Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
As the Country Manager at Infoblox since 2022, I lead sales operations in Türkiye and Azerbaijan with a clear focus on driving high-growth ARR targets. Reporting directly to the METAF Senior Director, I manage a focused sales team serving the Very Large Enterprise (VLE) and G2000 segments across key industries such as banking, e-commerce, retail, public sector, and service providers. My leadership approach emphasizes solution selling, C-level engagement, and enterprise sales excellence, building and managing a team of achievers. I leverage proven methodologies such as MEDDPICC and structured account planning to build strong pipelines, close complex deals, and align customer outcomes with Infoblox’s innovative cloud networking and security solutions. With over a decade of sales leadership experience, I specialize in: • ARR growth and revenue acceleration through new go-to-market strategies • Strategic account planning and execution to maximize customer lifetime value • Managing, coaching, enpowering and enabling sales teams and extended stake holders to grow, improve and success. • Business planning and GTM alignment across multi-sector verticals • Building trusted, long-term partnerships with my team and channel partner to sevurr and drive customer success. I am passionate about enabling enterprises to scale securely while creating measurable business impact. My track record reflects a commitment to exceeding growth targets, delivering value to stakeholders, and developing high-performing teams that thrive in competitive markets.
As the country manager; leading sales teams and efforts for Türkiye & Azerbaijan aligned with high growth ARR business. Part of META Leadership. Direct report to META Senior Director.
In my role as a Sales Manager at Fortinet in Istanbul, Turkey, I led sales efforts targeting major banks and Turk Telekom. I managed Very Large Enterprise and G2000 segments, focusing on cyber security and next-gen network technologies. I successfully implemented new consumption models via service providers, resulting in increased sales and customer satisfaction.
Sales Manager; focused on major banks, major holdings and major e-commerce segment. Selling cloud, network & application acceleration, optimisation, monitoring and SD- WAN solutions to the high end enterprises.
July 2014- Oct 2015 * SP Managed Services Sales Manager Cisco Cloud and Managed Services sales through service providers. December 2012- July 2014 * Enterprise Account Manager In charge of finance sector - banking segment strategic sales and high level engagements. Garanti Bank, Garanti Teknoloji, ING Turkey.
- Direct report to corporate sales director, - One of 2 acting finance sector managers.