- Istanbul, Turkey
Melih Özdemir is one of the pioneers of e-business, e-commerce and mobile vas business in Turkey. He has great contribution in many company start-ups.
Melih Özdemir's Bio:
Melih Özdemir's Experience:
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Independent Online Business Senior Consultant at E-Commerce - Group Buying - Private Shopping-CRM - CC - MVAS - Betting Sector - Web/Mobile Phone Apps - Payment Solutions
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General Coordinator at BigTime Technology
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General Manager at CE Bilgi İşlem A.Ş.
2007 - 2009Sales & Marketing & Technology * Extensive sales, marketing and operational experience in the Turkish Mobile Value Added Services (M-VAS) services sector. * Ability to identify, develop and exploit new market opportunities. * Generating and selecting appropriate sales and marketing strategies meet company objectives. * Achieving ~20 Million USD M-VAS sales in 2007. * Managing ~10 Million Usd budget in 2008. * Managing more than 30 managerial level and senior staff * Prepared Business Plan, AOP, Strategy Document, Organizational Structure of the company from scratch.
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Assistant General Manager at Bilyoner İnteraktif Hizmetler A.Ş.
2004 - 2007Sales & Marketing & Technology * Extensive sales, marketing and operational experience in the Turkish e-business, m-business services sector. * Proven track record in managing a wide portfolio of blue chip, governmental institutions' accounts including risk & method, compliance, contract renewals, bids, preparation /submission of tenders & contract management. * Ability to identify, develop and exploit new market opportunities. * Generating and selecting appropriate sales and marketing strategies meet company objectives. * Achieving ~100 Million USD e-sales in 2006. * Managing ~13 Million Usd budget in 2006. * Managing more than 20 managerial level and senior staff * Prepared Business Plan, AOP, Strategy Document, Organizational Structure of the company from scratch.
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Portal Director at Superonline
1997 - 2004* Planned & designed Superonline Mobile Portal & Mobile Commerce strategy on WAP, WAP Hosting and Future Mobile Portal * Worked as consultant on technical aspects of Mobile Technology to Turkcell Groups of Companies * Designed and developed Superonline SMS Site and applications Mobile Organizer , SMS Alert , http://www.superonline.com/sms * Developed corporate and personal WAP Hosting products * Designed and developed WAP Portal Presentation Site on SOL Web Site http://www.superonline.com/wap * Turkcell Activation Centers (TAM) Project completed. Around the Turkey nearly 700 Turkcell Sales Points started to register new customers online via network supplied by this project. * Superonline Mobil Portal designed and installed. Ericsson WAP Gateway, Turkcell GSM No: 757722 and network connection with GSM side was established
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Chief Business&Technology Advisor at Platco (Turkcell) A.Ş.
2000 - 2002* Multi Access Company Setup / Multi Access Platform Setup * Managed 30 senior/junior technical staff from Companies of Turkcell & Superonline & Digiturk to setup Multi Access Portal of Turkcell Group of Companies * Prepared and submitted 5 years Company Budget and Technology Investment Plan * Prepared and submitted Company Organizational Structure (Lines & Staff Roles & Responsibilities & Benefits & Carrier Planning) * Worked as Executive Steering Committee Member of Multi Access Portal Project * Participated in Business Plan Group of Multi Access Portal Project for three months
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Research Assistant at Ottawa University Computer Sciences Dept.
June 1994 - December 1994Simulated a PHD research topic related to telecommunications in C/C++ programming language on UNIX system Submitted weekly reports, documents of project developments
Melih Özdemir's Education:
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Bogazici Universitesi
1991 – 1995GraduateConcentration: Computer Engineering / Computer SciencesActivities: Artificial Intelligence, Operating Systems, Network Architecture, Rowing, Student Clubs' Memberships
Melih Özdemir's Interests & Activities:
Corporate Reorganization, e-Commerce Management, Market Strategy, Negotiations, New Business Development, Operations Management, Organizational Restructuring, Product Analysis & Development, Relationship Building Return on Investment , Information Technology, Revenue Growth, Strategic Alliances, Strategic Planning Direction, Visionary Strategies, Intelligent Networks, Artificial Intelligence , Algorithms Design