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İstanbul, Türkiye

Istanbul

- Managed IT team (20-25 fte) divided into analyst, development and infrastructure units as well asoutsourced resources and providers- Acted as IT director and responsible for end-to-end IT management- Provided executive-level IT leadership, direct reporting to CEO and Member of Executive Committee- Managed major transformation initiatives focused on digital and enterprise technology to develop a newdirect digital channel for customers- Liaised between business teams and IT to ease the requirements and development processes- Managed the development and deployment of core business applications and processes, operationalstructure, and organizational design, as well as technology roadmap and strategy- Acted as Country Security Officer and managed/executed the 3-years international cyber securitytransformation program- Supported international IT work streams and IT projects as the single point of contact in Turkey- Performed IT Vendor Management responsibilities for infrastructure and software providers

- Managed the software development team (8-10 fte) for the web technology transition and developmentof new core insurance program based on MS .NET and Oracle technologies covering production, claimsand collection modules fully functional for a non-life insurance company- Managed maintenance, support and micro evolutions of existing Oracle Forms insurance programduring the transition period of new core insurance system- Managed and maintained all local IT systems and infrastructure- Acted as the company responsible of managed services and vendor management of outsourceddatacenter operations, hardware inventory and 3rd party applications- Acted as Group IT Service Manager (GITSM) as Turkey international responsible and contact person forall IT operations and projects- Acted as Turkey IT operations contact person (GITO) within all Zurich Group- Involved for vendor selection, evaluation and control activities according to Zurich IT Risk Policies andProcedures- Established and managed IT Security Systems and implementation of Zurich Risk and SecurityStandards aligned with local Security Officer- Managed and executed local IT budget, expenses and planning as IT Finance Controller- Managed IT Helpdesk operations including end-user support, client management and installations

- Managed a software development team (6-10 fte) outsourced to Denizbank- Managed and developed software projects for big enterprise companies in different sectors likeDenizbank, Arçelik, Beko, Finansbank- Developed new applications for Internet Banking, call center and kiosk channels of Denizbank- Developed security projects for Denizbank internet banking like OTP, SMS and Smart Card- Built a 3 years intensive banking experience during Denizbank projects

Engineering And Technology Management, Engineering Faculty

Computer Engineering, Engineering Faculty

Activities and Societies: Paragliding club