Manos Karaiskakis

EXPERIENCE
Advanced Payment Solutions (armenoTech Group) · Limassol, CY · Nov 2023 – Present
Chief Product Officer
  • Lead product strategy and roadmap for a licensed PSP operating worldwide, focusing on Web3 payment infrastructure and stablecoin-based transactions
  • Drive fiat on-ramp/off-ramp product development
  • Oversee cross-functional delivery across product, design, and engineering through the full product development lifecycle
  • Spearhead competitive intelligence, partner integrations, and B2C go-to-market initiatives across crypto and DeFi ecosystems
Rock-West (armenoTech Group) · Limassol, CY · Mar 2023 – Oct 2023
Head of Product
  • Established the product function from the ground up within a newly formed fintech entity
  • Defined product vision, requirements, and sprint processes in close collaboration with engineering and senior management
  • Oversaw end-to-end delivery of a mobile trading application, from concept through launch, within an FX-focused product environment
tixee · Limassol, CY · Oct 2021 – Feb 2023
Chief Product Officer
  • Owned the product roadmap for a regulated retail trading platform, collaborating with Dealing, Compliance, Marketing, and Management
  • Drove end-to-end product specifications, including wireframes, mockups, and feature definitions
  • Led sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives as Product Owner across multiple development teams
easyMarkets · Limassol, CY · Dec 2016 – Sep 2021
Senior Product & Project Manager
  • Managed product delivery across Marketing, Sales, Retention, Risk, Finance, and Compliance streams
  • Translated business needs into developer-ready requirements; oversaw sprint planning and release management
  • Mentored the project management team and contributed to best practices across the Technology department
Head of Operations – Marketing
  • Directed day-to-day Marketing operations, resolved delivery bottlenecks, and managed cross-department requests
  • Directly managed the Marketing Operations team, including hiring and performance appraisals
Product Manager
  • Defined new product requirements from concept to specification and project-managed development cycles
  • Conducted market research and data analysis to inform product decisions across business units
Positiva Markets · Limassol, CY · Nov 2015 – Nov 2016
Project & Product Manager / IT Project Manager
  • Managed full project lifecycle from scope definition through delivery in alignment with senior management
  • Oversaw product line lifecycle, stakeholder communication, and company website scaling
Tototheo Group of Companies · Limassol, CY · Feb 2011 – Nov 2015
Head of IT / Software Developer
  • Led IT infrastructure (LAN, security, telecoms, desktop) and reengineered ICT documentation, including disaster recovery
  • Implemented new systems and procedures that materially improved business service delivery

EARLIER CAREER
FxPro Financial Services · Limassol, CY · Computer Programmer Oct 2009 – Feb 2011
Digipro Computer Consultants · Paphos, CY · Web Developer Feb 2009 – Oct 2009
Callcredit Information Group · Leeds, UK · Database Developer & Data Analyst Jun 2007 – Feb 2009

EDUCATION
BSc Computing & Database Systems — 1st Class Honours2003 – 2007
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

CERTIFICATIONS
Financial Technology Innovations Specialization · The Future of Payment Technologies · Raising Capital: Credit Tech & Coin Offerings · Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Explained · Innovations in Investment Technology: AI · University of Michigan
Generative AI for Project Managers · Data Landscape of GenAI · Taming Bias: Wicked Problem Solving · Business Continuity · PMI
CAPM® · PSM I – Professional Scrum Master™ · Prince2® Foundation · ITIL® Foundation · CySEC Advanced Certification
Anti Money Laundering · MetaTrader 4 · Back Office Seminars · FxAchieve

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Product & Project Tools Jira · ClickUp · Asana · Draw.io · Figma · Tilda · Stripo · Zapier
Analytics & CRM Metabase · Smartlook · Pipedrive · FreshWorks Suite · SumSub
Web & Development HTML · CSS · JavaScript · PHP · AJAX · JSON · SQL / PL/SQL / T-SQL · WordPress
Frameworks & Mobile CakePHP · jQuery · Bootstrap · Objective-C / Cocoa (iOS trading application)


Limassol, Cyprus · +357 97 622 181 · manos@manospro.com · www.manospro.com