofanis has given more 100 presentations on ICT & Project Management and has passed more than 80 professional certifications. Since Sept. 2005, he has published more than 100 articles about Project Management in Greek professional magazines (the only columns for Project Management in Greece).
Theofanis holds a BA in Economics from Athens University, Greece and an MSc in Management (O.R.) from Lancaster University, UK. Also he holds a Computer Programming/Systems Analysis degree from ACE College, Athens, Greece. He was certified as PMP® in 2003 and graduated from the PMI® Leadership Institute Masters Class in 2007. Theofanis serves as International Correspondent for PMFORUM.org in Greece. Since 2001, Theofanis has taught more than 55 Project Management and PMP® preparations courses with more than 633 attendees. As of July 2007, he has trained over 35% of all Greek PMPs.
Theofanis is a member of the following societies and organizations: AMACON, IEEE, ISACA; Project Management Institute (PMI®); PMI Greece Chapter (PMI-GREECE); PMI SIG Information Systems member since 2003; PMI SIG Education & Training member; PMI Frankfurt Chapter; PMI Washington D.C. Chapter; and PMI Troubled Projects SIG. His volunteer leadership has included: Greek PMI Chapter Co-Founder (PMI-GREECE) (2004); Greek PMI Chapter President (PMI-GREECE) (2004 until today); OPM3® 2008 Update Project Team Volunteer since 2005; and Lexicon Project Volunteer since 2006. He is a member of the PMI 2008 EMEA Global Congress CoPAT.
Potential Presentation Subjects (others available)
For information on Theofanis’ availability, please contact ambassadors@pmforum.com or editor@pmforum.org.
The PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau was introduced by PMForum in 2007 as a service for project management leaders and meeting planners worldwide. The program offers leading project management authorities, experts and leaders who are available to speak at conferences, meetings and seminars worldwide. PM AmbassadorsTM include globally-recognized project management professional experts; authors of PM textbooks; former presidents and chairs of PM professional societies; experienced project managers and PM professionals; and retired executives of project and program-oriented organizations.
PM AmbassadorsTM are available to speak at project management conferences, meetings, seminars and workshops, and at corporate events. Interested meeting organizers and planners can contact ambassadors@pmforum.com for more information. Background information about individual speakers, availability and potential presentation topics can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/ambassadors/ambassadors.htm.
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He was instrumental in 1992 in establishing the first Project Management Office (PMO) in Greece for a Greek Telco for managing a project of €200 million budget. Since 1987 he has managed hundreds of IT/TELCO projects. As an ICT expert he has envisioned, planned, designed, developed and implemented hundreds of Infrastructure Deployment and Application Development projects for Greek & multinational companies. He has experience in 2 and 3 tier applications using different programming languages and tools (Cobol, DBase II/III/IV, Clipper, Visual Basic, Access, Excel VBA, SQL Server etc).
Since 1987 he also has gained tremendous experience in the field of Information Technology and Project Management (more than 22.000 consulting and training hours). Theofanis has given more 100 presentations on ICT & Project Management and has passed more than 80 professional certifications. Since Sept. 2005, he has published more than 100 articles about Project Management in Greek professional magazines (the only columns for Project Management in Greece).
Theofanis holds a BA in Economics from Athens University, Greece and an MSc in Management (O.R.) from Lancaster University, UK. Also he holds a Computer Programming/Systems Analysis degree from ACE College, Athens, Greece. He was certified as PMP® in 2003 and graduated from the PMI® Leadership Institute Masters Class in 2007. Theofanis serves as International Correspondent for PMFORUM.org in Greece. Since 2001, Theofanis has taught more than 55 Project Management and PMP® preparations courses with more than 633 attendees. As of July 2007, he has trained over 35% of all Greek PMPs.
Theofanis is a member of the following societies and organizations: AMACON, IEEE, ISACA; Project Management Institute (PMI®); PMI Greece Chapter (PMI-GREECE); PMI SIG Information Systems member since 2003; PMI SIG Education & Training member; PMI Frankfurt Chapter; PMI Washington D.C. Chapter; and PMI Troubled Projects SIG. His volunteer leadership has included: Greek PMI Chapter Co-Founder (PMI-GREECE) (2004); Greek PMI Chapter President (PMI-GREECE) (2004 until today); OPM3® 2008 Update Project Team Volunteer since 2005; and Lexicon Project Volunteer since 2006. He is a member of the PMI 2008 EMEA Global Congress CoPAT.
- IT Project Management
- Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF)
- IT Project Management
- Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM)
- Building a Project Based Organization (PBO)
- Enterprise Project Management
- Earned Value Management
- Program, Project and Portfolio Management
- Project Management Training & Certifications
- Project Management soft skills
- Project Leadership
- Project Communication Management
For information on Theofanis’ availability, please contact ambassadors@pmforum.com or editor@pmforum.org.
PM AmbassadorsTM are available to speak at project management conferences, meetings, seminars and workshops, and at corporate events. Interested meeting organizers and planners can contact ambassadors@pmforum.com for more information. Background information about individual speakers, availability and potential presentation topics can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/ambassadors/ambassadors.htm.
