Resume (EN)

Mahir B. Aşut

Mr, Mahir B. Asut, MPM, CIPM

Formal Education:

  • Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration, BA degree (1988-1992)

  • Istanbul University Faculty of Physics (1985-1987)

  • Yesilkoy 50. yil High School

  • Cavusoglu College

Foreign Language:

  • Good at English

Professional Experience:

  • EkoPC Bilisim Hizmetleri Ltd., Partner (2006-)

  • Katalog Yayin A.S. (bravoo!), Governance Manager (2008-2009)

  • Siemens Business Services A.S., Tech.Consultant, Project Manager (2000-2005)

  • Interpro A.S., Web Publications Manager (1998-2000)

  • Mail Boxes Etc. Turkey A.S., MIS Manager (1997-1998)

  • Begendik Magazacilik A.S., IT Manager (1995-1997)

  • PDS Computers Ltd., Manager (1991-1995)

Some Certifications:

  • Board Member + Master Project Manager + Certified International Project Manager – American Academy of Project Management (AAPM)

  • Novell Open Enterprise Server – Novell Training

  • Decision Making & Problem Solving – Kepner & Fourie (CASE Learning)

  • Time Management – TMI

  • Problem Solving – Prof. Dr. Tanil Kilinc

  • Leadership and Coaching – YES Consultraining

  • Project Budgeting and Risk Management – Makro – Ahmet N. Taspinar PMP/REP

  • Project Management – Makro – Ahmet N. Taspinar PMP/REP

  • Project Financing and Financial Project – Istanbul Technical University

  • Microsoft Project – Netron

  • Knowledge Management – Siemens

  • Performance Management – Siemens

  • Presentation Skills – Siemens

  • Certified Professional Perl Programmer – Brainbench

  • Certified Professional FrontPage Programmer – Brainbench

  • Certified Oracle Developer 2000 Developer – Oracle Turkey

  • Certified PL/SQL Developer – Oracle Turkey

  • Certified Oracle Forms Developer – Oracle Turkey

  • Certified Oracle Raports Developer – Oracle Turkey

  • Novell Networking – Bogazici Bilgisayar (Ankara)

  • Certified Programmer – Sisli Bilgisayar Egitim Merkezi

IT Skills:

 

Expert in IT and Telco inf. management. Stable background at several IT disciplines including programming (Basic, Pascal, Oracle PL/SQL + Developer, Perl+MySQL…), systems integration, ERP implementation, structured cabling, LAN/WAN installations, Consultation, Project Management etc. Since 1986.

Experienced in managing IT infrastructure and IT personnel. Aware of ITIL principles. Having skills at Internet technologies, server management (Unix + Windows + Novell) and hardware. Continious development with seminars, trainings, fairs (Attended to CeBIT Hannover several times in; 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)

Internet and Web Development:

 

Active in the field of Internet application development and marketing since 1997. Completed several internet based projects. Having deep knowledge at the following fields:

  • GNU/Linux operating system management

  • Oracle and MySQL Development and Management

  • Perl/CGI Development

  • HTML+CSS Skills

  • A solid understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts

Project Management Skills:

  • Using several PM methodologies including Chestra and Prince2.
  • Professional (and certified) at Microsoft Project.
  • Managed several projects between 1991 and 2006. Siemens assesed PM since year 2000. Also operational in the field of sales support and operational management of ongoing projects.

  • EkoPC internet shopping project at 2006 (starting from server configuration and management, up to programming and web design)

  • Professional IT manager between 1995 and 1998. Managing several IT projects including ERP implementation.

  • Y2K (Year 2000) preparedness project and issued the report for a major industrial corporation. Including both software side migration (Novell, MS Windows) + problem solving and hardware related changes (1998)

  • Sun Microsystems – BTnet Java Applet Contest project. Activating as Project Manager at the whole process (1999)Some major project accomplishments within Siemens Business Services (2000-2005, starting from the last project): 

    • Eczacibasi Ilac Field Force Automation (2005): The project is to equip the field sales force (~ 600 representatives) of the company with mobile devices and comms. equipment. Close relations with third parties including Turkcell. Total responsibilitiy from ground up. Continued as the ops. manager of the project. Single point of contact for the customer.
    • Bankeuropa IT Outsourcing (2003-2005): Acting as the ops.manager for the ongoing project. Single point of contact for the customer. Also creating new business opportunities in coordination with the responsible Business Development Manager (BDM)
    • Amadeus Agent Automation Project (2005): Acting as the ops. and comms. manager since Feb.2005
    • Siemens ICN-EN ADSL Call Center Outsourcing Project (2004): Activation of a Helpdesk project for providing ADSL support to Siemens customers. No continous responsibility.
    • Disbank Desktop Management Outsourcing Project (2004): Activation of the IT outsourcing project from ground up. No continous responsibility.
    • Metro Tourism Automation Outsourcing Project (2003-2005): Activation from ground up. Managed the ops. and business development in coordination with the responsible BDM. Single point of contact for the customer.
    • Yapi Kredi Koray SAP impl. & BC Admin Outsourcing Project (2002-2005): Activation from ground up. No cont. responsibility.
    • Petrol Ofisi IT Help Desk Outsourcing Project (2001-2004): Project activation from ground up with total responsibility. No ongoing responsibility.
    • Siemens Loox Project (2003-2004): Acting as the ops. manager until year 2004.
    • ISTIM (now AVEA) Asset Management Outsourcing Project (2003): Total responsibility including marketing of the project, activation and reporting.
    • Turkey Banking Fed. e-learning Project (2003 ): Operations management responsibility until year 2004.
    • AT&T Datacenter Colocation Project (2001): Total responsibility for the activation, installation and operational phases.
    • Lufthansa GlobalTelesales Istanbul Infr.&Desktop Project (2002-2005): Total responsibility working close with the international PM team. Ongoing business development efforts with the responsible BDM. Single point of contact for the customer.
    • Finansmedia IT Outsourcing (WAN, LAN, Desktop Management…) Project (2002): Total PM responsibility until ops.phase. Ended up prematurely in the behalf of the customer for financial reasons (this company does not exist anymore since 2002.)
    • Oyak Menkul Degerler Asset Management Project (2002): Depend on the success of the Oyakbank project. Same processes used.
    • Oyakbank Asset Management Project (2001-2002): Another asset management project totally managed from ground up including documentation standards and reporting standards.
    • Sumerbank Asset Management Project (2001): Very complex asset management project for a 150+ branch national bank. Results were officially accepted by the governor agency of banking sector in Turkey (BDDK) and used for calculation of the privatization value.
    • ISTIM Desktop Management Outsourcing Project (2000-2003): Very large project. Working close with an international project team consists of Siemens and TIM Italy personnel. Responsible from activation and operations as well as managing the core technical team and support teams.

Social Network:

  • Member of ISOC

  • Member of Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi (Linux Users Association Turkey)

  • Member of Yesilyurt Spor Kulubu (Yesilyurt Sports Club)

  • Member of BIYESAM (a semi public organization for software developers)

  • Member of several internet based social networks and mailing groups including Facebook, Linkedin etc.

  • A columnist at BTDunyasi online IT newspaper

  • Blog Writer