Nick Vasilakis
Massapequa,New York
Summary
Seasoned Senior Project Manager with relevant experience in coordinating large-scale projects, managing diverse teams, and driving overall project success. Strong in initiating and planning stages of project management, leveraging strong communication and negotiation skills to manage stakeholder expectations. Have consistently made significant impacts by ensuring timely delivery of projects without compromising quality standards. Display leadership qualities and decision-making abilities that foster team collaboration and efficient problem resolution.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Interpublic group
Manhattan, New York
01.2016 - Current
- Directed project management tasks for over 50 AWS and 15 Azure cloud migrations.
- Successfully managed relationships with all stakeholders.
- Oversaw successful execution of SAP S4 HANA migration.
- Provided mentorship for junior team members of Global SAP PMO.
- Delivered detailed progress reports to senior leadership consistently.
- Oversaw all facets of user account creation and environment configuration within Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Jira Service Manager.
- Facilitated management of challenging projects requiring advanced technical coordination across platforms.
- Identified potential risks associated with projects and developed mitigation strategies.
- Developed comprehensive project plans to be shared with stakeholders.
- Coordinated resources across multiple departments and teams to ensure successful completion of projects.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to develop realistic expectations for deliverables.
- Enhanced development and drove the continuous improvement of the continuous project delivery process by providing strong program leadership.
QA Project Manager
Ipreo LLC
Manhattan, New York
12.2007 - 08.2015
- Demonstrated system functionalities to stakeholders and guided knowledge transfer to new team members.
- Developed comprehensive functional specifications for enhancements to the Fixed Income Book build system.
- Ensured adherence to quality standards during all phases of the SDLC in collaboration with development and product teams.
- Crafted business requirement documents derived from client enhancement requests.
- Organized and conducted weekly client status meetings.
- Directed the processes involved in planning, testing, and managing projects during quarterly releases.
- Compiled concise management status summaries from testing results and metrics.
- Responsible for collecting historical project data and creating metrics for future analysis
- Metrics included utilization rates amongst teams, team velocity, estimated budget vs actual budget, estimated deadlines vs actual deadlines, productivity metrics across teams and various quality measures.
- Responsible for tracking project deliverable progress across product, QA and Development teams and escalating to upper management when necessary
- Responsible for holding lessons learned meetings at the end of projects evaluating historical metrics and applying procedural changes based on findings.
Quality Assurance Engineer
GFI Group
Manhattan, New York
03.2006 - 04.2007
- Performed functional and automated testing on Deal FX Options trading System
- Ran load tests for Deal FX project using load runner
- Wrote Manual tests from specification documents for Deal FX Project
- Wrote automated test scripts using Fit Structure
QA Consultant
REUTERS Analytics
Manhattan, New York
04.2004 - 06.2005
- Set up various testing platforms using database, servers and virtual machines
- Wrote test plans and ran performance test scripts for all phases of testing
- Analyzed requirements from business and product teams to determine feasibility
- Ran Automated tests using silk performer for load and stress testing
- Managed a team of 10 QA engineers located in Bangkok, Thailand
- Managed multiple projects for offshore teams using Microsoft Project
Associate Development Quality Analyst
REUTERS Analytics
Hauppauge, New York
11.1997 - 07.2003
- Performed functional testing on D3000 Foreign Exchange trading System
- Performed manual testing on Reuters conversational dealing, Spot and Swap matching systems
- Wrote various enhancement reports for FX trading GUI to enhance trader satisfaction
- Manually tested audit trail, trade logs and trade tickets for Spot and Swap FX trading systems to determine correct accounting and reporting requirements
- Ran performance tests to stress websites using Silk Performer
- Performed Compatibility testing using different variations of browsers and operating systems
- Actively participated in all areas of the testing and Development Life cycles, which included Requirements Analysis, Test Planning, and Test Execution
- Ran load tests for D3000 Foreign Exchange trading System to simulate 250 concurrent users trading across 15 sites and 30 key stations for both Spot and Swap markets
- Ran numerous regression test suites for FX trading dialog boxes for both Spot and Swap Markets
- Ran and attended various Peer Review meetings for testing documentation
- Installed and configured Web servers and Client sites in a LAN setting for D3000 Foreign Exchange trading System
- Participated in Design review and Product group Meetings to determine Requirements feasibility for D3000 Foreign Exchange trading System
Education
Master of Business Administration - Concentration in Project Management
Grantham University
01.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Multi Disciplinary Studies Program, Concentrations in Business Management, Information Systems and English
State University Of New York At Stony Brook
05.2004
Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- MS Project
- Visio
- Sharepoint
- TFS
- WinRunner
- LoadRunner
- Jira
- Bugzilla
- Mercury Quality center
- Agile development process
- KPI tracking
- Project planning
- Requirements gathering
- Scope management
- Meeting facilitation
- Multi-project management
- Cross-functional communication
- Client relationship management
- Project plan development
Certification
- ASTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level, 04/15
- ITIL Foundation level, 10/15
Affiliations
- Youth Basketball Coach
- Sports Enthusiast
- Boating and Fishing
- Skiing
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Interpublic group
01.2016 - Current
QA Project Manager
Ipreo LLC
12.2007 - 08.2015
Quality Assurance Engineer
GFI Group
03.2006 - 04.2007
QA Consultant
REUTERS Analytics
04.2004 - 06.2005
Associate Development Quality Analyst
REUTERS Analytics
11.1997 - 07.2003
- ASTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level, 04/15
- ITIL Foundation level, 10/15
Master of Business Administration - Concentration in Project Management
Grantham University
Bachelor of Arts - Multi Disciplinary Studies Program, Concentrations in Business Management, Information Systems and English
State University Of New York At Stony Brook
Similar Profiles
Julie MeyerJulie Meyer
Financial Accountant at Interpublic GroupFinancial Accountant at Interpublic Group
Jonathan SchwarzJonathan Schwarz
Manager, Strategic Sourcing Operations at Interpublic GroupManager, Strategic Sourcing Operations at Interpublic Group
Fenil RanaFenil Rana
Business Information Security Analyst Intern at Interpublic GroupBusiness Information Security Analyst Intern at Interpublic Group