Evangelos Stamatopoulos
Head Of Platform
Berlin
Summary
Over 10 years of extensive experience in complex and agile product development, with a focus on managing software engineering teams. A servant and collaborative leader with a proven track record in product delivery, project management and leading high-performing technology and product engineering teams. Committed to customer satisfaction and operational excellence through innovation, dedicated to continuously improve practices and processes to always drive sustainable solutions for the business.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Head of Platform Department
MBition GmbH, Mercedes-Benz Innovation Hub
12.2021 - Current
- Leading cross-functional, international engineering department (150+ employees) responsible for development, integration and testing of complex automotive ECUs (Infotainment and ADAS).
- Responsible for technical as well as business aspects of department, management of competing priorities, delivering high-performance and quality products to customers.
- Responsible for all products and services produced by department, budgeting ( 50M+), make vs. buy strategy.
- Member of shareholder committee for MBition Hub in Sofia/Bulgaria, acting also as program manager and responsible for strategy and vision.
- Coaching and mentoring team members, deep diving when necessary.
Engineering Team Lead
MBition GmbH, Mercedes-Benz Innovation Hub
11.2020 - 11.2021
- Owned and managed team's budget, forecasting and negotiations.
- Ramped up and led engineering teams to successfully complete projects on time and within budget.
- Enabled continuous employee growth by developing work plans for various personnel roles based on strengths and talents while providing guidance and direction.
- Implemented new strategies to reduce costs and improve efficiency of engineering team.
- Developed planning criteria for integrating and enabling breakthrough technologies.
Product Owner
MBition GmbH, Mercedes-Benz Innovation Hub
06.2020 - 10.2020
- Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where, and when each component would work.
- Allocated and approved team resource usage.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop high-quality products that met customer needs.
- Developed comprehensive roadmaps outlining product vision, goals, and milestones for successful execution, as well as owned and prioritised product backlog.
- Facilitated communication between cross-department development teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of requirements and expectations.
Lead Systems Engineer
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren GmbH
11.2016 - 05.2020
- Defined and led development plan of end-user functions features aligned with customers.
- Planed and prioritised features development activities of end-user functions based on use cases.
- Reported function status and implementation progress to customers and internal stakeholders.
- Evaluated customer requests, analyse technical impact, interdependencies, effort and cost, and translate them into feasible technical design.
Systems Design Engineer
Eindhoven University Of Technology & DAF Trucks
10.2014 - 09.2016
- Defined project scope, planed activities and managed resources to meet milestones.
- Derived and managed use cases and system requirements.
- Performed market analysis and benchmarking for realization of ADAS functions.
- Designed and implemented systems architecture.
- Developed, integrated and tested software algorithms for realization of system functionalities.
Education
Master of Science - Systems And Control
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Eindhoven, The Netherlands 09.2012 - 09.2014
Diploma - Electrical Engineering And Computer Science
Technical University of Patras
Patras, Greece 09.2005 - 11.2010
Skills
Leadership and team development
Agile and lean methodologies
Risk and change management
Project and program management
Strategic product vision and planning
Continuous organizational improvement
Stakeholder management
Timeline
Head of Platform Department
MBition GmbH, Mercedes-Benz Innovation Hub
12.2021 - Current
Engineering Team Lead
MBition GmbH, Mercedes-Benz Innovation Hub
11.2020 - 11.2021
Product Owner
MBition GmbH, Mercedes-Benz Innovation Hub
06.2020 - 10.2020
Lead Systems Engineer
Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren GmbH
11.2016 - 05.2020
Systems Design Engineer
Eindhoven University Of Technology & DAF Trucks
10.2014 - 09.2016
Master of Science - Systems And Control
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
09.2012 - 09.2014
Diploma - Electrical Engineering And Computer Science
Technical University of Patras
09.2005 - 11.2010