Ertugrul Deniz Akbay

Senior Engineering Manager | Key Account Manager

Türkiye

About

Experience

  • AVL (15 yrs 7 mos)
    • Senior Manager
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

      • Leading top-skilled automotive engineers in a fast-evolving industry for systems engineering and calibration development in the field of ADAS/AD, Safety, Vehicle Systems Engineering, Diagnostics and Data Analytics • 5+ SoP (Start of Production) project delivery by leading cross-functional local and global teams along with technical project management and direct customer (OEM) reporting • Successful project delivery including facility (test beds, test tracks, road testing, hardware-in-the-loop platforms, etc.), hardware (prototype vehicles, special equipped components, spare parts, etc.) and engineering (up to 40 engineers in multiple domain groups) planning

    • Key Account Manager
      Jun 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

      • Local sales responsibility for the biggest CV(Commercial Vehicle) OEM • Leading full sales cycle from lead qualification to closure of complex contract negotiation including pricing strategy during acquisition phase.

    • Department Manager
      Jun 2018 - Jan 2026 · 7 yrs 8 mos

  • R&D Engineer at Adam Opel GmbH
    Apr 2009 - Jan 2010 · 10 mos

    - Responsible for development of a new Graphical User Interface in order to analyze and postprocess engine data for designing and down-sizing applications along with the analysis of the simulation results. - Responsible for the analysis of the behavior of different powertrain systems in terms of emission and performance. - Responsible for development of an optimization model for the fuel consumption behavior of an engine.

  • Project Engineer at FEV Motorentechnik GmbH
    Nov 2007 - Apr 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Analyzed the behavior of the boiling of the coolant fluid and the boiling heat transfer performance during the cooling application in the internal combustion (IC) engine designed in automotive industry. • Participated to the projects in which several simulations are conducted via FEMFAT in order to analyze the performance and the durability (High Cycle Fatigue analysis) of the motor designs of several OEM companies