Full Name
Mr. Thanos Totsikas
Job Title
General Manager
Company
FIDIC Credentialing
Country (Work Address)
Switzerland
Speaker Bio
Thanos Totsikas is FIDIC Credentialing Ltd (FCL) General Manager, overseeing the day-to-day administrative affairs and ensuring the smooth functioning of the operational and commercial aspects for the delivery of certification services offered globally.
Thanos has extensive experience in business administration, quality management and business development in the vocational and IT training, assessment, and certification industry. He specializes in the design and commercial development of certification and training programs and has developed and managed corporate Management Systems according to the requirements of international standards, such as ISO 17024, ISO 9001, and ISO 27001.
He has participated in various governmental committees for issues concerning technical professions, skills and certification and has been a member of the Greek Standardization Organization’s Technical Committee for the development of national standards. He has participated in the full lifecycle of transnational projects funded by European Union and has been invited as a speaker in various international conferences and events.
Before joining FCL, Thanos held executive positions in the training and certification body of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and in ACTA SA, a spin off company of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and certification body of persons. He has also worked with international training and certification Bodies such as Certiport/Pearson Vue, International Association of Six Sigma Certification, Institution of Mechanical Engineers – Argyll Ruane, British Institute of NDT, etc. regarding training and certification issues.
He holds a BSc in Economics, an MSc in Management, Technology and Quality, numerous globally accepted qualifications from Project Management Institute, Microsoft and Certiport, and speaks Greek, English, French and German.
Thanos Totsikas