Panayiotis Melas

Takis Melas has over 25 years of experience in project management. Panayiotis (Takis) is currently working as the IT Delivery Manager/Agile Lead at Granite Construction. In this role, they manage the corporate Project Management Office (PMO) within the IT Delivery organization, supervising the Project Management team and overseeing the delivery of IT projects. Panayiotis (Takis) is also responsible for defining and implementing new processes to improve project governance and transition. Prior to this, Takis worked at MI-GSO | PCUBED as a Principal Consultant/Agile Practice Lead and a Senior Consultant/Agile Practice Lead. In these roles, they conducted SAFe certification and custom Agile training classes, coached employees on Agile methodology, and led Agile/SAFe transformation teams for multiple clients. Takis also has experience as an IT Program Manager at Team Industrial Services, an IT Project Manager at Halliburton, a Senior Project Manager at Consolidated Graphics, an IT Project Manager at Fiserv, an IT Project Manager at HP, and an IT Project Manager and Operations Manager at Dunbar Armored. In these positions, they successfully delivered various IT projects, managed cross-functional development teams, and implemented new systems and processes to improve operational efficiency. Takis holds certifications in Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), and Scaled Agile Framework Practitioner (SPC).

Panayiotis (Takis) Melas, PMP, CSM, SPC, holds a Master's Degree in Management Information Systems from Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University, which they obtained from 2005 to 2007. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor's degree in Technical Management from DeVry University from 2003 to 2005. Takis has also obtained various additional certifications, including a PMP (Project Management Professional) certification from the Project Management Institute in 2008, a CSM (Certified Scrum Master) certification from the Scrum Alliance, and several SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) certifications from Scaled Agile, Inc., such as Certified SAFe 5 Agilist, Certified SAFe 5 Program Consultant, and Certified SAFe 5 Release Train Engineer. Panayiotis (Takis) has also completed several other professional development courses and workshops, such as Managing Employee Performance Problems, Process Improvement Foundations, Lean Foundations, and Unconscious Bias.