LANGUAGES

- Turkish, Native 
- English, Fluent
- German, Intermediate

MAJOR CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

• ING BANK, Enterprise Agile Transformation Program, Management Consultant, 2012
Lead enterprise agile transformation of the company both from projects and operational perspectives. Provided direct consultancy for IVR Implementation, ATM Transformation, Core Banking Framework Development, Enterprise Cash Management Platform Development, DWBI Dashboard Development Projects and the transformation of all operations of Cash Management department. Provided training programs for both line departments of banking, and different departments within IT. Provided consultancy in the design of agile project management, software development life cycle, system analysis and design, and change management processes.

• AEGON, Project Office Deployment Program, Management Consultant, 2011
Lead enterprise project office deployment program. Designed organization, processes, standards, job descriptions and performance indicators as well as supporting management information systems for project management and innovation management life cycles. Initiated reporting room deployment program and Data Warehouse implementation. Provided direct consultancy to CTO and COO for quarterly performance reporting for international headquarters. Act as the coordinating consultant in the implementation of Enterprise Processes and Standards Directory and major procurement processes of Salesperson of The Future Project.

• AEGON, IT Department Restructuring Program, Management Consultant, 2010
Lead IT Department Restructuring program. Designed organization, processes, standards, job descriptions and performance indicators. Participated the execution of various software development and system deployment projects. Designed short and long term IT budgeting process and consulted for the cost management cycles. Directly consulted for the recruiting of software development specialists and whole team of system analysts.

• AGITO, Enterprise Transformation Program, Management Consultant, 2010
Provided long-term enterprise consultancy for transformation of the software development company. He has redesigned whole cycle of processes for software development, project management, support and maintenance. Provided direct consultancy for various groups in the company for project management, team leadership, system analysis and design, software testing. Reformed all types of presales and sales documents and processes.

• ICRONTECH, Project Management Transformation Project, Management Consultant, 2009
Lead project management transformation project. Provided role & competency mapping and problem inventory development consultancy for the international technology and research company. Designed the roadmap for the transformation of company for short and long term perspectives in terms of organization, projects, consultancy and operations processes. 

• EASTNETS, Agile Transformation Project, Management Consultant, 2007
Lead agile transformation project within the international technology company. Designed organization, processes, standards, job descriptions and performance indicators as well as supporting management information systems for project management and software development life cycles. Lead teams for agile mind-set and culture transformation by utilizing Scrum methodology and agile principles.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2008 – …         PROJERA Consultant & Trainer (Cofounder)
• 2010 – 2012 CRONOM Director – Business Development & Sales (Cofounder)
• 2008 – 2009 FINARTECH Director - Business Development & Technology (Cofounder)
• 2006 – 2008 EASTNETS Manager – Software Development
• 2004 – 2006 ABH Project Manager
• 2002 – 2004 BIZITEK Senior Analyst Developer
• 2001 – 2002 TEBA Software Engineer
• 2000 – 2001 DATEM Software Engineer

PROJERA: As one of the cofounders of management consultancy company, he is responsible for program & project management, agile transformation, business process optimization, system analysis & design and  software testing trainings & projects. More, he provides training about standards like COBIT ITIL, CMMI, PMBOK and PRINCE2. 

CRONOM: As one of the cofounders of software development company, he was responsible for directing business development, marketing, sales and project management departments. He took the company gross profit from $300K to $2000K. The software projects has been done on various platforms for various companies like Coca-Cola Beverages, Global Bilgi, Abdi Ibrahim.

FINARTECH: As one of the cofounders of software development company, he was responsible for directing business development operations and software product development projects. He managed credit scoring software development programs. The software system had been implemented to 6 mid size banks in Turkey. The company has been acquired by Dun & Bradstreet India in 2009.

EASTNETS: He was responsible for managing both local and international projects and operations for software development department. Lead both project management and software development team for system analysis, product design, product development and system integration processes as well as coordination of international implementation projects.

ABH: He was responsible for leading project team, managing resources and organization of stakeholders. Achieved both business analysis for the projects and also architecture design. Supported design of data flow model, business components and development of  the software.

BIZITEK: He was responsible for both making business analysis for the projects and also designing the architecture, data flow model, business components and development of  the software utilizing Microsoft.NET software development technologies.

TEBA: He was responsible for supporting corporate transactional B2C web site including several crucial applications like online retailing, auction, barter, gift service implemented on Microsoft software development technologies.

DATEM: He was responsible for the analysis of IBM Web Sphere product family features for the customers. Developing J2EE based web applications in the presales phases of the projects.

ABOUT.

Dincer Özturan is the cofounder of Avenn Group and a senior professional specialized in management science, methodologies and applications. He has firmed his expertise taking different roles from system analysis to project management, operations management to business development and founding a list of software, training and consultancy companies from scratch. He has taken different roles in various local and international IT projects (Turkey, Jordan, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar etc.) for developing business solutions in areas like Business Process Management, Risk Management, Customer Relationship Management, Finance & Banking, B2C, B2B and Enterprise System Integration.

Within past years, he has been honoured as being the member of board of Istanbul Project Management Association after taking over the coordination of IT interest group for one year. Various articles of Özturan have been published on the Internet and print media including IT Business Weekly magazine and Yazgelistir.com, a leading developer network in Turkey. Microsoft has rewarded Özturan with "MVP - Most Valuable Professional Award" in 2006, for his proactive efforts in sharing his expertise within IT community.

Besides his efforts within media, Özturan attends to seminars and conferences as a speaker on the subjects he has deep experience.

Areas of Expertise
Management Focus	IT Focus
Leadership & Team Work Communication & Conflict Resolution Contracting & Negotiation Program & Project Management Product Management Business Analysis & Process Optimization	Agile Project Management Software Development Life Cycle Enterprise Information Technology Architecture System Analysis & Design System Testing

Major Recent References (last 2 years)

Abdi Ibrahim (Pharmacy) | Aegon (Insurance) | Agito (IT) | Akbank (Banking) | Anadolu Hayat & Emeklilik (Insurance) | Arcelik (Production) | Aselsan (Military) | Axa Sigorta (Insurance)  | Crs Soft (IT) | Etiya (IT) | EES (IT) | EnerjiSA (Energy) | Fintek (Banking) | Icron (IT) | ING Bank (Banking)  | Kron Telekom (Telecom) | Phonoclick (IT) | Siemens (Production) | Siemens Business Solutions (IT) | Turkiye Finans (Banking) | Turkiye Is Bankasi (Banking) 

EDUCATION

Istanbul Bilgi University, Masters Degree, MBA, Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul Technical University, Certification Programme, Quality Management, Istanbul, Turkey
Ege University, Bachelors Degree, Computer Engineering, Izmir, Turkey

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS AS A SPEAKER

• Istanbul Technical University, Agile & Scrum, Speaker, FEB 2011
• Information Technology Association of Turkey - National IT Congress, Agility, Speaker, MAY 2009
• Istanbul Technical University, Project Management in IT, Speaker, JUL 2009
• Istanbul Technical University, Agile Project Management, Speaker, JUN 2008
• Information Technology Association of Turkey, Agile Software Development, Speaker, MAY 2008
• Bosphorus University - Project Development Contest / Head of Jury Committee, MAY 2008
• Bosphorus University - Project & Research Club - Project Management, Speaker, APR 2008
• Microsoft, Software Project Management, Speaker, DEC 2007
• Bosphorus University  - Project & Research Club - Project Management, Trainer, Nov 2007
• Information Technology Association of Turkey - IT Congress - Risk in IT Projects, Speaker, JUN 2007
• Bosphorus University / Project & Research Club, "Project Management", Trainer, May 2007
• Istanbul Metropolitan Planning & Urban Design Centre - Project Management, Speaker, May 2006
• Information Technology Association of Turkey - IT Project Management Workshop, Speaker, May 2006
• Netron Institute of Technology - Project Management Methodologies, Speaker, Apr 2006
• IPYD - National Project Management Congress  - Innovation, Speaker, APR 2006
• Netron Institute of Technology - Project Management Methodologies, Speaker, Mar 2006
• CeBIT Eurasia - Invest Your Feature With Project Management, Speaker, Sep 2005

CERTIFICATES & AWARDS

2008 CSM (Certified Scrum Master), Scrum Alliance
2006 MVP (Most Valuable Professional), Microsoft
2005 PMP (Project Management Professional), Project Management Institute
2003 Quality Management Professional, Istanbul Technical University
2003 ISO9000 Auditor, Istanbul Technical University
2002 MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer), Microsoft
1995 Computer Olympics 2ND Grade in Mediterranean Area, TUBITAK

TRAININGS & SEMINARS ATTENDED

• Management & Leadership / Harvard Business School, 2007, 2 days
• Software Business / Microsoft, 2007, 2 days
• Developing Business Process Applications with MS BizTalk Server 2006 / Bilge Adam, 2006, 5 days
• The Open Group Architecture Framework/ IPYD, 2006,  1 days
• Microsoft Biztalk Server 2004 – Business Process Management / Microsoft, 2006, 2 days
• Microsoft Biztalk Server 2004 – EAI and SOA / Microsoft, 2006, 2 days
• Software Architects Forum 2005, Integration and Interoperability / Microsoft, 2005, 1 days
• ITIL / Computer Associates, 2005, 1 days
• Software Factories, DSL, GAT, GAX / Microsoft, 2005, 1 days
• Enterprise Application Architecture / Netron, 2005, 2 days
• Microsoft Visual Tools For Office / Microsoft, 2005, 1 days
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 / Netron, 2005, 2 days
• Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 / Netron, 2005, 2 days
• Microsoft SQLServer2005 Development / Netron, 2005, 3 days, 
• Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Infopath 2003 / Microsoft, 2005, 5 days
• Deploying and Managing MS Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 / SmartPro, 2005, 1week
• Designing a MS Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Inf. / SmartPro, 2005, 5 days
• Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a MS Windows Server 2003 AD Inf. / SmartPro, 2005, 5 days
• Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Inf. / SmartPro, 2005, 5 days
• Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Windows Server Network Inf. / SmartPro, 2005, 5 days
• Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment / SmartPro, 2005, 5 days
• Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment / SmartPro, 2005, 5 days
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Workshop / Netron, 2004, 1 days
• Microsoft SQLServer2005 Administration / Netron, 2004, 2 days
• Analysing Requirements and Defining MS .Net Solution Architecture / Netron, 2003, 5 days
• Programming with C# / Netron, 2003, 5 days
• Developing XML Web Services using Microsoft ASP.NET / Netron, 2003, 5 days
• Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio.NET / Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Programming with ADO.NET / Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Introduction To ASP.NET / Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Building XML-Based Web Applications / Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET / Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database/ Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Transact-SQL / Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Mastering Enterprise Development Using MS Visual Basic 6.0 / Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Mastering Visual Basic 6.0 – Development / Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Mastering Visual Basic 6.0 – Fundamentals / Netron, 2002, 5 days
• Oracle PL/SQL / TEBA Günkol, 2001, 10 days
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming / Edinka, 2001, 4 days
• Body Language / Ege University, 2001, 3 days
• IBM Web Sphere Commerce Suite / IBM, 2000, 5 days
• IBM Web Sphere Host Publisher 2.0 / IBM, 2000, 5 days
• Speed Reading / Edinka, 2000, 2 weeks

MAJOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

• GOLD COMPUTER, Mobile Commerce Development Project Project Sponsor 2012
• ISTANBUL ULASIM, Mobile Interface Development Project         Project Sponsor 2011  
• COCACOLA, Mobile Flow Development Project         Project Sponsor 2011
• MORHIPO, Ecommerce System Development Project         Project Sponsor 2010
• CRONOM, Otto Platform Development Program                 Program Manager 2010
• FINARTECH, RiskMetre Enterprise Product Development Program Program Manager 2008
• FINARTECH, RiskMetre Commercial Product Development Program Program Manager 2008
• FINARTECH, DecisionMetre Enterprise Product Development Program Program Manager 2008
• NATIONAL BANK of KUWAIT, Financial Inter Exchange Project Project Champion 2007
• KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE, Financial Inter Exchange Project Project Champion 2007
• DUBAI GOLD & COMMODITIES EXCHANGE, SWIFT Project Project Champion 2006
• UBL, Financial Message Exchange Project                 Project Champion 2006 
• ARCAPITA, Bahrain Financial Integration Project                 Project Champion 2006
• ANADOLU GRUBU, HR Expense Management System Project Project Manager         2005
• EFES PİLSEN, Financial Consolidation System Project Project Manager         2004
• PFIZER, Sales Planning System Project         Analyst Developer 2004
• MARSHALL, Business Process Analysis Project         System Analyst 2003
• BORUSAN TELEKOM, CRM & BPM Implementation Project Analyst Developer 2003
• BİZİTEK, Netflow Workflow System Development Program         Analyst Developer 2002
• TEBA, E Commerce Site Development Project         Analyst Developer 2001
• DATEM, Host Integration Platform Development Project         Developer         2000