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I am a senior software project manager with a strong technical background, enabling me to understand complex challenges and lead my teams effectively. My experience spans software project management, stakeholder management, requirement elicitation, leading offshore teams, software platform development, agile project management, product ownership, and team growth.

I have successfully led software projects with around 10 million euros R&D budget in total and I am open to mentorship for project management.

Core Competencies

  • Software project management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Requirement elicitation
  • Software platform development
  • Agile project management
  • Product ownership
  • Team growth and people management

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Key Achievements

  • Leading a software platform that provides identity access management, dashboard, logging, and license management, speeding time-to-market of multiple software products including Industrial 5G.
  • Built a new team from scratch and led delivery of SINEC INS (Infrastructure Network Services), a tool for central network services in the Operational Technology (OT) field.
  • Led teams of more than 10 people, including offshore teams.
  • Built up teams and hired team members.

Professional Experience

Senior Software Project Manager — Siemens AG, Karlsruhe | May 2022–Present

  • Leading a software platform project providing identity access management, dashboard, logging, and license management to speed time-to-market of multiple software products including Industrial 5G.
  • Product owner responsibility of the platform alongside software project management.
  • Led teams of more than 10 people, including offshore teams.
  • Cross-functional collaboration with other product teams and stakeholders such as UI/UX experts and product managers.

Product and Solution Development Team Leader — Siemens Türkiye, Istanbul | May 2021–May 2022

  • Project manager of the future software platform of Siemens Industrial Communication, starting from ideation.
  • Led teams of more than 10 people, including line management and hiring.

Software Project Manager — Siemens Türkiye, Istanbul | Feb 2018–May 2021

  • Built a new team from scratch and delivered SINEC INS.
  • Released SINEC INS V1.0 and V1.0 SP1.

Software Engineer — Siemens Türkiye, Istanbul | Dec 2014–Feb 2018

  • Worked on performance optimization of TIA Portal (controllers, distributed I/O, HMI, drives, motion control, and motor management).
  • Owned an internal debugger tool for investigating TIA Portal performance issues.

Software Engineer — Evoline TR | Nov 2010–Aug 2013

  • Consulted on user interfaces and developed UI components for Siemens Audiology Technic.
  • Developed multiple iOS applications from scratch and led development team technically.
  • Responsible for Buggy Floor Management application for P&G.

Education & Certifications

Istanbul Technical University — Istanbul, Turkey

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2016
  • Computer Engineering, 2010

Eindhoven University of Technology — Exchange Student, 2014

  • Exchange Student

Professional Certifications

  • RDPM@Siemens B level certification
  • ISAQB

Additional Contributions

  • Articles: LinkedIn posts
  • Mentor at Istanbul Technical University alumni group
  • Technical consultancy for “Coding for Children” (CoderDojo)