Chief Operating Officer
TAM Bilisim
Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months
• Managing all the operations of iTaksi - itaksi.com
• Coordinating relations with teams and stakeholders of İBB (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality) - ibb.gov.tr
• Developing strategies, projects, new businesses and new streams of revenue
• Creating Open Data Platforms using Istanbul City's data
• Managing Apple + IBM Partnership in Turkey
• Advocating IBM MobileFirst Platform
• Guiding clients to use & get most benefit from IBM MobileFirst Platform
• Identifying key opportunities IBM MobileFirst on iOS Platform
• Communicating with clients during project lifecycle
• Developing and enhancing mobile line of product strategies and projects requested by clients, including designing new features
• Led relationships with ISVs, VCs, Startups, Incubation Centers and Developers
• Led relationships with Universities and University Clubs to organise local student events
• Led engagement with the IBM Bluemix & Open Source Ecosystem
• Identified key developers and development companies to bring them on IBM Bluemix platform
• Managed communication with lead developers and students to organise IBM Developer Groups in Turkey to ensure successful ecosystem
• Drove pipeline of startup/vendor opportunities in the IBM Bluemix PaaS & IBM Cloud platform that accelerates growth
• Evangelist of IBM Bluemix and Open Source Software and ensured sales teams are ready to articulate the IBM Bluemix story
• Helped sales team to create PoC & demos
• Provided input for the budgeting and financial modelling of the program
Developed project plans, identify key milestones, track metrics and managed partners throughout the life of the project to ensure adherence to project schedules & budgets.
• Successfully managed the team that delivered Akbank's Mobile Banking Application used by more than 2 million people
• Facilitated & led operational planning meetings to ensure adequate compliance with government regulatory office
• Presented project status weekly to stakeholders
• Communicate with development teams to provide input to ensure successful operations for the project developed
• Developed and enhanced the mobile line of products requested by clients, including designing new features and products on iOS, Android, Responsive Web, Windows Phone and BlackBerry platforms
• Managed the development of mobile and web products, including coordinating both outsourced and internal software development teams
• Administered projects of mid-to-large sized digital marketing agencies
• Managed the development of mobile and web applications, including coordinating both outsourced and internal software development teams
• Led relationships with local developers, developer groups and companies
• Recruited top applications and games for the BlackBerry World Turkey
• Funded 3rd party application development companies to port their applications into BlackBerry World
• Discovered new content (applications and games) for BlackBerry World
• Assisted developers to solve technical problems during application development cycles
• Assisted developers to publish on BlackBerry World
• Spoken at various developer organizations on BB10 Platform
• Managed relationship with clients to deliver the project in given time
• Led the project delivery teams
• Developed new business and strategies with 3rd party companies (including Intel, Nokia, Mercedes-Benz, Tefal and TeknoSA)
• Established partnerships with Nokia, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Intel
• Managed the development cycles of mobile and web products, including coordinating both outsourced and internal software development teams
• Given seminars about mobile application development, strategy, trends and future of mobile
• Consulted on mobile and digital projects for mid-to-large sized digital marketing agencies
• Planned and organized "Facebook Developer Garage Istanbul" developer and marketing event
• Developed Migros Sanal Market's iPhone Application
• Planned and integrated Turkcell's Gezenzi Service on Facebook Platform
• Planned and developed Dexter Series' Game on Facebook for NTV
• Planned and developed Olmeca's Campaign on Facebook
• Planned and developed Mariachi's Campaign on Facebook
• Implemented Mariachi Sales Team's internal social networking site
• Managed R & D team located in Kocaeli University’s Techno Park
• Developed Levi's Acikoyna campaign infrastructure
• Developed Hurriyet Emlak's campaing infrastructure
• Developed Ben & Jerry's Photo and Video contest
• Developed various Facebook applications for Avea and its MMS, SMS and Patlican (Youth) services
• Developed various Facebook applications for Ulker
• Implemented events module onto Mynet's Eksenim Social Networking Service
• Implemented new interface onto Mynet's Eksenim Social Networking Service
• Planned and developed Ringofon Content Portal
• Planned, developed and managed Ringofon Affiliate System
• Developed various small-to-mid sized CMS websites for Digital Marketing Agencies, using Open Source projects
• Contributed to TL-to-YTL conversion project of stock market trading program; Infotrace
• Developed CMS infrastructure of corporate website
• Developed various micro sites for corporate intranet
• Developed and implemented online credit card application system