Background

I am 7+ years of experience of Team Leading and Project Management, 11+ years of experience in Software Engineering, IoT, Web Technologies, Embedded Systems and Research & Development (R&D)

¬ Having strong background with IoT, Industry4.0, Research & Development, Software Engineering, Design & Testing, Patterns & Architectures, Mobile and Cloud apps, Electronics and Embedded Systems.
¬ Experienced in development methodologies like Agile, Scrum, V-Model and CMMI-DEV.
¬ multi-site and multi-national projects (with BOSCH, SIEMENS, SONY, SAMSUNG and MEDIATEK etc…) on different phases like planning, design, development, testing and maintenance.
¬ Confident on transferrable skills on leadership, team spirit, intercultural awareness, communication, easy to adapt and change, positive attitude, sustainable process and growth orientation.
¬ Creative Innovator, Patent holder and several times awarded across company
¬ Having fun with technology, digital life, business transformation

¬ Strategy & Goal setting, Interdisciplinary communication and presentation skills,
¬ Leadership and Team Management, coaching and mentoring by technical leadership to team members
¬ Project & Portfolio Management skills, Budget & Resource Management, Change Management, communication oriented and well-disciplined result-driven execution w/o forgetting innovation aspect, having agile and growth mindset.
¬ Deep understanding of Digital Transformation and Change management, IT & OT Integration, Production technologies

EXPERIENCES

SENIOR PROGRAM LEAD – INTERNET OF THINGS (Current)  Aug 2016 ~ Continues / Arçelik Global – Central R&D

#programmgmt #lead #strategy #roadmap #iot #smarthome #digitaltransformation #homewhiz #aws #alexa #drs #recurringrevenue #data #rdbms #mysql #sensors #machinelearning #ai #industry4.0 #production

– developing and implementing IoT strategy for new connected products across the globe and attaching into vision of Connected Living and Smart Home
– managing Smart & Connected Home Solutions project portfolio and short- long term roadmap
– managing program resources and budget
– leading cross-functional teams to innovate and create platforms for standards in design & security of products
– awarded internationally by IFA17 for HomeWhiz Interconnected Home Solutions
– certified Amazon DRS and Alexa services into Dishwashers and Washers

HEAD OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Mar 2014 ~ Aug 2016 / BSH Home Appliances – Regional R&D (T-MEA-CIS)

#global #lead #teamsetup #software #quality #design #testing #embedded #production #homeconnect #cmmi #process #requirement #java #.net #c/c++ #python #ni/crio #testautomation #svn #jenkins

– Built and Developed teams for Development, Testing and Production, Quality and Maintenance activities in Cooling Electronics for regional and global responsibilities in BSH network
– Lead change, taking over new responsibilities, first design/development at BSH R&D Region Turkey
– Responsible for HomeConnect (Smart Home Appliances) implementation and regional reqm’s
– Aligning team’s workload –force –time together with global Marketing and Development Architecture strategy
– Managed Development Process transition with CMMI-L3 certification

SOFTWARE DESIGN GROUP LEAD Jun 2011 – Mar 2014 / Arçelik A.Ş. Electronics Business Unit – R&D

#lead #software #c/c++ #embedded #production #android #ios #mobileapp #tvapps #smarttv #java  #webhtml #javascript #linux #driver #kernel #cmmi #process #requirement #architecture #stb #video #vod #hbb

– Lead User Interface and Applications Group most innovative group in dept. with 7 patent filings and 2 new development in 2013.
– Multi-project and resources, tracking daily activities, mentoring and coaching team members parallel balancing workload-time
– Lead project of “Software Stack and Architecture Development for TV&STB products” and development team. Core-Team created system requirements, rules and architecture, and block templates of sample development environment for the rest of SW Team.
– Lead Mobile App Development team and projects.
– Awarded as “Creative Innovators”, project “Provide Digital PVR Feature to LCD TVs”

SOFTWARE DESIGN ENGINEER   Apr 2008 – Jun 2011 / Arçelik A.Ş. Electronics R&D

#software #c/c++ #smarttv #stb #embedded #production #dvb #linux #scripting #ui #qt #directfb #opensource

– Developed Embedded TV Applications through DVB standards to achieve international certifications with C/C++ languages and scripts
– Created system and software requirements, made decision on system architecture and design, implementation on reference boards, debug and test the system

SOFTWARE TEST & VERIFICATION ENGINEER   Jul 2007 – Apr 2008 / NETAŞ – Nortel Networks Telecom – R&D

#software #c/c++ #telecom #testautomation #scripting #linux

– Developed Test automation with C/C++ languages and shell scripting on Linux environment
– Performed ONT testing, followed test results and change activities
– Experienced SS7, signaling, ISUP, CS2K technologies

LANGUAGES

– Turkish: Native
– English: Advanced, Business level
– German: Conversational

EDUCATION

  • Master Sc. in Electronics Engineering   Jan 2009 – July 2013 / Istanbul Technical University – İSTANBUL

– Lectures are over. MSc Thesis not finished. 

  • Bachelor Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering     Sep 2002 ~ Jun 2007 / Dokuz Eylul University – İZMİR

– BSc Thesis: Standalone MP3 Player Prototype: http://www.ayhanak.com/projects/aypod/

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Home Interconnected Solutions Innovation Gold Award – HomeWhiz App / IFA2017
  • Patent Filing and award at B/S/H/ Home Appliances – 2014
  • Patent Award in XV. Arçelik Innovation Day – 2013
  • “Special Award” for being First developer for Voice Recognition featured for Grundig branded TV Sets. – 2012
  • “Special Award” for being First developer of Android Apps published in Google Play on behalf of Arçelik AŞ
    “Grundig TV Remote“, “Beko TV Remote”, “Arçelik Akıllı Kumanda” apps. – 2011
  • Team Award “Creative Innovators” with “Provide Digital PVR Feature to LCD TVs” – 2011
  • Patent Award in XII. Arçelik Innovation Day – 2010
  • Team Award “Creative Innovators” with “Wide-range USB Multimedia Player Design for TVs” – 2009
  • “2nd Rank” Project Awardand “Best” Presentation Award with Undergraduate Thesis of “Portable Standalone MP3 Player” among 40 projects – 2007

PATENTS

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance / 000442472 – Aug 2015

DETAILS ON POSITIONS & PROJECTS

  • Senior Program Lead – INTERNET OF THINGS (Current)    Aug 2016 ~ Continues / Arçelik A.Ş. – Central R&D

Projects
– Managed projects over MDA9, HVAC and Smart Home devices in HomeWhiz Smart Home Solutions
– Managed Projects over Production, After-sales and IT integration with IoT Cloud services
– Lead Program and Portfolio across company

Technology and Skills: AWS Cloud Services, Android/IOS Mobile, Office Programs (including MS Project), C, C++, PC programming Java.NET (C#) Development (Visual Studio), Jenkins CI, Subversion, GIT

  • Head of Software Development   Mar 2014 ~ Aug 2016 / BSH Home Appliances – R&D (Region T-MEA-CIS)

Projects
– Developed with team a Global Product Tool called Variant Manager (in-house designed)
– Established and run first test automation system at BSH Turkey R&D
– Setup necessary infrastructure and development environment
– Managing team that cooperating with German and Chinese R&D Centers in case of multi-site development

Technology and Skills: Embedded Programming with C, C++, PC programming Java.NET (C#) Development (Visual Studio), NI CRIO Component Test-Suite, DOORS, UML, Jenkins CI, Subversion, GIT, Redmine, JIRA, CMMI-L3, Agile-SCRUM, V-MODEL

  • Software Design Group Lead    Jun 2011 – Mar 2014 / Arçelik A.Ş. Electronics Business Unit – R&D

Projects:
– First Android Mobile App in Arçelik A.Ş (company-wide) which cooperating with TV&STB products and created a new innovative business model in 2011. Lead application lifecycle of Android and IOS apps, downloaded more than 250.000+ in months by users via App-Stores
– Developed first Voice Recognition and Motion activated TVs, appreciated so much from customers as innovative product
– Developed first WebUI with web technologies (HTML5, Javascript and CSS3) on TV&STB products
– First accepted SANTEZ project in Arçelik A.Ş. with Koç University
– Finalized European FP7 Project (VICON) in Good level with abroad universities and companies

Technology and Skills: Linux, C, C++, Java with Boost and STL Libraries, networking, bash scripting, Web technologies, PHP, JS, CSS, XML, REST, JSON, Server-Client architecture, Mobile App Development Android and IOS (Native and Hybrid), Jenkins CI, Subversion, GIT, Redmine, JIRA, CMMI-L3, Agile-SCRUM

  • Software Design Engineer     Apr 2008 – Jun 2011 / Arçelik A.Ş. Electronics R&D

Projects:
– Developed first Software for HDMI-CEC and Multimedia Player featured TVs projects
– Awarded in team as “Creative Innovators”, project ” Wide-range USB Multimedia Player Design for TVs”

Technology and Skills: Linux, C, C++, Java with Boost and STL Libraries, networking, bash scripting, Server-Client architecture, Subversion

  • Software Test Engineer         Jul 2007 – Apr 2008 / NETAŞ – Nortel Networks Telecom – R&D

– Manual & Automation tests SS7, Signaling, ISUP, CS2K technologies

Technology and Skills: Linux, C, C++, networking, bash scripting, Server-Client architecture, Subversion

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