Istanbul, Türkiye
Cloud & AI Solution Sales Director at Microsoft with 17 years of technology and field sales experience, involving technology sales & adoption, business development, digital transformation and product management roles. He has specialized in cloud technologies as a technology strategist, technical sales leader, and solution sales management. His work spans across Enterprise, Corporate and SMB teams, fostering strong collaborations with HQ, Marketing, and Partner teams. He has a track record of growing business and has been recognized many times. He consistently over-achieved his targets by successfully utilizing partners, resources, programs, and initiatives.
Managing the Cloud & AI Platform sales team, driving Microsoft's strategic initiatives and accelerating cloud adoption to foster Azure's growth within Türkiye’s dynamic technology landscape. Responsible for ● Implementing the Cloud & AI strategy ● Identifying growth opportunities ● Prioritizing sales plays ● Developing the go-to-market execution plan ● Addressing customer and channel needs ● Securing necessary investments to fully realize the growth potential of Cloud & AI.
Managing the regional team of Azure Success Managers responsible for driving Top CSP partners’ Azure growth in SMB and Corporate segments in Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMA).
Awards FY24 H1 SMC+DS Together We Thrive Award FY24 H2 SMC+DS Together We Thrive Award
● The product manager of a hybrid software for enterprises which manages all the lifetime activities of Comodo’s flagship product, digital certificates (global market leader with 37.2% share as of 2015 Q3) ● Direct reporting to VP of Engineering, responsible for Comodo’s flagship product: P&L, product launch, customer experience, competitor analysis and roadmap (released two new versions in 6-month period)
● The product manager of Data Analytics Solution --> Developed from scratch and used by 40 teams w/ 200 dashboards ● Built fraud system for Int’l traffic --> $2M/year rev contribution + $1M/year cost savings by replacing vendor solution ● Worked in v-teams: Segment marketing, Localization, Data penetration, Scorecard, Fraud & Rev. Assurance, Regulations ● Consistent top performer & overachieved targets in all years Awards ● Turkcell Group Awards for EBITDA category
● Completed full migration of Turkcell’s Interconnect system --> Transacting $1B/year w/ 70% performance improvement and 99.8% reliability ● Managed Int'l outgoing traffic business w/ other telco operators & carriers --> Saved $1M/year in interconnection ● Worked in v-teams: SMS+, Wi-Fi Offloading, Segmented KPI, ITR ● Consistent top performer & overachieved targets in all years
● Worked in the software development team of Credit Management Project (Türkiye Is Bankasi) & SAP Human Resources Project (Turk Telekom)