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Fark Labs, Chief Connecting Officer

I have about 12 years of experience in the automotive industry, and I have held managerial positions for a long time. I believe I am good at team structuring, system establishment, project management, and risk management. In my current role, I am utilizing my previous experience more extensively by combining communication, talent, and structuring skills to perform my job more effectively.

Business Development
I was born in Istanbul in 1983. I have lived in Istanbul all my life and still do. After completing 8 years of education at Saint Joseph French High School following elementary school, I graduated from YTU Metallurgy & Materials Engineering Department. Immediately after graduating, I started working. My first job was as a Project & Sales Engineer at a company that produces chemical coating machines and cleaning machines for about 2 years. I was responsible for managing all processes such as quotation/material purchasing/planning/production tracking/customer meetings/installation at the production site of machines that produce automotive parts, such as removing production burrs on engine gears or coating them for friction resistance. Then I started working on Renault projects as a Project & Marketing Engineer at Farplas. Here, I was responsible for managing all processes from preparing quotations to managing all processes until serial production started after project acquisition. As the projects increased, teams were formed, the Project/Marketing departments were separated, and I became the head of the Renault project team. I also served as the project department manager for the next 4 years. During this time, of course, we worked with many customers, including Hyundai, Honda, Mercedes, and many others, in addition to Renault. When I worked intensely for about 10 years, I decided to take a break for a while, and I left my company by mutual agreement, as we had agreed on the dates long before. After leaving, I continued to support the friend who was appointed to my position from my team in the background for a long time. I provided consultancy to many people, although not professionally. In 2022, with the decrease of the pandemic, I accepted a job offer from Fark Labs and opened a new page. Currently, I am in the role of Chief Connecting Officer at Fark Labs, where I am responsible for company structuring, meeting/working with startups and introducing them to the right network, creating internal entrepreneurial opportunities, and monitoring programs carried out.

Programs

Mentorship with Innovation Champions 2023

Garage Innovation Hub is carrying out the Innovation Champions Mentorship Program in cooperation with Mentors Network Turkey which gathers many national and global companies from different industries, with the objective of supporting Startups.