Emrah Elmas, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

- Founding partner and managing director- PCI QSA, Payment Card Industry Qualified Security Assessor- Member of the International Management Group of parent company: 366 Security & Compliance Holding in Sweden and Italy- Offerings include but not limited to; PCI DSS audit, certification and consultancy, GDPR, ISO 27001 and IT Security services including Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Scanning (ASV)- Management, development and execution of company strategy- Business Development new services and products- Leading a team to manage overall sales, business development and oversee operational activities- Leading the sales of 24 Solutions services and products in Turkey- Driving sales of 24 Solutions portfolio (PCI DSS, IT-Security, PCI-DSS compliant managed services, Ethical Hacking, Penetration Test etc.)- Performing PCI DSS audits as lead PCI QSA in Turkey

Istanbul, Türkiye

Lectured Management Information Systems (MIS) class to Industrial Engineering students.

Central & Eastern Europe

- Managed a portfolio generating over € 10 Million (Euro) annually consist of customers in Financial Services (FS) including Mastercard, Garanti Bank - BBVA, ING Bank, Western Union, Yapı Kredi Bank- Business Development Director responsible from Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) region as part of the Global Financial Services (GFS) Business Development Team Worldwide- Responsible for the P&L of above customers- C-Level relationship management- Bring best practices to CEE FS sales managers and the GFS Business Development Community- Stimulate cross–fertilization, understand market drivers- Leverage the sales team, enforce discipline in (pre-) qualification- Support and challenge client executives to build pipeline- Find new business opportunities, convert unqualified into qualified ones- Monitor and drive improvements in account planning

Istanbul, Turkey

Lectured Marketing Management and Brand Management classes to Engineering students as a faculty member of Industrial Engineering

Istanbul, Turkey

- Managed leading and top customers of Turkcell including Garanti Bank, HSBC, Fortis, Finansbank and their entities generating annually over $ 10 Million USD revenue in Finance Industry (2008-2011)- Managed key account customers in Information Technologies & Communications Industry like Google, Microsoft, IBM, HP, EMC, CA, etc. from 2011 till the end date in means of rotation (2011-2014)- Responsible for the P&L of above customers for both Turkcell and Superonline services- C-Level relationship management and manage relations with various departments of customers' including Marketing, Sales, IT, Purchasing, Operations- Proactively provide consultancy on and offer Digital Marketing (Mobile Marketing, Location Based Services etc.) solutions to my customers for acquisition and retention of new consumers, cross-sell and up-sell opportunities- Offer Total Telco Solutions (both mobile and fixed solutions) with the convergence of Turkcell and Superonline services including but not limited to: Mobile Services and Value Added Solutions, Mobile SFA, MDM, Cloud Services, Data Center Services, Co-location, Vo-IP, connectivity services like Metro Ethernet Internet, Mpls-Vpn, Dark Fiber, G.shdsl, etc.- Generate new business solutions (including corresponding/ partnering opportunities), expand operations and generate revenue

Istanbul, Turkey

- Project Manager till the end of 2006; Manage projects in means of scope, budget and time including but not limited to SAP, IBM Websphere Portal, RF-ID and Production related projects - Coordinate and manage project team and resources in order for the project to reach its goals in defined constraints, apply change and risk management- Carry out customer relations including new demands affecting the scope, time and budget- Customize Asset Management (AA), Warehouse Management (WM) and Material Management (MM) modules of SAP as a consultant- Sales Specialist from beginning of 2007 till the end date- Responsible for the sales of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (SAP) and New Dimensions/Strategic Enterprise Management domains- Develop ND/SEM specific strategies with marketing department to meet the revenue targets- Create new leads, understand customer needs, outline a project based on these expectations- Prepare proposal, execute negotiations and lead sales closure process

Manisa, Turkey

- Report directly to General Manager and CIO- Develop and manage projects in order to improve efficiency and overcome bottlenecks in different Business Units of the company including production and planning, purchasing, sales, information technologies, logistics and warehouse (storage) using interdisciplinary techniques and PM methodologies by forming project groups consist of departmental managers and consultants- Coordinate the group, define individual tasks, apply, integrate and audit the projects and consultants- Manage “Vestel Container Yard Project” based on RF-ID and GPS technologies integrated with SAP, which was accepted and funded by Tideb - Tubitak- Lecture 8 week “Project Management” training to a group of 40 Project Managers from R&D

Greater New York City Area

-Lectured Advanced Web Design and Management Information Systems classes to undergraduate students as a faculty member of Advertising Design and Graphic Arts department

Greater New York City Area

-Started as a consultant at Baruch Computing & Technology Center while studying my master degree, set up servers and maintained systems-Became a Teaching Assistant, tutored Calculus 1-2, Database, MS Office and other programs to undergraduate students one on one Lectured 2 undergraduate classes; Calculus and Business Applications in Microcomputers as an Adjunct Professor towards and after graduation

Set up the infrastructure of two new branches (router, server, user access and rights) for a country-wide GSM project, and supported end users on hardware and software

Master Of Science (M.S.), Business Computer Information Systems

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Engineering Management

Dissertation: Cybersecurity and Risk Assessment in Payment Systems in the Digital Era

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering

High School