Summary
Nick Gerontakis is a seasoned IT manager and software engineer with over three decades of hands-on experience designing and delivering bespoke enterprise systems across Canada and Greece. He has led and mentored teams of up to 20 professionals, driving platform migrations from legacy Unix/Cognos/Powerhouse stacks to modern Windows/.NET and SQL Server environments while implementing BCP, MIS, CRM, HR/payroll and insurance systems. Comfortable across databases, middleware and many languages (C#, VB, Java, PL/SQL) as well as diverse OS platforms from AIX and AS/400 to Windows and Linux, he blends deep technical breadth with pragmatic project and vendor management. A proven change agent in post-merger integrations and large-scale reengineering projects, he pairs strategic planning and budgeting with a hands-on approach to ensure timely, cost-effective delivery. Unusually for a consultant, he retains active familiarity with both legacy mainframe technologies and contemporary development toolchains, making him effective at modernizing entrenched systems.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Information Technology, Diploma, Information Technology at Herzing Institute of Canada
English, Greek