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Ertuğrul Partal, Senior Technical Consultant, Adm Electricity Distribution Inc., will deliver a talk at EE

Ertuğrul Partal, who is currently working as Senior Technical Consultant at Adm Electricity Distribution Inc. will give a talk on “Power Transmission and Distribution Systems” and share his valuable experiences in the field with the Istanbul Commerce University audience on December 1st, 2021, Wednesday, between 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. at C-307, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on freshman students enrolled EEE101 – Introduction to Electrical-Electronics Engineering course.

After graduating from Teesside University (England) Electrical Engineering in 1998, Ertuğrul Partal completed his graduate education in Advanced Manufacturing Systems at the same university in 2002.

He worked as a power systems engineer at EDF Energy Networks Branch, one of the Power Distribution System Operators in England. During his career at the British Transmission System Operator, National Grid Transmission (National Grid ESO), between 1996 and 2014, he worked as a senior power systems specialist. Then, he served as a Department Head of the System Technical Performance Department.

He continued his career as a Technical Consultant at Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS). He has also served in the international studies of CIGRE for many years, and as of January 2022, he will start working as a full member in the Cigre WG C4.67 working group, representing Adm electricity distribution company. He has expertise in Insulation Coordination (Lightning Protection), Grounding Systems, and Steady-State Power (Voltage) Quality of Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems.

  1. Guest: Ertuğrul Partal, Senior Technical Consultant, Adm Electricity Distribution Inc.,
  2. Date: December 1st, 2021, Wednesday, 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. (GMT+3)
  3. Venue: Istanbul Commerce University, Kucukyali Campus, C-307
  4. Topic: Power Transmission and Distribution Systems
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Kerem Kaplan, Senior Business Developer Energy Projects at EcogridX BV, will deliver a talk at EE

Kerem Kaplan, who is currently working as Senior Business Developer Energy Projects at EcogridX BV will give a talk on “RGeneral approach to international engineering environment” and share his valuable experiences in the field with the Istanbul Commerce University audience on November 17th, 2021, Wednesday, between 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. at C-307, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on freshman students enrolled EEE101 – Introduction to Electrical-Electronics Engineering course.

Mr. Kaplan graduated from METU, Ankara with BS degree. He received his MBA degree from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. He is an expert on International Project Development Management, Strategy & Organisational Change management, Organisational process & Project base Process management , Stakeholders Management , Project risk management. He involved various international projects that includes; Bio Golden Rand project Delfzijl / Eneco – The Netherlands, Offshore Windpark Luchterduinen/ Eneco- The Netherlands, OPTARA Turn-Key 150 kV Substation & 33 kV MV Substation/ TOTAL Refinery- Antwerp-Belgium, Offshore Wind Park North Sea East / ESSENT – Germany, Offshore Wind Farm Belwind -1/ Van Oord B.V.(ECONCERN), Shanghai HV Substation project / Shanghai / Chania, Guanzo HV substation project / Guangzhou China, Lahore HV substation Project/ Lahore Pakistan, Veliefendi HV substation project /Izmir Turkey. He is currently cofounder and Senior Business Developer Energy Projects -EcogridX BV Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands.

  1. Guest: Kerem Kaplan, Senior Business Developer Energy Projects, EcogridX BV,
  2. Date: November 17th, 2021, Wednesday, 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. (GMT+3)
  3. Venue: Istanbul Commerce University, Kucukyali Campus, C-307
  4. Topic: General approach to international engineering environment
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Sedef Karagöz, Deputy General Manager of Geothermal Operations at SANKO Holding, will deliver a talk at EE

Sedef Karagöz, who is currently working as Deputy General Manager of Geothermal Operations at SANKO will give a talk on “Recent Technologies in Energy Production” and share her valuable experiences in the field with the Istanbul Commerce University audience on October 20th, 2021, Wednesday, between 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. at C-307, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on freshman students enrolled EEE101 – Introduction to Electrical-Electronics Engineering course.

Sedef Karagöz graduated from Middle East Technical University (METU) Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1987. She worked as an assistant while studying for a Master’s Degree in the same department. After graduation, she worked as a manager in the field of energy transmission and distribution, sales, production, and project management for 17 years at Barmek Holding. During this period, she also completed the METU Faculty of Business, Master of Business (MBA) program.

In 2003, Karagöz joined Siemens and carried out several managerial positions in various units operating in the field of energy. In 2013, she has become Energy sector leader and served as a member of the Executive Board at Siemens.

In 2021, she joined SANKO Enerji A.Ş. and she is working as Deputy General Manager responsible for geothermal operations.

In addition to corporate leadership and management training, she gained significant experience in process improvement, change management, strategy and innovation. Karagöz, who has been mentoring promising executive candidates since 2011, also serves as a leader and spokesperson in corporate initiatives such as “Diversity” and “Collaboration”.

She continues to provide engineering and consultancy services as a founding partner in EPUS Mühendislik Montaj ve Ticaret A.Ş. (2015) and EcogridX B.V. in the Netherlands (2020).

Sedef Karagöz aims to increase the knowledge and experience of people working in the field and to direct the transformation and improvement in the business world.

  1. Guest: Sedef Karagöz, SANKO Holding, Deputy General Manager of Geothermal Operations,
  2. Date: October 20th, 2021, Wednesday, 9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. (GMT+3)
  3. Venue: Istanbul Commerce University, Kucukyali Campus, C-307
  4. Topic: Recent Technologies in Energy Production
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Regional Services Sales Director of Oracle İlker Toplu will deliver a talk at EE

İlker Toplu, who is currently working as a Regional Services Sales Director at Oracle will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on March 4th, 2020, Wednesday, between 10.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. at B-311, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on senior students enrolled GNL450 – Vocational Seminars course.

İlker Toplu is graduated from Işık University, Electronics Engineering in 2000 and then he completed his M.Sc. degree in Electronics Engineering at the same university in 2004. During his M.Sc. he also worked at Aria as a Network Surveillance Engineer and continued his career at Avea as a Network Support Engineer. Between 2006 and 2008, he worked at Ericsson as a Solution Manager. Later on, Toplu worked as Services Account Manager/Solution Consultant at Nokia Siemens Networks. Then he became Consultancy Sales Manager/Lead Solution Consultant at the same company. Currently, he is working as a Regional Services Sales Director at Oracle.

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Senior Solution Engineer of Huawei M. Salih Karakaşlı will deliver a talk at EE

M. Salih Karakaşlı, who is currently working as a Solution Engineer at Huawei will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on February 26th, 2020, Wednesday, between 11.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. at B-311, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on senior students enrolled GNL450 – Vocational Seminars course.

Karakaşlı is a double major honor degree owner from both the Industrial and Computer Engineering Department at Istanbul Commerce University. After graduation, he started his career as an Assistant Software Engineer at Huawei and then continued his career as a Software Engineer. In 2018, Karakaşlı has been promoted to the Senior Solution Engineer position. In the meantime, he completed his M.Sc. at Istanbul University, Computer Engineering Department. Up until now, he has been awarded four different times by Huawei for his valuable contributions. Also, he developed a mobile app which is called “Hesap Tut” for android devices. Currently, he is working as a Solution Engineer at Huawei.

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Engineer Sait Ergüven will deliver a talk at EE

Sait Ergüven, who is currently working as a freelancer on planning and engineering of mobile communications and renewable energy applications, will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on February 19th, 2020, Wednesday, between 11.00am – 12.00pm at B-311, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on senior students enrolled GNL450 – Vocational Seminars course.

Ergüven graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering in 1978. After graduation, he started his career as a Chief Engineer at Turk Telekom. Between 1982-1994, Ergüven worked in the fields of telecommunication switching and transmission systems as an R&D Manager at NETAŞ. When Turkcell first initiated, he contributed to the construction of GSM network and designing of communication systems as a hands-on manager. Then, Ergüven held several directorial positions during his time on Turkcell. Later on, he worked as a senior director at the department of GSM Network Operation in AVEA. He continued his career as a consultant at TELENER between 2009-2012 in the fields of telecommunication network, IP systems and services, software tools for GSM network and new generation power application for GSM network. Currently, Ergüven is working as a freelancer on planning and engineering as a consultant.

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Radio Network Strategic Planning Engineer of Turkcell will deliver a talk at EE

Hakan Acar, who is currently working at Turkcell, will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on December 9th, 2019, Monday, between 10 am–12 pm at C-304, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on freshman students enrolled Introduction to Electrical Engineering course.

Hakan Acar was born in Trabzon in 1986. He graduated from Trabzon Yomra Science High School in 2004. Also, he graduated from Bilkent University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2008. In 2019, he received his MSc. degree in Business Administration from Bahçeşehir University with a thesis on the relationships between the business models and the value propositions within smart city solutions. He started his career in 2008 at Turkcell in Radio Network Cell Planning & Optimization department and currently works in Radio Network Strategic Planning department, in İstanbul. He mainly works in the fields of radio network planning, strategies and product management, Internet of Things (IoT) network strategies and business relationships, return on investment (RoI) analysis and budget management. He gives trainings on Internet of Things (IoT) at Turkcell Academy.

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İhsan Cafer Elhan will deliver a talk at EE

İhsan Cafer Elhan, who is currently working at Elma Press and Communication Services, will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on November 25th, 2019, Monday, between 10am – 12pm at C-304, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on freshman students enrolled Introduction to Electrical Engineering course.

İhsan Cafer Elhan was born in 1963 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul Pertevniyal High School in 1979. Also, he graduated from Boğaziçi University’s Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department in 1985. In 1990, he completed the Certificate Program for Management and Business Administration of Istanbul University. Between 1984 and 1986 he worked at Turkey agent of Commodore, Teleteknik Inc., as a Service Manager and then as an R&D Engineer. In July 1986, Elma Computer System Ltd. has been founded and Mr. Elhan was one of the founding members of this initiative. Besides, he led and completed several IT based integrated electronic production workflow projects for almost all leasing media companies in Turkey. He served as a board member for the GSM operator company AYCELL, a subsidiary of Turk Telekom, between 2002 and 2003. In 2005, Mr. Elhan was elected as a board member of Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. After serving as a board member for four years, he served as vice-chairman of board for an additional 4 years until 2013. In this period, he worked for the acquisition of modern studio, broadcast and new media technologies to TRT and the digital transformation of TRT’s infrastructure and organization. His research interests include globalization, mobile communication, and new media technologies, international relations, the global economy, the weaponization of social media and strategic communication. Mr. Elhan is a member of both Board of Trustees and Founders of the Boğaziçi Administrators Foundation. He is married and he has three children. He is currently working at Elma Press and Communication Services, which was started in 1995 and became the mainstream activity of the company.

İhsan Cafer Elham’s talk at the Boğaziçi Administrators Foundation IBPF (Inspiring Best Practices Forum 2017) (in Turkish)
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An article in the World Bulletin, which is the beginning of Elham’s Weaponization of Social Media works. (in Turkish)
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Engineer Ersoy Ceylan will deliver a talk at EE

Ersoy Ceylan, who is a freelance consultant, will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on November 18th, 2019, Monday, between 10am-12pm at C-304, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on freshman students enrolled Introduction to Electrical Engineering course.

Ersoy Ceylan was born in 1966 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Electronics and Communication Engineering in 1987. In 1990, he completed his Master’s degree in Electronics and Communication at the same university. In 1990 he started his Ph.D. at the same department. While he was in the thesis phase, he dropped out his Ph.D. He worked as a research assistant for 3 semesters at ITU. Between 1991-1997, he worked as a Software/Design Engineer in R&D department of Nortel Netas. Then, he carried on his career as an R&D manager in Nortel Netas for 5 years. Then he started to work in transmission planning department of Turkcell. From 2010 to 2017, Ceylan conducted management mission at the Leased Lines Management Department of AVEA. Also, he gave Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) training at Turkcell Academy. Ceylan is specialized in B-ISDN and ATM technologies, Real-Time Embedded System Design, Digital Power Plant Systems, Register and Line Signaling, ATM and ISDN protocol, SDH and Remote Control Systems.

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Strategic Partner of Kafein will deliver a talk at EE

İlker Kınacı, who is currently the Strategic Partner of the Kafein, will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on October 21st, 2019, Monday, between 10am-12am at C-304, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on freshman students enrolled Introduction to Electrical Engineering course.

Kınacı received his B.Sc. and M.Sc degrees in Computer Science from Yıldız Technical University and worked as a System Support Engineer in NETAS between 1990-1996. Upon completing his military service, Kınacı conducted private software projects in the textile industry. Between 2000-2008, Kınacı held several managerial positions at Turkcell. During his time at Turkcell, he led the Project Management Office (PMO) and Analysis Teams in IT and Service & Product Development departments. Later on, he was assigned to the administration of the project office of Vodafone as a PMO Senior Manager. In 2009, he was transferred to recently initiated Customer-Relationship Management (CRM) transformation program of Avea as a CRM Solutions Director to manage the process and completed the CRM Transformation. Then, he established Agile Solutions Directorate and managed this team for two years in Avea. Thereafter, Kınacı established PMO in Avea and managed this team for two years. Currently, İlker Kınacı is working at Kafein as a Strategic Partner, he is responsible for Strategic Key Account Management, Business Development, Outsourcing Strategy and Partnering.