Melisa Baran Email & Phone Number

Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

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Istanbul, Turkey

- Explore and identify approaches Turkish government and other stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem take to harness opportunities and be fit to challenges stemming from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, urbanization, aging society, and climate change. - Conduct horizon scanning methodology to review the future trends in social and environmental development emerging in the age of Fourth Industrial Revolutions.- Explore approaches the stakeholders in the system take to scale learning and knowledge sharing across their respective organizations.- Assist in translating media and web content, internal messages to staff and video scripts from English into Turkish, proofreading texts and reformulating if necessary for optimal web presentation.- Review and edit translations of web stories, headlines, scripts and captions in Turkish, liaising with the rest of the team to ensure consistency across languages.

Istanbul, Turkey

- Assist with conducting impact assessment/audits of procedures and practices to identify gender bias in academia; identifying and implementing innovative strategies to correct any bias. - Collect and report about sex-disaggregated data about the university staff on a systematic basis.- Assist the research that works towards three underpinning objectives of the European Commission’s strategy on gender equality in research and innovation policy: - fostering equality in scientific careers - ensuring gender balance in decision-making processes and bodies - integrating the gender dimension in research and innovation content.- Investigate the scientific literature and statistics to find out evidence of how research and higher education institutions reproduce social values leading to gender bias/discrimination (as with many other spheres in society).- Learn how to identify gender biases and integrate the gender dimension in research content.

Istanbul, Turkey

- Conducted research on the needs of the minority groups while applying for patents- Analyzed recently taken patent applications to find investors- Collected data on the difficulties that minorities face while putting forward a new idea- Assisted the applicants and helped them to gather the necessary documents for their applications

Istanbul, Turkey

- Assisted the creative team, searched the market trends and consumer behavior, and suggested creative ideas based on the research results.- Created native advertising contents for the clients including infographics, videos, articles and photo galleries.- Analyzed and reported the ads metrics including time spent on engaging with the branded content, social shares and referrals traffic, demographics and the target audience, audience surveys. - Used these metrics to measure the effectiveness of the native ads on the brand lift.- Managed social media accounts of the clients: generated, edited, published and shared engaging content daily such as original text, photos, videos and news.- Communicated with followers, responded to queries in a timely manner, and monitored reviews.

Istanbul, Turkey

- Developed intellectual property and joint project schemes specifically for projects on Cyber Security Awareness. Smart products and IoT, Big Data and Privacy- Researched and analyzed intellectual property challenges from the legal, technical, and economic perspectives- Organized events, conferences, workshops, and cluster projects to foster collaboration and cooperation among companies,universities, knowledge institutions, and public authorities- Assisted in the creation of a platform within Keiretsu Forum for co-creation and new partnerships, bridging the corporateand startup worlds to fuel creative innovation, get startups closer to funding and grow impactful new startups- Brought together developed companies and startups so they can learn from each other

Istanbul, Turkey

- Examined businesses owned by minorities and worked on their inclusion in the global business environment to provide more room and opportunity for small businesses.- Assisted activities for people to understand their rights in e-commerce.- Planned and detailed reports on e-commerce and cybersecurity.- Evaluated e-commerce websites’ accessibility and usability for the inclusion of blind and deaf users.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

High School Summer Academy Program

Attended Koc University’s High School Summer Academy Program and took classes in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development, Principles.