Nikolaos Ballas
Business Systems Analyst at Universal Life
Greece
Summary
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Top SchoolNikolaos Ballas is a Business Systems Analyst with 12 years of hands-on experience bridging software engineering, IT service architecture, and project management across telecom and enterprise environments. He holds an MSc in Communication and Computer Networking Technologies and has led small technical teams while driving complex migrations, BPM implementations and end-to-end IT service delivery at Siemens and in telecom projects. Comfortable switching between coding, test automation (notably contributing WebSocket tests for Java EE 7 samples) and stakeholder-facing roles, he combines deep technical fluency with pragmatic process design. At PrimeTel he progressed into project leadership, and today at Universal Life he applies that blend to align business goals with IT solutions. Known for disciplined execution and flexibility, he also brings a long-standing interest in competitive strategy, reflected in a concise Github motto inspired by Sun Tzu. Based in Greece, he thrives in roles that require both technical detail and cross-functional coordination.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Communication and Computer Networking Technologies, 8.46/10, MSc, Communication and Computer Networking Technologies, 8.46/10 at University of the AegeanHigh School Diploma, General Studies, High School Diploma, General Studies at 2nd High School of P. FaliroBachelor, Informatics, 6.71/10, Bachelor, Informatics, 6.71/10 at University of West Attica
English, German, Greek
Github Skills (12)
javas10
junit10
arq10
websocket10
websockets-client10
websocket-client10
wildfly10
client-websocket10
java10
testing10
jax-rs9
cdi9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
javaee-samples/javaee7-samples
Nov 2013 - Nov 2013
Java EE 7 Samples
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits in 4 days
Contributions summary:Nikolaos primarily contributed to enhancing the testing infrastructure for Java EE 7 samples, specifically focusing on WebSocket implementations. Their work involved integrating Arquillian for testing in a Wildfly environment and creating and modifying endpoint clients. They added test cases covering various WebSocket functionalities, including byte arrays and input streams, which is evidenced by their recent code changes to the `WebsocketByteBufferEndpointTest.java` file. The user also added a JAX-RS endpoint test and associated tests with PUT and GET methods.
javaeejavapayaraglassfishjboss
cirix/minikube
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
Run Kubernetes locally
Contributions:13 pushes in 11 months
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