Vangelis Iliakis

Chief Operations Officer @ Workable

About

Results-driven professional with over 15 years in diverse roles within the IT industry. Proven ability to lead complex projects and build high-performing teams. Skilled at aligning team efforts with organizational goals and navigating challenging environments to consistently deliver successful outcomes.

Country

Greece

City

Víron

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Systems Engineering, Strategy, Machine Learning, Project Management, Risk Management, Account Management, Program Management, Project Planning, New Business Development, Strategic Planning, People Development, Leadership, Cross-functional Coordination, Stakeholder Management, Application Performance Management, WAN Optimisation, Applications Delivery, Protocol Analysis, Telecommunications, Software Engineering

Experience

Chief Operations Officer

Workable

2024-7 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Leading Workable’s global operations - spanning Implementation & Professional Services, Account Management, Customer Support, Revenue Operations, Technical Operations, Data Management, and IT.

Vice President Operations

Workable

2024-2 - 2024-7 · 6 mos

Head of Strategic Development

Dialectica

2022-10 - 2024-1 · 1 yr 4 mos

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Led strategic technology initiatives to expand Dialectica's data business. Driving end-to-end transformation across the organization by optimizing workflows, enhancing agility, and improving operational efficiency.

Head of Product

Upstream

2019-2 - 2022-10 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Athens

Responsible for the product portfolio of Upstream (marketing and analytics SaaS platform, subscription and billing management solution for mobile services, digital advertising anti-fraud solution for mobile operators) supporting delivery of services to 45 markets and 60+ enterprise customers.

Director of Process and Project Management

Upstream

2017-7 - 2019-1 · 1 yr 7 mos

Greece, Athens

Responsible for Engineering Operations, IT Compliance and IT Procurement functions. Led strategic initiatives focusing on new products, cost optimization and infrastructure consolidation.

Regional PMO Director

Upstream

2017-1 - 2017-7 · 7 mos

Responsible for Upstream’ s strategy execution and related programs, projects and products in key revenue-contributing Africa and Asia regions.

Project Manager

Upstream

2015-9 - 2016-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

Delivered complex mobile commerce projects in Sub-Saharan African region. Managed special projects including the launch of the digital marketing campaigns management platform

Technical Team Leader

ADAPTIT S.A.

2012-4 - 2015-8 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Led a team of system engineers in designing and implementing networking and application management solutions for major financial and telecommunications institutions.

Systems Engineer

ADAPTIT S.A.

2010-6 - 2012-3 · 1 yr 10 mos

Provided consulting & implementation services to major Financial and Telecom Institutions in Greece specializing in data networks and applications performance assessment & optimization.

Software Engineer

Independent Contractor

2009-9 - 2010-5 · 9 mos

Designed and developed the navigation software for low cost positioning and tracking of containers as part of the FP7 TrackBoCs Project. Responsible for requirements analysis, software architecture & development.

Applications Engineer

TELETEL S.A.

2007-7 - 2008-10 · 1 yr 4 mos

Developed software tools in the fields of data networks and telecommunications. Responsible for the entire software lifecycle, architecture and design, development, integration, regression testing, and documentation processes. Participated in the negotiations and the preparation of ICT and European Space Agency proposals.

Education

DTU - Technical University of Denmark

Master in Telecommunications

2005 - 2007 · 2 yrs

Thesis:Resource Allocation In Next Generation Internet: Provisioning QoS for Future Networks based on Teletraffic Theory

Technical University of Crete

Electronic and Computer Engineering

2000 - 2005 · 5 yrs

Thesis:Forward Error Correction for experimental wireless ftp radio link over analog FM * publicly available: http://www.library.tuc.gr/artemis/DT2005-0146/DT2005-0146.pdf