General professional experience:

• Nearly 25 years of business experience in project management, production, sales & marketing, management, aftersales, R & D, training and startuping.
• Over 20 years of experience in manufacturing sector including series and partial production whereas 11 years of manufacturing experience in production (4 years in series, over 7 years in partial)
• 13 years of professional experience in climate change and energy sector (5 years in BEGS engineering, 4y. in GEA, 2y. in TEMSA and 2y. in TOFAS)
• In depth knowledge of startuping, Research& Development &Innovation Processes, lean techniques, theory of constraints, constraint management, application of Industry 4.0, model factories, patent search, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) , customer value evaluation, commercialization, prototyping, funding mechanisms
• Experience on technology focused entrepreneurship as running own hi-tech start-up company since 2016
• Solid knowledge of EU Project Cycle Management, LFA, EC Procurement Rules and PRAG
• Experience in international business environment and international technology transfer

Specific professional experience:

• Over 20 years business management experience at managerial level in manufacturing industry, especially in machinery, automotive, agriculture and e-trade sectors (9 years in machinery, 6 years in automotive, 5 years in technology start-up and simultaneously in e-trade especially Amazon, Ali Express, HB and Trendyol).
• Over 18 years of experience in Lean Production Techniques, Theory of Constraints, Constraints Management and Application and Model Factories.
• Over 18 years of experience in preparation and implementation of training and consultancies in Lean Production, Theory of Constraints.
• Over 15 years of experience in projects which are directly climate change mitigation projects or indirectly supporting climate change mitigation.
• Over 15 years of experience in marketing, sales, B2B and business networking, preparation of strategic plan and marketing plan.
• Over 14 years of experience in the field of strategic management, R & D & Innovation, digitalization, Industry 4.0, product development, patent search, intellectual property rights, customer value evaluation, commercialization, business plan preparation, prototyping and fund raising.
• Over 10 years of R&D experience in Agricultural Machinery Sector and in Smart Farming over 8 years of R&D experience in other machinery sectors.
• Over 8 years of experience in Energy Efficiency; efficiency in electric consumption and fuel consumption.
• Over 5 years of R&D experience in biomass, waste plant oils and producing electricity out of biomass via innovative technology.
• Over 5 years of experience in designing surviving models for hi-tech start-up companies, entrepreneurs, Start-ups and SMEs, as a coach, mentor and business angel.
• Experience in identifying support needs, preparing business plans, lean canvases for business, project management, financial plan, cash flow analysis, working capital need analysis and mentoring in these fields to entrepreneurs, Start-ups, SMEs and CUFs.
• Knowledge on support mechanisms, institutions and legal framework, successfully managed two R&D projects, one supported by KOSGEB, one by TUBITAK.
• Experience in developing innovation assessment tools, performing need analysis, business management models for SMEs, OIZs, CUFs, entrepreneurs.
• Experience in establishment of Fab Labs, providing support for capacity building of techno park companies, clusters and Fab Labs.
• Experience in Training; OHS, Lean Manufacturing, Efficiency Increasing, Inventory Management, Constraints Management, Entrepreneurship, Digitalization, Additive Manufacturing, Start-ups.
• Experience in project evaluation for Development Agencies and Start-up evaluation as an Angel Investor.