Panayiotis Melas

About Panayiotis Melas

Experienced leader, with demonstrable results in directly managing teams, ensuring successful project delivery and client satisfaction. Accomplished IT professional with extensive experience in Project/Program management, using both traditional (Waterfall) and Agile methodologies, coupled with a wide range of Agile coaching practice, including classroom training, team coaching and individual mentoring. Diverse background across multiple industries, including transportation, manufacturing and Oil & Gas.Certified Agile/SAFe Practitioner with Scrum Master certifications in both traditional Agile (CSM) and Scaled Agile (SSM), including Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Consultant (SPC). Skilled and accomplished in conducting SAFe5 certification classes and providing support in forming & normalizing Agile teams. Developed a custom training curriculum for realigning teams to the core basic Agile concepts. Frequent presenter at PMI Houston events and contributor to Project management forumsCore Competencies- Waterfall, Agile & SAFe Methodologies- Agile Coach / Instructor- Program & Project Management- Vendor & Stakeholder Management- Employee Management- Leading Global Team - Scope & Requirements Management - Risk & Change Management- Executive Management CommunicationActive Certifications: PMP, CSM, SAFe5 SPC, RTE, SSM, SA, ICP-BAF

Experience

1. IT Delivery Manager Agile Lead

   Granite Construction

   Nov 2020 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Manage the corporate Project Management Office (PMO) within the IT Delivery organization, responsible for the daily operation and supervision of the Project Management team, and the overall delivery of IT projects to the organization• Provided supervision and support for the PMO Project Management team, consisting of internal and contract Project Managers, including current performance, career growth, training and performance improvement.• Defined new and/or updated existing processes to improve the governance and proper transition of the projects through the project lifecycle (PDLC).• Instrumental in maturing the Delivery operations through continuous assessment of current & legacy processes, identification and deployment of Continuous Improvement initiatives.• Updated and enhanced communication methods to the organization leadership, project stakeholders and IT organization as a whole (weekly reports, ITLT reports, recurring meetings, etc.).• Collaborated with heads/directors of IT departments (Architecture, Support, Operations) on identifying and closing gaps in critical areas related to project delivery.• Defined structure and process of Product Teams, leveraging the SAFe Agile Release Train (ART) concept, to accumulate related projects under a consolidated Product Team, in order to properly address work identification & prioritization, cross dependencies, and resource sharing.• Promoted the Agile methodology concepts in the delivery of the PMO projects, in addition to the structure of the Product Teams.• Developed and conducted custom training sessions with the project teams and stakeholders to ensure the proper understanding, and implementation of the Agile method and concepts. Training included basic Agile concepts, processes, roles a & responsibilities, etc.

Education

• DeVry University

  Bachelor's degree, Technical Management

  2003 — 2005

• Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

  Master’s Degree, Management Information Systems

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Certified Project Manager
• Agile Methodologies
• Program Management
• Management
• Software Project Management
• System Deployment
• Ccna
• Scope Management
• Operations Management
• Webex
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Project
• Visio
• Project Delivery
• Data Center
• Software Implementation
• Access
• Waterfall
• Integration
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Troubleshooting
• Vendor Management
• Outsourcing
• Risk Management
• Project Management
• Certified Scrum Master
• Business Process Improvement
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Sdlc
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Ms Project
• Pmi
• Agile Project Management
• Project Planning
• Training
• Sharepoint
• Change Management
• Scrum