Costa Zarafonitis
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Experience
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CAE
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Canada
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Procurement Project Manager
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Oct 2022 - Present
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CAE
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Canada
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Proposal Solution Manager, Post Delivery Services
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Aug 2019 - Aug 2021
Responsible for proposals for a specific region and work in close collaboration with the sales team Reviewing solicitation documents (RFP, RFI, etc.) to understand the proposal deliverables, capture the customer’s needs, and translate them into winning themes. Defining the proposal strategy to address customer requirements in the most cost effective manner, while leveraging CAE core technologies and off the shelf products. Coordinate & gather the estimates from various organizations within the required timeframe Leading the preparation and presenting proposal reviews to management. Interfacing with Sales, Marketing, PM, and other engineering functions during the preparation and validation of the proposal. Ensuring program risks are identified, quantified and recommend mitigation plans. Capturing the feedback from project execution teams to continuously improve proposals Preparing program schedules in collaboration with Program Management. Show less
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TRU Simulation + Training
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United States
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Proposal Specialist
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2015 - 2019
Prepare technical responses to Requests for Proposal (RFP) and solution description documents, acted as the focal point for all customer related technical matters, provide technical expertise to Sales/Marketing team, travel to customers/suppliers for technical consultations and workshops. Support to the Legal team for contract negotiations. Played critical role in helping TRU, a new player in the Full Flight Simulation, gain market share and become the exclusive training device provider of the 777 X aircraft for the Boeing Company Show less
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CAE
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Canada
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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System Architect
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2001 - 2015
Led the engineering effort for all requirements management and development activities during the proposal and project execution phases. Prepared technical responses to Requests for Proposal (RFP) and solution description documents, acted as the focal point for all customer related technical matters, provided technical expertise to Sales/Marketing team, travelled to customers/suppliers for technical consultations and workshops
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Proposal Group leader
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2000 - 2001
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Project Manager - Updates
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1999 - 2000
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Bid Manager
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1998 - 1999
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Flight Simulation Senior Systems Specialist for AVIONICS - Navigation group
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1991 - 1998
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Flight Simulation Systems Specialist - Ancillaries group
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1990 - 1991
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Education
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McGill University
Master of Mechanical Engineering -
McGill University
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering