Mustafa Çakır, Ph.D Email & Phone Number

Netherlands

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

As Agile Manager for the CDN Scrum team at Leaseweb, I am responsible for building and leading a high-performance team of software and system engineers. I focus on performance appraisals, fostering collaboration across teams, and driving continuous improvement. My role also involves mentoring, coaching, and implementing Agile principles to optimize team performance and align with business objectives.Key Achievements:- Re-organized the product backlog with the Product Owner, ensuring it aligned with the product vision and enhanced the team's strategic focus.- Conducted data analysis using Jira to identify bottlenecks and pain points, which led to the development of a targeted improvement plan.- Created and implemented personal development plans for each team member, focusing on skill growth and career advancement.- Facilitated stronger collaboration between DevOps and software engineers, improving cross-functional workflows and boosting overall team efficiency.Hard Skills:- Agile Methodologies (Scrum)- Performance Appraisals & Team Development- Data Analysis (Jira)- Cross-Functional Collaboration- Product Backlog Management- Process Improvement

Netherlands

As Scrum Master for two stream teams at New10, I helped Agile transformations by facilitating Scrum events, teaching Agile principles, and mentoring team members. My role focused on optimizing delivery processes, improving team performance, and fostering collaboration to achieve consistent, high-quality outcomes.Key Achievements:- Identified delivery process pain points by conducting detailed data analysis using Jira, leading to the creation of an actionable improvement plan.- Collaborated with teams to implement the improvement plan, increasing sprint efficiency and reducing blockers in the delivery pipeline.- Taught relative estimation techniques based on the complexity of user stories and tasks, leading to better workload predictions.- Reduced story point delivery fluctuation by 50%, creating a more consistent and reliable delivery cadence.Hard Skills:- Agile Methodologies (Scrum)- Data Analysis (Jira)- Process Optimization & Improvement- Team Development & Mentorship- User Story Estimation & Task Management- Sprint Planning & Facilitation

As Scrum Master for three remote teams at Farmtrace, I led the introduction and implementation of the Scrum framework within the organization. My role involved facilitating Agile practices, mentoring teams, and driving data-informed performance improvements to enhance productivity and collaboration across geographically dispersed teams.Key Achievements:- Introduced the Scrum framework to the organization, driving a successful Agile transformation across all development teams.- Implemented the Scrum process for three remote teams, ensuring smooth adoption and alignment with business goals.- Established data-driven Agile performance metrics, enabling the teams to track progress, optimize sprints, and make informed decisions to improve overall productivity.Hard Skills:- Scrum Framework Implementation- Agile Transformation & Coaching- Data-Driven Agile Metrics- Remote Team Leadership- Sprint Planning & Retrospectives- Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Planning and managing process of technical projects for Emerging Media department.Key Responsibilities:• Removing impediments and facilitator of scrum events, lessons learned implementation, stakeholder management with global 3rd party vendor.Key Achievements:• Planned and managed the launch of new pay TV entertainment package in time.• Delivered the new version of the firmware to 400K zapper box without any problem.• Revamp of new subscription flow.• Managed setup and deployment process of new VoD infrastructure without service interruption.

Istanbul, Turkey

Head of Online Video Technologies team who is responsible for the improvements of QoE on OTT projects developed within Innovative Technologies. * Managing Online Video Technologies team* Supporting OTT services for all kinds of connected devices such as hybrid STBs, TV Sets, iOS, Android & Win 8 environments with video and delivery technologies. * Working with both global & domestic 3rd parties to be able to create synergy and new strategic partnerships for Digiturk.

Istanbul, Turkey

Planning and managing process of technical projects that are wanted to be developed within Innovative Technologies department.* Managed the Multiple CDN usage and management system to legacy systems.* Managed setup process of new CDN infrastructure.* Responsible for both domestic and international OTT live and VoD streams’ CDN service.* Managed the new technology implementation process of 2. generation OTT STBs for global market.* Managed implementation process of new infrastructure for Live Stream, On-demand Stream, Secure Stream and HTTP Downloads to the existing products.* Worked with both global & domestic 3rd parties to be able to create synergy and new strategic partnerships for Digiturk.

Istanbul, Turkey

Planning and managing process of technical projects that are wanted to be developed within Product Development and Operations department.* I was project manager of international OTT product.* Panned and managed the migration process of all corporate web sites to the new infrastructure including company’s official web site.* Planned and managed the migration process to the new CDN partner.* Worked with both global & domestic 3rd parties to be able to create synergy and new strategic partnerships for Digiturk.

Istanbul, Turkey

Solution architect of technical projects that are wanted to be developed within Innovative Technologies department.* I was solution architect for both domestic and international OTT services and interfaces.* Designed the system services and product distribution process of 2. generation OTT STBs.* I was consultant for performance optimization of both domestic and international OTT services and interfaces.

Istanbul, Turkey

Senior developer of technical projects that are wanted to be developed within Innovative Technologies department.* Senior ASP .NET developer of international OTT product, www.digiturkwebtv.com* Developed the 1. generation OTT STB of Digiturk for global market.* Senior ASP .NET developer and project leader of www.digiturkplay.com international OTT product.

Istanbul, Turkey

* A paper of mine named Agent Based Assessment System was published in an international conference. March 2008 2. International e-Learning Conference* I was responsible for, Introduction to Programming, Web Programming, Micro Processors and Computer Organizations lectures’ laboratory sections.* I was responsible for continuity of 3 software and 1 hardware laboratories.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Engineering

Master'S Degree, Computer Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Engineering

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