A. Korhan Ustuner

Director, IT Operations Management at Turkish Technology

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

I am an Information & Communication Technology (ICT) professional with over 19 years of multinational experience. I started my professional career in IT and then played different roles including systems operation, solution integration, solution architecture, technical coordination, and people management as well as vendor management for leading telecom vendors and operators. Currently, I am managing an SRE team that is responsible for Operational Applications of Turkish Airlines. Core Competencies: Operations Management, People Management, Vendor Management, Budget Management, Customer Experience, System Integration, Problem Solving, Technical Training, DevOps, SRE, Observability

Experience

  • Turkish Technology (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Director, IT Operations Management
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Operational Solutions Application Management Manager
      May 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Corporate&Operational Solutions Application Management Manager
      Jul 2023 - May 2024 · 11 mos

  • Turkcell (10 yrs 8 mos)
    • Consumer Cloud Platforms Manager
      Jun 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Managing an SRE team responsible for Turkcell's digital services.

    • TV & Streaming Services Manager
      Feb 2017 - Jul 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      • Managing team of L2 operation engineers maintaining high availability and quality of TV service. • Monitoring TV service KPI’s to make sure service is delivered within agreed SLA’s. Continuously improving customer satisfaction by reducing customer complaints and increasing service robustness. • Responsible for collaborating with other operations teams to ensure end to end service quality is aligned with customer experience strategy. • Finding permanent solutions to problems occured, accessing people, technology and process dimentions in order to improve platform robustness and customer satisfaction goals. • Responsible for managing vendors in TV ecosystem for technical support and maintenance. • Mentoring and coaching team members for their individual and career development.

    • Expert IPTV Engineer
      Dec 2012 - Feb 2017 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Turkcell TV+ • Coordinating Multiscreen TV and OSS/BSS integration between 3rd party vendors and internal parties. • Ensuring the end product is robust and meets customer needs. • Designing Operatinal Support Processes starting from L0 (Call Center) to L3 (Vendor) • Monitoring and continuously improving service quality • Being responsible for Capacity and Business Continuity planning

  • Customer Service Engineer at SeaChange International
    Jun 2009 - Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    Tivibu • System Integration & Design • Operation and Maintenance Support • Technical Support (Problem Management, Escalation, Training) • Sales Support

  • IPTV Integration Expert at Alcatel-Lucent
    Feb 2007 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr 11 mos

    E2E Integration and Support for International IPTV Projects: • Arcor (Vodafone Germany) Germany: E2E Integration (Phase 0 and Phase 1) • CHT Taiwan: VoD (Concurrent) Cluster Extension • CYTA Cyprus: TimeShiftTV and nPVR Integration IPTV PoCs: • TSTV/nPVR • MiViewTV OVS Instructor: Training customers and ALU personnel

  • Istanbul Technical University / Center of Information Technologies (2 yrs 10 mos)
    • ITU Linux Academy Trainer
      Feb 2006 - Jan 2007 · 1 yr

      Linux system administration, Level 1 and 2 (Personal and Corporate) • Defining scope of courses • Preparing course material and lab exercises • Introduced accelerated summer (bootcamp) offerings

    • Systems Support Team Leader
      Sep 2005 - Jan 2007 · 1 yr 5 mos

      • Management of a team of 4 professionals and 4 part-time member • Responsible for planning and coordination of team projects and daily operations

    • System Administrator
      Apr 2004 - Sep 2005 · 1 yr 6 mos

      • Responsible for Linux System and Storage Administration • Developed Service Monitoring Infrastructure