
Stylianos Avramidis
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Athens, Central Athens Regional Unit, Greece
Toptal member since October 25, 2022
Stylianos is a highly-motivated and diligent project manager with a technical background. Experienced in B2C and B2B businesses, SaaS products, and agile methodologies, he has driven the release of more than 13 digital products hovering over 140% profit. Stylianos excels in delivering products and features within time and budget while leading multicultural teams.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- AI Design
- AWS SDK
- Game Design
- Release Management
- Scrum
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Technical Design
- User Requirements
Work Experience
Head of Product
Nodes & Links
- Established Scrum processes and organized the software development process and the team.
- Contributed to creating user and customer profiles, identifying the market fit, and establishing the product strategy.
- Helped land the first paying customers and establish a dedicated user base.
Senior Product Manager
Relic Entertainment
- Helped secure tens of millions in fundings by getting seven milestones approved by the publisher.
- Worked remotely with a team of 130 people for the successful and critically acclaimed release of Age of Empires 4 for Microsoft.
- Streamlined processes that helped the company transition to remote work due to COVID-19.
Senior Project Manager
Black & Black
- Managed 19 professionals across three teams, including developers, writers, producers, artists, designers, music composers, marketing specialists, and producers.
- Reduced meetings by 30% and change requests by 56% by formalizing verification and validation processes.
- Helped secure tens of millions of USD in funding with four milestones approved by the publisher.
Technical Project Manager
SONY
- Oversaw the post-launch retention SaaS systems, such as social features, that kept retention 17% above the average for a Sony product.
- Delivered the AI and in-house IDE tool for the team's content creators.
- Coordinated a cross-functional team of eight members consisting of programmers, animators, artists, and marketing and QA specialists.
Product Owner and Project Manager
Creative Assembly
- Coordinated with a cross-functional team to deliver final products using Agile and Scrum methodologies.
- Released new products, elevating my department to one of the most profitable departments in the company.
- Deployed more than four projects averaging a 140% net profit.
Project History
Minecraft Legends
Helped secure tens of millions of USD in funding with three milestones approved by the publisher.
Nodes and Links
http://www.nodeslinks.comHelped secure Series A funding, establishing and implementing Scrum processes and defining the product strategy.
Age of Empires 4
https://www.ageofempires.com/games/age-of-empires-iv/Helped secure tens of millions in funding with three milestones approved by the publisher.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Engineering
University of the Aegean - Samos, Greece
Certifications
Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Skills
Tools
QuickBooks Online, Jira, AWS SDK, Google Analytics
Paradigms
Agile, Scrum, Requirements Analysis, Iterative Development, Release Trains, B2B2C, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), Testing
Platforms
Monday.com, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Other
Game Design, Market Fit, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Mapping, AI Design, Morpheus VR, Virtual Reality (VR), Release Management, Projects, User Requirements, Stakeholder Analysis, Agile Release Training, Bug Discovery & Tracking, Sprint Retrospectives, Project Review, SaaS, SaaS Product Management, Dashboards, Consulting, APIs, Events, Dashboard Development, Dashboard Design, Web Dashboards, Technical Project Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Stakeholder Management, Machine Learning, Project Tracking, Automation, Reporting, Data Science, Data Analytics, Communication, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Executive Reporting, Best Practices, Integration, Project Management, User Surveys, Storytelling, Innovation, Analytics, Performance Tuning, Hiring Process Development, Agile Software Testing, B2B Lead Generation, 3D Graphics, Music Production, Technical Design, C++, QA Testing, Digital Music, Graphics, Reviews, Process Flows, Hiring, Computer, Programming, IT Project Management, Marketing, Node.js, Extreme Programming, HTML
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