SERKAN ÖZEL, PhD

Defence Programs Manager Mec.Eng. (MSc, PhD)

Ankara, Ankara, Türkiye

About

I am a mechanical engineer and retired Navy Officer. I completed my master's and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering at METU. I have 26 years of defence program and project management and engineering management experience in domestic and international defense industry (Naval Platforms, and UAV&kamikaze UAVs) as project engineer, project manager and program manager both on the buyer and the contractor side. I am an engineer and manager, using Ms Office, SAP, jira, SVN, doors, assist, Ms Project, Primavera, Auto Cad, Ansys and AutoDyn, having as a good command of English, being creative, dynamic, customer and result-oriented, having strong communication and an analytical thinking structure, being able to adapt to change, being prone to teamwork, being adorned with state culture and trained with project management discipline. There is nothing preventing me from obtaining a Person Security Certificate.

Experience

  • PM Manager at Lentatek
    Nov 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    At Lentatek Space, Aviation and Technology defense company, which belongs to ZORLU Vestel group of companies, I carried out the domestic and international project activities of the air platforms projects and related R&D projects mentioned below. * KARGI Kamikaze (RF seeker, E/O and warhead) UAV Project * Karayel UAV Project

  • University Lecturer at Atilim University
    2021 - 2022 · 1 yr

  • Group Industrial Projects Manager at Gemak Group of Companies
    2017 - 2018 · 1 yr

    I worked as a manager responsible for the execution and management of industrial projects carried out at TGE Shipyard, GEMAK Tuzla Shipyard, GEMAK Altınova Shipyard and NETA Pipe and Steel Plant under GEMAK Group of Companies. http://www.gemak.com/

  • Turkish Navy (23 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Mechanical Engineering Department of Turkish Naval Academy
      2016 - 2017 · 1 yr

    • Head of Turkish Naval Forces Project Control Office
      2015 - 2016 · 1 yr

      I served as the first founding executive manager of the Project Control Office, consisting of field experts and system engineers, which was established in August 2015 in order to control and manage the shipbuilding projects carried out by Turkish Naval Forces Command in private sector shipyards. As the Project Control Office Manager, I carried out the project activities of the Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship TCG ANADOLU Construction Project, whose contractor is SEDEF Shipbuilding Inc. Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD) Construction Project TCG ANADOLU (231 m length and 28000 tons) Procurement Authority: Secretariat of Turkish Defence Industries Contractor: SEDEF Shipbuilding Inc.

    • Turkish Naval Forces HQ Auxiliary Ships Construction Program Manager
      2010 - 2015 · 5 yrs

      As Project Manager in the following projects of the Turkish Naval Forces Command, I carried out project initiation activities (budgeting, preparation of information request document, determination of technical requirements, preparation of technical specifications, preparation of call for proposal file, proposal evaluation activity, contract negotiations), planning, programming, budgeting, execution and construction control and project closure activities. * Multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD) TCG ANADOLU Construction Project Procurement Authority: Secretariat of Turkish Defence Industries TCG ANADOLU (231 m and 28,000 tons) Contractor: SEDEF Shipbuilding Inc. * Submarine Rescue Mother Ship Construction Project Procurement Authority: Secretariat of Turkish Defence Industries TCG ALEMDAR (90.8 m and 9,200 tons) Contractor: Istanbul Shipyard * 2 Rescue and Towing Vessels Construction Project Procurement Authority: Secretariat of Turkish Defence Industries TCG AKIN and TCG IŞIN (68.2 m and 2,400 tons) Contractor: Istanbul Shipyard * 27 Armored Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) Construction Project Procurement Authority: Secretariat of Turkish Defence Industries Contractor: FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş. * Nusret Construction Project Procurement Authority: Turkish Naval Forces Command Project for the design and construction of TCG Nusret in the inventory of Çanakkale Military Museum Command * Floating Dock Construction Project Procurement Authority: Turkish Naval Forces Command 7500 tons lifting capacity floating dock Contractor: HATSAN Shipyard * Construction of 2 Emergency Diving and Training Boats Procurement Authority: Secretariat of Turkish Defence Industries Emergency Diving and Training Boats Contractor: DESAN Shipyard * Maritime Resupply Combat Support (DIMDEG) Ship Design Contract Procurement Authority: Secretariat of Turkish Defence Industries TCG DERYA (≈195 m and 22,000 tons) Contractor: STM Inc.