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Efthymios Kanatos
 Telephone: +30 6946 56 97 78
 E-mail: efthimis87@gmail.com
 Address: Motgången 328 Rum 82, 41280 Göteborg
 Skype: efthimis87
 Linkedin: Efthymios Kanatos
Education
 2014 - 2016 - Master in Science in Supply Chain Management
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
 Master Thesis: “Optimization of the Distribution of Pharmaceutical and
Lab Kits”
Supervisor: Professor Michael Browne
 2014 - Diploma of Engineering (5-year program 300 ECTS)
School of Production Engineering and Management
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
 GPA: 7.22/10.0
 Thesis: “Harmony Search Algorithm on Vehicle Rooting Problem in
C++”
Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Y. Marinakis
 Private Lyceum of I.M.Panayotopoulou
Athens,Greece
Research Interests
Supply Chain Management, Freight Transportation, Operations Planning &
Control, Purchasing, Sustainable Logistics, Heuristic Algorithms in Logistics,
Project & Production Management & Scheduling, Non Linear Programming,
Dynamic Programming, Production Networks (CAM), Simulation, Engineering
Economics & Business Plan Analysis, Management of Physical Distribution.
Work Experience
 2016 Summer – Today Distribution Coordinator
Parametros Μεταφορική (Athens- Greece)
Main Duties: Routing of Trucks, Working with the IT department in order to
optimize the system, Finding dependable transportation companies in order to
become partners, Pricing of some clients.

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 2016 Spring Master Thesis
Astra Zeneca (Gothenburg- Sweden)
Master Thesis entitled “Optimization of the Distribution of Pharmaceutical and
Lab Kits”. The aim of the project is to investigate and map the distribution of
pharmaceuticals and Lab kits to site as is today and then evaluate whether there
are other more effective ways to deploy to sites.
 2015 Autumn Project Work
Volvo AB (Gothenburg- Sweden)
Group Project entitled “Identification of Future Transportation Scenarios and
Implications for Truck Maintenance”. The aim of the project was to create four
sustainable transportation scenarios for trucks that will occur in the next 15 years
and also to analyze the required maintenance.
 2015 Spring Project Work
KAPPAHL (Gothenburg- Sweden)
Group Project entitled “LCA analysis of the blouse hangers of Kappahl”. The aim
of the project was to conduct an LCA analysis on the blouse hangers of Kappahl
in order to compare the emissions in the hangers that are recycled and the ones
that are repaired.
 2015 Spring Project Work
EMERSON-ROSEMOUNT (Gothenburg- Sweden)
Group project entitled “Emerson-Rosemount and the multi-channel challenge”.
The aim of the project was to conduct an analysis on how Emerson-Rosemount
could use e-sales in order to optimize their sales network.
 2013 – 2014 Supply Chain Assistant
Greek Army-Supplies Office in a military base factory (Athens-Greece)
Duties: Collecting formal requests of various departments for supplies, getting
approval for requests from a technical military committee, ordering approved
supplies, archiving the necessary documents, communication with suppliers,
informing departments concerning stored supplies in the warehouse.
 2011- 2012 Secretary Assistant
CAS MARINE (Peiraeus- Greece)
Duties: Archiving, Communication with customers

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 2009 – 2011 Radio Show Host in Radio Entasi 93.5 FM
http://www.entasiradio.tuc.gr/
Technical Skills
 Programming Languages: C/C++, Matlab, HTML
 Typesetting Tools: Microsoft Office
 Computer-Aided Mechanical Drawing: Pro-Engineer, AutoCad
 2006 onwards - Driving License
Languages
 English (fluent)
Certificate of Proficiency in English by the University of Michigan
 French (basic)
Level B1 by Istitut Francais Grece
 Swedish (initiate level)
 Greek (native language)
Interests
 Field Hockey (former first place in Greek league and twice awarded as best
goalkeeper of the league)
 Active Member of Chalmer’s University Calling Group. Main activities
include calling the prospective students in order to welcome them and answer
to their questions
 Football
 Former Radio Show Host in Radio Entasi 93.5 FM
http://www.entasiradio.tuc.gr/
References
Michael Browne (Professor)
Department of Business Administration
Email: michael.browne@handels.gu.se
Visiting Address: Vasagatan 1, 40530
Göteborg
Postal Address: Box 610, 40530 Göteborg
Marinakis Yannis (Assistant Professor)
School of Production Engineering and
Management
Technical University of Crete, Chania,
Greece
Email: marinakis@ergasya.tuc.gr
Benny Jönsson
AstraZeneca
Global Medicines Development
Clinical Operations SM&O Hub
Gothenburg
SE-431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
Tel: +46 317065124
Mobile: +46 706263069
Εmail: Benny.Joensson@astrazeneca.com