Management of R&D, PD, IT and Project Quotation Departments with 17 people staff.R&D Center Management.Management, execution and directing business development activities within the company.Feasibility & Technical selection studies at the company investments.To investigate future market segments for the company and to create and execute R&D projects needed to work with new market segments with different technologies.Cost calculation of existing and potential commercial and R&D Projects.

R&D Center establishment & managementManagement of R&D, PD and Mold Design Department with 22 people staff.Coordination of the application and execution of R&D projects, including project budget follow-up.Networking studies to create local & international project consortiums.Research studies to create new R&D ideas.Realized Projects:• Establishment of KAREL KALIP R&D Center. Assigned as the first R&D Company in its segment.• Internal Trim part development project with the usage of the natural fiber materials. Patent application is on process. (TUBITAK-Consortium Member - Finalized)• Low density polymer molding / mold manufacturing process development project. (TUBITAK - Consortium Member - Finalized)• Automotive part development with micro cellular foaming technology. (TUBITAK - Consortium Member - Finalized)• Process Development with thermoplastic composite materials which comply with injection technology. (TUBITAK - Consortium Member – Ongoing)• Smart CAD Library Development Project with 1800 parts to ensure mold design standardization, with this project mold design phase shortened 30%

Establishment and management of the R&D Department within the company.Creation of TUBITAK, TTGV, KOSGEB & ISTKA supported R&D projects, application and process follow up of the projects. • Mold & Process development at big size cosmetic automotive parts like instrument panel, bumper, responsible from the whole project, starting from the application, till the end of execution. (TUBITAK - Finalized)• Development of laser supported micro manufacturing technologies and the integration of the technology to mold manufacturing project. (TUBITAK - Finalized)• Development of interactive design interaction system for the company. (KOSGEB - Finalized)• Metal-Polymer composite paint-free passenger car bumper project process & prototyping project. Acted as Project Coordinator. (ISTKA - Istanbul Development Agency- Finalized)• 5- axis milling utilization at the mold & insert manufacturing for wide surface parts with low wall thickness. (KOSGEB - Finalized)

Management of the company Project Team of 5 persons, as well as pricing the projects, order negotiations, reporting the realizations of the project budgets to the top management.Customer engineering design support for the interior and exterior components of vehicle projects in Turkey and abroad.• Process & moldability analysis and consultancy for inner trim parts at Ford Dunton Technical Center in V362 program.• Process & moldability analysis and consultancy for rear bumper group in B460 program.• Process & moldability analysis and consultancy for inner & outer trims in X35 heavy commercial vehicle program.

Design, manufacturing process planning, project and customer relations management starting with the company nomination until commissioning/ SOP stage of automotive internal/ external & body part molds.• Project management of the first wheel arch liner mold developed & manufactured in Turkey. • Project management of the first Valve Cover mold which developed by using GF reinforced thermoplastic composite material in the world.

Creation of the manufacturing and production planning systems in the company.Creation of an operational manufacturing, manufacturing planning system, as well as building of a sales support team including the training of the teams.

Product development and project management of plastic injection molds, including engineering services and customer relations.

Product development studies in household appliances & white/ brown goods industry. Worked as a CAD-CAM engineer at computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing of the plastic injection molds.