Emmanouil Kermitsis is an IT Director and Manager with over 24 years of experience managing IT for automotive dealership groups in Greece. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and an MBA with a specialization in e-business. Currently he works as an Assessor/Auditor and has extensive experience developing and supporting various IT systems, networks, and applications across different industries. He has strong skills in project management, systems analysis, ERP systems, and virtualization technologies.

1. 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

2. 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