This week’s vocational seminar online lecture will be delivered on May 28th, 2020, at 10.30am, local time in Istanbul, in conjunction with other departments. In this week’s lecture, Ceren Küpeli, who is working as a Lawyer will give a talk about Personal Data Protection and Cybercrime. The link that is required for attending the lecture will be provided in the University official web site.
This week’s vocational seminar online lecture will be delivered on May 21st, 2020, at 10.30am, local time in Istanbul, in conjunction with other departments. The link that is required for attending the lecture is provided by the University officials via an email sent to official e-mail accounts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gökhan Özoğur, who is currently R&D Specialist at Arçelik, will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on April 25th, 2019, Thursday, between 1pm-3pm at C-205, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on senior students enrolled Vocational Seminars course.
Gökhan Özoğur was born in 1989. Özoğur received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Koc University in 2012, and the M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Istanbul University in 2018. Currently, he is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering at Istanbul University – Cerrahpasa. Between 2012-2016, he worked as an R&D Engineer in Arcelik. He has been working as an R&D Specialist in User Interface and Applications Group at Software Design Department of Arcelik since 2016.
Başar Akpınar, who is one of the Co-Founders and currently the CEO of P.I.Works, will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on April 18th, 2019, Thursday, between 1pm-3pm at C-205, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on senior students enrolled Vocational Seminars course.
Başar Akpınar was graduated from the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Department of Istanbul Techincal University in 1993. Between 1994-1998, he worked as a Software Testing and Support Engineer for Nortel Netas. Then, Akpınar worked as a Supervisor Engineer at Turkcell for two years. In 2000, Akpınar started to work with Ericsson. In the first year of his career at Ericsson, he worked as Senior Consultant, then he became Core Network Manager of Ericsson. He continued his career as a Senior Consultant of EMS communication between 2004 and 2005. Başar Akpınar has been carrying out Chief Executive Officer duty for P.I. works since 2005.
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.
Abdullah Karadağ, who is currently Project Manager at Turkish Technic, will give a talk and share his valuable experiences in the field with Istanbul Commerce University audience on March 14th, 2019, Thursday, between 1pm-3pm at C-205, Kucukyali campus, focusing majorly on senior students enrolled Vocational Seminars course.
Abdullah Karadağ was born in 1981 in Elazığ. He graduated from ITU Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2002. In 2009, he completed his Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at the same university. He is currently a Ph.D. at the Department of Transportation Engineering at ITU. Between 2003-2018, he held various positions in Isbak A.Ş., and he worked as the R&D Coordinator in this company. He is currently working as the Project Manager at the Turkish Technic. He specializes in Software Development, Intelligent Transport Systems, Smart City, Cyber Security, and Artificial Intelligence. Moreover, he who started as a board member is provincial head at Istanbul Provincial Directorate of TEKDER. Hes is married and has 3 children. He speaks English and Arabic.
