Maria Poulia-Kyriakidi

Maria Poulia-Kyriakidi has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Maria started their career in 2010 as a Sales Representative at Avon, where they worked until 2013. Maria then interned as a Credit Control intern at Sarantis Group before joining K. TSIRIGKOULIS- CH.TSAVALOS GP (TAXPRO) as an Accounting Assistant for a few months in 2014. Later that year, they became a Credit Control Assistant at Sarantis Group, where they worked until 2015.

In 2015, Maria joined ANASTOPOULOS D&S SA as an Administrative Personal Assistant and remained in that role until 2018. During their time there, they gained experience in administrative tasks and providing support to senior executives.

Maria then transitioned to the insurance industry and joined MetLife as a Group POS Pension Administrator in 2018. In this role, they were responsible for administering group pension plans, handling daily requests, collaborating with internal teams, and managing employee benefits data.

In 2018, Maria also worked at Olympic Brewery S.A. (Part of the Carlsberg Group) where they held two roles. Maria initially worked as an Accounting Assistant from October 2018 to August 2019. Later, they became a GDPR Specialist from September 2019 to December 2020, focusing on data protection and compliance.

From 2021 to 2022, Maria worked at State of Flux as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer. Their responsibilities included ensuring the quality of software products through testing and quality assurance processes.

Currently, Maria is working as a Software Test Engineer at Uni Systems, starting in December 2022.

Overall, Maria has gained experience in sales, credit control, administration, accounting, GDPR compliance, and software quality assurance throughout their career.

Maria Poulia-Kyriakidi's education history is as follows:

Maria attended Cardiff Metropolitan University from 2017 to 2019, where they obtained a Master of Business Administration in Marketing.

Prior to that, from 2008 to 2013, Maria studied at Athens University of Economics and Business and completed their Bachelor of Science in Economics.

Before entering university, Maria attended 5th High School in Amaroussiou from 2005 to 2008, where they completed their high school education.

In addition to their formal education, Maria has also obtained various certifications. Maria obtained the ISTQB Certified Tester - Foundation Level certification from the ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board in March 2023. In October 2022, they completed the course "100 Days of Code - The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp" from Udemy. Maria also completed the "GDPR Compliance: Essential Training" course from LinkedIn in May 2021 and "The Complete SQL Bootcamp 2021: Go from Zero to Hero" course from Udemy in April 2021. In November 2020, they completed the "Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)" course from Coursera Course Certificates. Furthermore, Maria holds a Certificate of English Language Proficiency (C2) from Michigan State University, obtained in May 2015, and an ECDL Progress Certificate (formerly ECDL Core Certificate) from ECDL Foundation, obtained in January 2013.