Promoted to• Coordinate and lead Koç Holding Data Governance Program• Design KoçDigital’s AI 3.0 vision & BrAIn program with solutions and services• Coordinate and lead data and analytics maturity assessment projects and provide a detailed & strategic roadmap for clients in their data-focused transformation journey.

Recruited to manage, lead and consult the data management, data governance & analytics focused projects of KoçDigital’s clients mainly performing in a large variety of sectors including automotive, energy, industrial, finance, retail and FMCG in the Technology and Technical Product Development Directorate with the focus of being as “Turkey’s Internet of Things and Advanced Analytics Company”.Reported to Technology and Technical Product Development Director responsible for all technological investments and solutions in the company together with the CEO, with a team of expert project managers, product developers, data engineers and technical analysts. With the new company and role, in addition to fulfilling the basic management requirements of the projects, take the consultancy role in case of need based on past sectoral experience in the projects and identify potential additional sales opportunities for the company.Build the data, governance & analytics strategy on four sub-activities for a holistic and integrated structure.• Coordinate and lead KoçDigital DACAMA (Data Capabilities Maturity Assessment by BCG, Boston Consulting Group) projects together with a team of expert business consultants, senior data engineers and business intelligence consultants to identify KoçDigital clients’ level of maturity in data and analytics both local and global.• Provide a detailed roadmap on technological infrastructure, data ecosystem collaborations, data governance and analytical use case scenarios according to customer needs during projects.• Follow and analyze business use cases on new technology trends like Blockchain, Digital Marketing, Marketing Technologies, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT) and Advanced Analytics to be able to understand business needs in depth and offer project ideas that can be developed.• Work closely with the Industry Leadership division to create additional sales opportunities based on the customer needs and roadmap in the projects.

Recruited to develop and deliver industry-specific strategies and solutions within both the finance sector and conglomerates in the newly organized Segment Marketing department enabling the company focus on being a unicorn and the next generation vision of KoçSistem “Discover the Future”.With the new company, role and responsibility, build the industry management governance structure and define the corporate industry scope, product strategies, deliverables and projects.Build the segment strategy on four sub-activities for a holistic and integrated structure.• Coordinate and work with the Sales, Product Management and Technology divisions for cross and upsell of services and products in the segment-specific customers according to their needs and digital trends in the financial sector both local and global.• Follow, analyze and develop business use cases on new technology trends like Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Smart Cities, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT), Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Next Generation CRM to shape KoçSistem’s next technology investments with both sector specific and sector independent scope.• Create market research and feasibility reports for new products and services, which are in the Product Management division’s yearly plans and product roadmaps. Create business and industry specific insights for developing new products and services to effectively meet market demands.• Work with the Corporate Communications division for the launch planning activities on newly developed product and services to develop continuous brand awareness. Create digital marketing activities for the finance sector, create customer success stories and write blog post on Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and finance sector for company web sites.

I was promoted to deliver the transitioning from a structured division and function based organization to an agile and lean organizational model by applying transformational program management enabling the next generation vision of Tanı “From Data Processing to Customer Effectiveness”.With the new role and responsibility, build the program management governance structure and define the corporate programs scope, deliverables and sub-projects. Reported to corporate vice president responsible from organizational development with a team of core project managers appointed to the project organization.Build the program on four sub-projects for a holistic and integrated structure.• Enterprise process architecture project initiation supported the vision of establishing a process based working culture to determine the performance of workflows associated quality targets and conformity to Koç Group quality systems.• Digital Transformation project was to enable a strategy to transform manual processing into artificial intelligence integrated learning process systems whilst benefiting from cost of service operations and enabling productive workforce to adopting customer driven projects to deliver the value for money services with the COE (Center of Excellence) model.• Opportunity identification project was key to success in the definition of new business opportunities for Tanı at Koç Group’s companies. Myself and the team identified Koç Group customer touch point’s digital strategy with Tanı’s center of excellence experience to formulate special solutions in customer analytics and its manual process based routine operations. • Lean organization project was developed and initiated to build an advanced customer experience by establishing functional knowledge based teams to service and support Koç Group companies’ digital transformation programs based on a self-learning artificial intelligence integrated digital system for a sustainable revenue and business growth.

I was promoted to package customized services offered to clients in Campaign Management, Business Intelligence Solutions and Big Data to form a digitally integrated product for new clients and for international markets, achieving next generation AI integrated marketing automation solutions. I report to Senior Vice President with a team of 4 Senior Project & Product Managers specialized in Datawarehouse Management, IT & Operations.Developed key milestones and associated achievements with planning companywide Digital Transformation efforts aligning it to Koç Holding Digital Transformation Program whilst working in cooperation with McKinsey to deliver the roadmap.Major achievements; • Designed a roadmap to be the center of excellence in Koç Holding for business analytics and big data solutions.• Executed market analysis for the US market to pinpoint the product for the niche market segment in joint efforts with McKinsey.• Designed the RFP of the next generation product and associated project delivery methodology.• Planned a business model with the support partners to develop the next generation marketing product for Tanı.

Promoted to redesign and develop CRM and Loyalty solution products to effectively meet market demands through developing a solid delivery methodology and system for supporting client projects with increased efficiency in customization whilst developing omni channel strategy for increased revenue generation. Reported to Customer Relations and Technology Director with a team of 4 specialists. Work with Sales and CRM business units to deliver the right solutions according to customer needs using Tanı products and services. Effectively manage omni channel strategies for client projects and business to develop continuous brand awareness and lead generation for channeling into sales cycles through efficient loyalty campaigns. Developed strategic relations and business development for key clients such as; Opet, Aygaz, Koçtaş, Migros, Arçelik, Ford, Tofaş, Vakko, Joker, D&R, Burger King, Sarar, and their associated loyalty and CRM projects.

Recruited to develop customized technology products according to customer needs of Tanı to deliver an end to end solution towards their need with measurable KPI’s including Contact Center, CRM, Web Application, Database solutions to manage desired results. Co-ordination of divisions in technology, campaign design, solution integration for cross and upsell of services and products supported the vision of becoming a leader in Marketing and Digital Marketing solutions with in defined markets and industries Tanı operated.

Started my career journey at Migros in E-commerce and Operations division as a specialist to process digital orders generated from Migros website and develop the website to appeal more to clients to place their digital orders. I was appointed as a team leader after a four years of disciplined operation. During my career I have supported the growth of the e-commerce business and helped to develop a sales channel of 1,5% of the total revenue accumulated. Developed the team and the process to increase efficiency of order processing and the process supporting it. Took active responsibility in the development of two major projects Kangurum (the shopping mall of Migros) and Migros Toptan Market. Established relations with suppliers and build the complete process architecture of supply chain management for smooth operations and develop the logistics of delivery to customer door. As a team leader responsible from E-Commerce Operations, developed the KPI sets for E-Commerce touch points to support the growth and satisfied customers. Improved average basket revenue KPI from 25 TL to 75 TL and improved per day orders from 220 to 550 whilst improving the trust relation between the consumer and Migros technology division for credit card transactions.