Michael Kefalopoulos

Senior Executive aligning strategies and teams with profit-focused goals while implementing cost controls and best practices to deliver peak performing operations. Leverages expert corporate governance and in-depth market knowledge (card-processing and card-based-payment systems) to create competitive advantage; drives corporate expansion, startup success, and turnaround efforts in South-eastern Europe and the Middle East.

A financial services and credit card processing company with 100 employees. Recruited to turnaround a business providing ATMs, point-of-service terminals, and call centre operations services for 12+ major regional banks; managed P&L and 90+ engineers, software developers, and support professionals. Delivered a solid IT and operations team by improving cross-department communications for goals and assignments. Analyzed financial standings and identified impediments to success; monitored target attainment

Proposed Dubai subsidiary startup to parent company, winning support from board of directors and stakeholders. Tasked to lead operation rollout, securing JV partner and building client base throughout Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and UAE; achieved $1M revenue in two years. Defined business/marketing strategies while supervising customer migration and account oversight for over five key clients.

An €80M annual revenue generating company with 1,500 employees in Greece and six European countries; owned P&L and corporate governance for six subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic. Revitalized the international operation, leading 400+ employees in providing credit card processing, payment systems, and enterprise software solutions in six countries; audited subsidiaries and formulated country-specific financial goals. Collaborated with CEO and board of d

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