Burçin Orhon, Bsc, Ma Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

* Governed various consultancy projects in different industries and business clusters.* Contributed to the foundation of StartersHUB, an incubation center for internet startups.* Helped, mentored and volunteered for early stage startups with their digital strategies and content management.* Managed a web based youth travel portal project that aims to bring families and camping companies together to match for a selection of international youth camp.* Established a after sales service system for Firebrand tablet PC's and Dell Mobile Phones.* Gave ecosystem analysis and strategic consultancy to TEKEN Enerji for solar energy field.

Istanbul, Turkey

* Represented the biggest mobile phone distribution company (Brightstar) for the project for Vodafone shops.* Process was aimed to be automated 100% in five years.* System was based on an automatic replenishment system which supports the shop as a SME for minimum stock level and resource allocation accordingly.* Financial risk of the shops was covered under an insurance package. This was the first experience in mobile phone market in Turkey.* Subsidy budget of Vodafone and effective prices due to the scale of Brightstar made a great impact on Vodafone campaigns. Market share of Vodafone was doubled in three months after the project implemented.

Istanbul, Turkey

* Established a franchising network of 1000 convenient shops.* Opened up a shop in every city/town which has a population of 10K and more.* Process was totally computerised through SAP/Netsis software and IBM500 retail hardware.* An innovated product mix was tested and deployed in the shops. Mix was covering a range from airline tickets to mobile phones, from scratch cards to GPS equipment, from internet subscriptions to consumer credit applications and so on.* Scratch cards of all operators were being topped up over the air using an unique software and technology created by the Smile team.* Network was valuated at $500m by an international finance agency only after one year of the company.

Istanbul, Turkey

* Managed a billion dollar turnover. * Netcell ranked at Top 5 in IT 500 list two years in a row.* Affiliated with the brands/companies like Nokia, LG, Motorola, BenQ-Siemens.* Achieved 25% market share in Turkcell airtime business.* Distributed more than 40% of all Nokia mobile phones * Network of dealers reached up to 3000+* Managed a campaign with Garanti Bank for promoting Bank's credit cards for mobile phones. Market share of Bonus cards in mobile phones reached up to 47%

Istanbul, Turkey

* Was responsible to govern restructuring process of the company.* Downsized the company from 900+ employees to 50 employees through an effective outsourcing of after sales activivites. * Built and restructured a network of after sales service agents for all Panasonic products. * Service station was assigned to be one of the four main service hubs in Europe by Panasonic Headquarter.

Istanbul, Turkey

* Managed an operation of $500K which ranked the company Top 10 in IT500.* Achieved continuous business growth with Panasonic by launching products in a range of mobile communications, office automation, system and AV. * Governed a sustainable business relation in Turkcell ecosystem.* Managed a network of eight branch offices, 500+ Turkcell shops and 2000 independent telecom shops through a team of 200 employees.* Established a strong business base by winning major government tenders and ranked the company no1 supplier for fax and photocopiers six years consecutively.* Initiated the first mobile phones co-promotion campaign with Hürriyet media group in 1998 and reached 100K as a record in the sector.* Achieved 200% increase in mobile phone sales through innovative advertising campaigns leveraged by celebrities.

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Master Of Arts - Ma, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: BUMED

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Management Engineering, 80/100

Activities and Societies: ITU Mezunlar Derneği