Panagiotis Tsiantopoulos

Q: Where is Panagiotis based?

Panagiotis is based in Frankfurt, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Panagiotis speak?

Panagiotis speaks the following languages: Greek (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced), German (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Panagiotis have?

Panagiotis has at least 23 years of experience. During this time, Panagiotis has worked in at least 22 different roles and for 10 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months . Note that Panagiotis may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Panagiotis's latest experience?

Panagiotis's most recent position is IT Manager at XCMG – XFL .

Q: What companies has Panagiotis worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Panagiotis has worked for XCMG – XFL , Helaba , Thoranet , and Deutsche Bank .

Q: Which industries is Panagiotis most experienced in?

Panagiotis is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance , Information Technology , and Manufacturing .

Q: Which business areas is Panagiotis most experienced in?

Panagiotis is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Quality Assurance . Panagiotis also has some experience in Finance , Operations , and Product Development .

Q: Which industries has Panagiotis worked in recently?

Panagiotis has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance , Information Technology , and Manufacturing .

Q: Which business areas has Panagiotis worked in recently?

Panagiotis has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Quality Assurance .

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Frankfurt, Germany

Experience

Oct 2024 - Dec 2024

3 months

IT Manager

XCMG – XFL

Gather basic requirements
Plan the project
Create RfP and tender
Interview five vendors
Review proposals and contracts
Create a vendor shortlist based on hard facts (criteria catalog, price, licenses) and soft facts (quality of documents, software user experience, reputation and references)
Support the initiation and RfP & vendor selection phases
Plan the implementation & go-live and hypercare phases for 2025

Mar 2024 - Nov 2024

9 months

Interim Manager

Helaba

Single point of contact for program management and four IT-related projects (architecture, test & release, mainframe retirement, infrastructure and operations)
Support in planning, coordination, communication, and management of scope, risks, tasks, stakeholders, budget, change requests and service providers
Task force lead for SAP S/4HANA 2023 and TRBK2.0 upgrade
Task force lead to ensure the stability of the migration environment
Lead a team to plan, implement and operate a second SAP line including retrofit
Design of an overarching release management
Identification and escalation of risks and solution finding

Sep 2023 - Feb 2024

6 months

Consultant

Thoranet

Advise employees on AI topics, current state of AI technologies and trends
Conduct workshops on AI chatbots, prompts, tools and AIOps

Jan 2021 - Jul 2023

2 years 7 months

Lead Technology Manager

Deutsche Bank

Manage the bank-wide acceptance & integration test environment INT++ (E008)
Support the migration test environment TMIG
Participate in overall cutover planning
Provide continuous feedback to senior management on scope, milestones, issues and solutions
Coordinate with project teams on requirements for test preparation and execution (migration and regression)
Coordinate with external teams, vendors and support units
Create booking day calendars in coordination with ETL teams for detailed planning of test migrations without disrupting end-of-day processing

Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

10 months

IT Project Manager

DZ BANK / VR Leasing / VR Faktorem

Set up the new application landscape as the first client in DZ BANK's data center
Transfer and migrate individual applications to new operating units in phases until the hypercare phase after cutover
Decommission and ensure operational stability at the selling unit
Analyze old and new system environments, create delta analyses
Support and coach business project management
Clarify technical and business requirements
Coordinate with stakeholders up to C-level
Plan the budget, track milestones and manage external service providers
Ensure technical on-time closing
Review runbooks and develop migration concepts

Sep 2018 - Feb 2020

1 year 6 months

IT Project Manager

DZ BANK / VR Leasing / BFL / BAWAG p.s.k

Responsible for the carve-out sale of BFL Eschborn from VR Leasing to BAWAG p.s.k.
Extracting and handing over data from VR Leasing systems to BAWAG p.s.k. and service providers
Dismantling and ensuring operational stability at the selling unit (emails, drive contents, reporting, DWH extracts)
Analyzing old and new systems
Coaching the project lead and clarifying requirements
Coordinating with stakeholders up to the C-level
Budget planning and milestone tracking
Ensuring closing and creating delivery paths to enable reporting
Creating migration plans and supporting the transformation and rollout of new solutions

May 2017 - Jun 2018

1 year 2 months

Defect Manager

Commerzbank

Assigning defects from various areas and projects
Resolving issues and tracking fixes
Acting as a facilitator and interface between test managers, test analysts, business analysts, architects, project leads, Scrum Masters, delivery managers, and subject matter experts
Initiating task force meetings
Optimizing decision-making and planning processes around defects (target release, estimated fix date, severity, priority, status)
Generating ad-hoc defect reports for management
Creating publicly available reports and analysis charts
Preparing the migration plan from ALM 11 to ALM 12.5

Mar 2017 - Jun 2017

4 months

QA Officer

Commerzbank

Requesting and archiving project documentation
Creating and maintaining project and milestone plans
Creating and maintaining QA matrices
Preparing lessons learned slides

Sep 2016 - Feb 2017

6 months

Subproject Lead

Deutsche Bank

Ensuring KPIs agreed with the board are met and planning infrastructure modernization
Early detection and addressing of issues, escalating risks, and involving stakeholders
Prioritizing and planning based on cost and criticality
Impact analysis
Aligning project plans with internal service providers, application owners, and vendors
Regularly creating reports

Feb 2016 - Sep 2016

8 months

Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Planning and managing release packages under the MITSA 3 contract with IBM to implement Standard Application Environments (SAE)
Production rollout and handover to operations teams
Gathering requirements from customers and defining requirements for tools and processes
Implementing the requirements in ServiceNow
Aligning project plans and processes with internal service providers and IBM

Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

10 months

Business Analyst

Commerzbank

Analysis of IT applications and interfaces in a heterogeneous system landscape
Identification of needed adjustments and process optimization
Audit-compliant handling of production systems
Creation of technical documentation
Management of the development team
Coordination of tests with higher-level test teams

Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

2 months

Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Processing of audit findings regarding process compliance in IT development
Coordination with audit and development teams
Analysis of business requirements and development of implementation alternatives
Management of two analysts

Aug 2012 - Dec 2014

2 years 5 months

Change Advisory Board Manager

Deutsche Bank

Change manager for core applications SAP, ETL, Quest and FACE/MKx in the Magellan program
Responsible for all production deployments and end-to-end dependency checks
Review of scripts, conflict resolution and requesting missing documents
Member of the core banking change management team for retail

Feb 2012 - Jul 2012

6 months

Test Environment Coordinator

Deutsche Bank

Coordination of the EDU environment setup (SAP, Quest, FACE/MKblue)
Coordination of the UAT environment setup (HOST, Informatica, SAP)
Coordination of the UAT operational phase
Member of the control center for UAT transition and operations

May 2011 - Jan 2012

9 months

Project Associate

Commerzbank

As-is/to-be analysis and business process analysis for a credit risk stress testing platform
Support in creating the functional documentation
Concept development, architecture design, and analysis
Management of technical and business tests
Preparation of a preliminary study with recommendations

Sep 2009 - Apr 2011

1 year 8 months

Project Manager

Commerzbank / EuroHypo

Led five work packages to redevelop an IT application as part of focusing on target markets
Created functional specifications
Managed technical and functional testing
Organized and conducted tests
Prepared and organized releases

Mar 2009 - Dec 2009

10 months

Test Manager

Commerzbank

Created test plans and monitored test execution
Conducted reviews
Solved cross-cutting issues in testing

Mar 2009 - Oct 2009

8 months

Sub-project Manager

Commerzbank

Conducted requirements analysis for the balance sheet analysis tool
Planned and executed the implementation
Managed testing

Mar 2008 - Mar 2009

1 year 1 month

Developer / Coach

Commerzbank

Further developed a corporate customer rating module
Transferred knowledge to a new development team
Implemented requirements and provided coaching
Delivered low-risk solutions

Aug 2007 - Feb 2008

7 months

Architect

Commerzbank

Designed and documented the architecture for a corporate customer rating process under Basel II
Coordinated with stakeholders on product development and launch

Jan 2007 - Jul 2007

7 months

Consultant

Commerzbank

Develop an SAP archiving concept
Compare architectures and select a target architecture for rating platforms
Conduct a workshop for architecture teams and lead developers

Apr 2005 - Dec 2006

1 year 9 months

Deputy Project Manager

Commerzbank

Project management, controlling, and reporting for scoring procedures according to Basel II
Coordinate with the business unit, platform team, and test team
Progress tracking, document management, and test support

Aug 2004 - Mar 2005

8 months

Lead Developer

Commerzbank

Requirements analysis, development, and test support for Excel-based rating systems according to Basel II
Coordinate with the business unit and test team

Feb 2004 - Jun 2004

5 months

IT Consultant

Commerzbank

Consulting, development, and documentation for a mainframe application to ensure the quality of the securities price database
Implement screen changes

Apr 2002 - Jan 2004

1 year 10 months

PMO

Deutsche Börse / Clearstream

PMO support for the introduction of the New German Settlement Model
Requirements analysis, development, and test support
Tracking deliverables using a custom Excel tool
Creating templates, updating the project plan, and organizing meetings

Sep 2001 - Mar 2002

7 months

Consultant

adept consult AG

Modernization of mainframe applications to web solutions
Requirements analysis, development, testing, and software selection
Extraction of the COBOL processing core and connection to a PHP web interface

Apr 2001 - Aug 2001

5 months

Developer

Commerzbank

Maintenance of a mainframe application and connection of a new interface for external data providers
Implementation of changes to business logic
Technical documentation

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance and Information Technology.

Banking and Finance

Information Technology

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Operations, Finance, and Business Intelligence.

Information Technology

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Operations

Finance

Business Intelligence

Skills

Industry Experience

Banks: Transformation Processes At Banks And Related Migration Activities, M&a, Carve-in/carve-out, Merger/integration Or Separation At Banks, Credit Risk, Basel Ii, Macroeconomic Stress Tests, Architecture Analysis, Setup And Operation Of Test Environments, Test Management, Defect Management (Delivery Role), Change Management / Change Advisory Board (Production View)
Exchanges: Implementation Of The New Securities Settlement Model New German Settlement Model

Management Skills

Project Management: Operational Leadership Of The Project, Definition Of Deliverables, Planning And Controlling Of Work Packages And Budget, Sourcing And Staffing Of The Project, Time And Resource Planning, Definition Of Project Scope, Reporting To Steering Committees, Crisis Management (Task Forces), Risk And Issue Management, Mediation, Steering And Coordination Of Complex Organizational Structures
Business Analyst & It Consultant: Requirements Analysis And Change Management, Business Process Analysis And Optimization, Creation Of Business And Technical Documentation, Interface Between Business And It
Test Management: Methodical Consulting, Planning Of Test Strategies And Test Levels, Setup And Operations Management For Test Environments, Cross-project Deviation Management, Reporting To Project Management, Definition Of Test Scope, Documentation Of Test Results, Test Management In The Integration Project Of Two Major Banks, Test Management And Sprint Planning In Development Projects According To Agile Methodology, Test Management And Release Management In Development Projects According To Waterfall Model, Defect Management (Proactive, Risk-oriented And Cross-team)
Pmo: Support For Management, Project Controlling, Reporting And Administration (Kpis), Presentations For Program Management And Steering Committees, Project Progress Tracking, Development Of Pmo Automation Tools, Development Of Templates And Establishment Of Best Practices, Cross-project Communication Management
Change Advisory Board Manager: Support For Management In Reviews And Decisions On Change Conflicts, Setup Of Largely Automated Reporting, Development Of Templates And Establishment Of Best Practices, Introduction Of A Cross-project Culture Change And Understanding Regarding Change Management

It Skills

Methods: Agile Approach, Waterfall Model, Ooa, Uml, Eepk, Swimlane Diagrams, Analysis And Design Of Technical Architectures
Tools: Ms Office (Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Access, Teams), Ms Project, Ms Visio, Lotus Notes, Jira, Confluence, Servicenow, Remedy, Mindmanager 22, Canva
Programming Languages: Java, Vb/vba (Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Outlook, Access), Cobol
Databases/tools: Oracle, Ibm Db2, Ms Access, Sql Developer, Toad
Test Tools: Hp Alm Application Lifecycle Management, Rational Clearquest
Operating Systems: Windows, Unix / Linux, Z/os
Other Tools: Aris Toolset, Enterprise Architect, Bonapart, Eclipse, Ilog Jrules, Sagent V6.6, Xmlspy, Dbrib

Languages

Greek

Native

English

Advanced

French

Advanced

German

Elementary

Education

Bielefeld University, Faculty of Technology

Diploma in Computer Science · Computer Science · Bielefeld, Germany

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 27

Experience in Banking and Finance 21.5 y

Avg length 10 m

Longest experience 2 y 6 m

Expertise

Recent roles IT Manager, Interim Manager, Consultant

Main industries Banking and Finance, Information Technology

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Profile

Created

January 2025

Last Update

February 2026

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Where is Panagiotis based?

Panagiotis is based in Frankfurt, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Panagiotis speak?

Panagiotis speaks the following languages: Greek (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced), German (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Panagiotis have?

Panagiotis has at least 23 years of experience. During this time, Panagiotis has worked in at least 22 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Panagiotis may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Panagiotis be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Panagiotis would be well-suited for roles such as: IT Manager, Interim Manager, Consultant.

What is Panagiotis's latest experience?

Panagiotis's most recent position is IT Manager at XCMG – XFL.

What companies has Panagiotis worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Panagiotis has worked for XCMG – XFL, Helaba, Thoranet, and Deutsche Bank.

Which industries is Panagiotis most experienced in?

Panagiotis is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Manufacturing.

Which business areas is Panagiotis most experienced in?

Panagiotis is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance. Panagiotis also has some experience in Finance, Operations, and Product Development.

Which industries has Panagiotis worked in recently?

Panagiotis has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Manufacturing.

Which business areas has Panagiotis worked in recently?

Panagiotis has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.

What is Panagiotis's education?

Panagiotis attended Bielefeld University, Faculty of Technology for Computer Science.

What is the availability of Panagiotis?

Panagiotis is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Panagiotis?

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