Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
An accomplished IT professional with over 25 years of diverse experience in Information Technology, specializing in Big Data & AI, Data Science, Data Engineering and Architecture, Database Management, Data Warehouse Systems, ETL, Middleware Systems, Kubernetes, DevOps, Data Governance, and Data Security. • Proven expertise in leading complex, large-scale projects, leveraging technical proficiency, strategic vision, and effective stakeholder management to deliver impactful outcomes, even in challenging public sector environments. • Dedicated to fostering institutional growth through innovative solutions and a forward-thinking approach to IT, Data, and AI. Skilled in conducting Data & AI maturity assessments, defining Data and AI strategies, and ensuring seamless alignment with organizational objectives and evolving industry trends.
Leading bigdata & AI projects; Data Strategist, Leading Data Science and Analytic Teams, Managing bigdata clusters (cloudera, spark, vertica, flink etc.) Master Data Management, Enterprise Data Catalog, Citizen 360 NLP AI Solutions for CRM , AI solutions for Anomalies in CRM, Traffic Density Predictions, Service and location usage pattern analyses, Location Scroring, AI solutions for Risk and Disaster Management, Complex Event Processing on Citywide IOT sensors' data , Social Network Analyses, Transportation Excellence Center with SAS Analytics, Open Data Portal, Open Compute Portal, Data Lab, Supporting and mentorship for Academic Bigdata & AI researchers
- Manager of following Units; CRM & Call Center Systems Administration and Siebel Development and Support Team Database Management and Bigdata Datawarehouse Management Middleware Systems Management .Net Development and Enterprise Web/Portal Management Program Management Office and IT Services Development Smart City Project Group - Implemented one of the biggest Oracle Siebel CRM solution in public sector. - Reorganized database and data warehouse teams and improved their technical capabilities. - Redesigned IBB database system architecture on basis of business continuity principles. - Migrated core database systems to Exadata platform. - Prepared a technical RFP for a consultancy project to define Istanbul’s next 30 years’ vision, strategy, architecture and road map for Smart City. - Defined the evaluation and selection criteria sets of Smart City Project’s offerors which are global consultancy companies like Accenture, Deloitte, PWC, IBM, etc. - Managed evaluation processes of global companies’ project methodologies, approaches, experiences and teams. Made technical discussions on smart city, IOT and big data with global consultancy companies, technology vendors and some well known smart cities’ CIOs. - Managed a new Enterprise Datawarehouse project for preparing teams and management to smart city and big data challenges. - Prepared a technical RFP for foundation of Program Management Office and implementing ITIL standarts and processes to IBB. - Managed some field services and auditing projects which are fully integrated with Call Center and CRM systems in Siebel and SAP platforms. - Managed a Big data Focused Smart City Consultancy Project supported by USA Trade Development Agency. Project scope includes following : Bigdata infrastructures, big data architecture, open data, data governance policies, crise management, geospatial data analyses, search and data discovery portal and Citizen 360 services.