Semih SAKIZ

Executive Vice President at Hitit

Türkiye

About

I’ve worked across industries, IT domains (including high volume transaction processing and data management,software development,infrastructure management, core operating systems, security,network, database, middleware/SOA,cloud and analytics) and lead numerous functions (i.e development,test, support, services and strategy).I managed more than $50M budget for all hardware, software, support, maintenance and IT staffing requirements. I've created virtualization roadmap to reduce physical server count by 80% and save ongoing annual savings of $1M by the virtualization of more than 200 physical servers. Besides,I developed a monitoring tool for more than 150 weblogic servers with WLST scripts that improved overall visibility of operational performance metrics & presented this solution in Oracle User group meeting. I have extensive knowledge including the entire range of information technology functions,software development, infrastructure,operations administration, project management. Also my current role includes working across IT departments to provide support to include all platforms in a DevOps culture, and removing any barriers to the transformation from a technology standpoint. I also have 2 patents. Specialities:Software Development,Revenue management systems,Crew planning systems, Erp,DevOps,JVM based Technologies, Mainframe,Cics,Java,Web Services, Oracle Weblogic, SOA,Linux,MQ,Ibm websphere, Web servers,Apache,XML, Kubernetes, Docker, Satellite,Redhat,OpenStack, Virtualization,Pss,R&D,Pivotal Cloud foundry, Ci/Cd,Large-Scale Mission Critical Solutions, Executive Management,Openshift,Banking Systems Digitization,Business & IT Strategy Development,Cloud Computing,Complex Systems Integration,AI, Digital Banking Strategy & Architecture, Enterprise Architecture,FinTech, Iata Ndc, Machine Learning, Microservices Architecture,Mobile Banking & Payments, OmniChannel Architecture,Innovation Officer, Dapps, Blockchain, DeFi, DaO

Experience

  • Hitit (6 yrs 9 mos)
    • Executive Vice President
      Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

      Head of infrastructure, operations, architecture, security and cloud ops.

    • Director Of Information Technology
      Nov 2019 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Chief Solutions Architect, Consultant at Yapı Kredi , UniCredit group
    May 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

    DevOps and Platform Lead

  • Principal Technical Lead at Garanti Teknoloji - BBVA group
    Aug 2016 - Apr 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Leaded , implemented and directed Internet and Mobile Banking application server platform migration. Digital transformation. Automation. Closely work with other It departments and 3rd parties such as Ibm. Technical Architectural works such as: Cloud platforms i.e Aws. Redhat virtualization. Openstack. Openshift. Docker. Distinguished Engineer. Praised for good work.

  • Senior Technical Expert at Garanti Teknoloji BBVA
    Dec 2014 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Senior Technical Expert Responsibilities: IBM WAS, IBM MQ Series, Integration, Solution Architect, Openstack, IBM CICS administration, Java program development, Monitoring, Disaster Recovery Center installations and tests Technical Professional Services, Systems Implementation, Interfaces and Integration Innovative Solutions, Strategic Consulting, Research & Development, Information Technologies Track record in innovative solutions with revenue generation,cost savings,process reengineering, transformation

  • Turkish Airlines (15 yrs 4 mos)
    • IT Infrastructure Manager - Middleware and Enterprise Systems
      May 2014 - Nov 2014 · 7 mos

      I led the teams building and also operating reliable infrastructure and applications that enable us practicaly scaling,computing, monitoring and alerting simply. My teams designed and implemented modern systems to manage Turkish Airlines It systems such as machines,virtulalizations, data centers, application servers etc. I was Managing and Leading Web System Programmers team (Redhat, Apache, Weblogic, Java), Linux Systems Programmers team, Windows Systems Programmers team, Z/OS mainframe System Programmer team, ADABAS-CICS System Programmers team, Airline Control System Programmers team. We did Budgeting, Capacity Planning, Optimization and Forecasting of all responsible systems, PCI management, Architecting all application programs ; Defining standards and policies for overall IT infrastructure ; Crm and Erp system admins, Solution Architecting ;Developing java programs / Linux scripts for automation and monitoring of systems all together. Some of the key objectives I achieved consolidation of application servers, design and implement disaster recovery center, shift to utilization-based computing, improve resource utilization for significant cost savings, stabilize the systems while increasing reliability and performance.

    • Solution Architect - Team Lead - Systems Programmer
      Aug 1999 - Nov 2014 · 15 yrs 4 mos

      Planning and implementation of hardware and software upgrades, maintenance projects at Revenue Management systems (Origin And Destination, Group, Forecasting, Optimization, distributed Databases, Pricing) CRM project RFP, Infrastructure architect Developer of Java programs for various projects Linux script developments, Berkeley DB, Cassandra installation, configuration and maintenance, Integration of other platforms such as Revenue Management Modules (OnD, GRMS, RTDP), T2SE middleware (Websdom, Internet Booking, etc.) , SAP-PI integration POC Administrator of; Oracle Weblogic application servers, Apache web servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems,AIX and HP-UX systems, Responsibilities included installation and maintenance of system software, identification of potential users, terminals and programs to gain access to the system, allocation of resources for them, monitoring usage of critical resources, compliance with established standards, security variances and delegation activity to trigger timely and appropriate corrective action