Yianna Marinou

Provides leadership for billing processes, addressing invoice and statement issuance and adjustments, as well as disputes and settlement proposals. Monitors collections functions and business results. Executes credit wise assessment while monitoring and controlling customers to eliminate bad debt. Ensures compliance with Internal Controls & Credit Control Policy. Partners in budget development, financial reporting and strategic planning. Conducts training for team members.

Served as a presales consultant for Corporate Performance Management Platforms (CPM); Cognos 8. Conducted research and analysis to identify customer business needs. Advised clients concerning business intelligence, as well as business planning processes and procedures. Designed, developed and presented software solution proposals to clients.

Drove all aspects of an ERP / Oracle Financials development, implementation and operations project. Oversaw specialist activities related to planning and implementation. Produced comprehensive documentation of each module’s operation in alignment with Mattel processes. Organized and conducted 40 users’ training across the Financial, Marketing and Sales departments. Determined system risks, designed remedial actions, and reported issues and actions to the international Mattel developer team.

• Responsible for the detailed venue-specific technology planning, supervision, implementation & operations at Olympic Aquatic Centre (Telecom, IT, Energy, Timing & Scoring Operations, Personnel, Contractors & Volunteers) • Venue Technology Manager (VTM) at the following Events: 14th Diving World Cup, Synchronized Swimming World Olympic Qualifications, Greek National Water Polo Cup, International Swimming Invitation, Olympic Games 2004, Para Olympic Games 2004

Provided technical support for client projects. MAJOR PROJECTS: National Telecommunication Company - Redesign of the Organization’s Logistics Network and ERP /Oracle Financials Implementation

MSc Summer Project: • Collection, modelling & forecasting of data concerning the total value of the telecom & IP markets, working population demographics & business demographics, globally in seven regions specified by OVUM, within strict budgetary & time constraints.

• Description & evaluations of the methodologies of forecasting the future occupational prospects in the USA, UK, Germany & the Netherlands (Project financed from the Institute of Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS, Seville) • Application of alternative statistical method (multinomial logit model), in order to check the accuracy of the methods of forecast in the labour market in the four countries

The degree was focused on business and management. In parallel a strong technical background was developed through a series of courses on: Statistics, Queuing Theory, Linear Programming-MIP, Inventory Management-Logistics, Manufacturing Management, Discreet Event Simulation,Operational Research

The degree focused on statistical theory and models, data analysis, computing, macroeconomics & microeconomics, mathematics