AIT Community / Faculty / Teaching Fellows / Marilena Koliavasili, MSc, Eng, PMP

SUMMARY
Marilena is PMP certified Project Manager in Intracom Telecom SA. She has great experience in establishing a PMO, managing networking projects for Enterprises, Telecommunication organizations and Internet services providers in Greece and abroad. She has also been involved in the past in presales procedures, creation of contracts, and in projects dealing with IP networking technologies. She holds a MSc in Telematics from Sheffield University, UK, and a MSc in Management of Business, Innovation and Technology from AIT, Athens.
Marilena has cooperated with Hellenic American Union, Hewlett Packard, tuition centers and enterprises for in-class and e-learning courses regarding project management.
She is also a founding member and participated as a member of the Steering Committee for PMI Chapter in Greece and PM-Greece.

EDUCATION

• 10/2005-10/2007: Athens Information Technology (AIT), affiliate of Carnegie Mellon University (US), MSc in Management of Business, Innovation and Technology (MBIT)
• 09/1998-09/1999: Sheffield University, UK, MSc / Eng in Telematics
• 12/2001- 11/2002: National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Diploma in ‘Development of Entrepreneurship for Women’ (vocational training)
• 02/1994-07/1998: American College of Greece (Deree), BSc Computer Information Systems

Certifications
05/2004: PMP (Project Management Professional)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 01/2009 – Present, INTRACOM TELECOM S.A.  - Access & Transmission Systems Department
  As a project manager, she is participating in projects for enterprises and other organizations, in India and Russia; this includes initiation, planning, execution control and closure of the projects (provision of telecom materials and relevant services).
• 01/2006 – 12/2008, INTRACOM TELECOM S.A.  - Project Management Office (PMO)
  As a project manager, she participated in projects for enterprises and other organizations, in Greece and abroad. Apart from that, she was the key contact person for the projects, both internally and externally. Moreover, she was a member of the company’s group regarding the training of the project managers, as well as the composition of project procedures.
• 03/2004-12/2005, INTRACOM S.A. / Telco Solutions Project Management Dept
  As a project manager, she participated in projects for Enterprises and other Organizations in Greece and abroad (Cyprus, Turkey, Kosovo, Albania).
• 11/1999 –02/2004, INTRACOM S.A. / Information Systems and Multiservice Networks Dept
  -Project management for projects of enterprises, including the National Greek PTT, and the Organizational Committee for Athens 2004.
  - Participation in presales procedures and creation of contracts.
  - Composition of templates regarding professional services.
  - Documentation regarding provided services, project procedures, customer satisfaction etc.
  - Participation in the organization on the department of Information Systems and Multiservice Networks and its corresponding laboratory.
• 03/1998 –08/1998, INTRACOM S.A. / Information Systems Dept
  Personnel for network projects.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Marilena has cooperated with Hellenic American Union, Hewlett Packard, tuition centers and enterprises for in-class and e-learning courses regarding project management.  

MEMBERSHIPS

• Founding member and former steering committee member of PMI (Project Management Institute) Chapter of Greece
• Founding member and former steering committee of PM-Greece (Project Management in Greece)
• Member of Greek Network of Open and Distance Learning