Experience

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  Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries

  • Director of IT and Publications Department

    • Jul 2006 - Present

    • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the acquisition, development, maintenance and use of computer and telecommunication systems within SESRIC. • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates quality accredited ICT projects. Accountable for day-to-day operations of resourcing, scheduling, prioritization and task coordination, and meeting project milestones, objectives and deliverables within agreed timeframes and budgets. • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the ICT strategies, plans and operations of SESRIC to ensure the ICT infrastructure supports the organisation's overall operations and priorities. • Analyses information needs and specifies technology to meet those needs.• Formulates and directs information and communication technology (ICT) strategies, policies and plans.• Directs the selection and installation of ICT resources and the provision of user training.• Directs ICT operations and setting priorities between system developments, maintenance and operations.• Oversees the security of ICT systems.• Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates day-to-day activities of the translation units (Arabic and French), publications (and design) unit, web unit and library.• Reports to the Director General of the Centre.• Achievements: Transformed the Centre into one of the most important information hubs of and on the Islamic World through the application of appropriate Information Technology with a limited budget and insufficient number of staff.

  • Acting Director of Statistics and Information Department

    • Sep 2013 - Sep 2015

    • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates capacity building, training and technical cooperation activities of SESRIC that fall under the domain of statistics.• Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates projects and programmes that fall under the departments responsibility.• Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the implementation of the OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme for National Statistical Offices.• Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates relationship with stakeholders (mainly the National Statistics Offices of the OIC Member Countries). • Reports to the Director General of the Centre.• Achievements: Increased the number of statistical capacity building activities to an annual average of 50 in 2015 whereas the total number of activities was 52 between 2007-2012 (annual average of 8.5) with the same staff members. Overcame budgetary limitations through raising funds in terms of grants from various international and national partner institutions for numerous statistical projects.

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  Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries

  • Acting Director of Training and Technical Cooperation Department

    • Sep 2011 - Jun 2013

    • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates capacity building, training and technical cooperation activities of the Centre. • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates projects and programmes that fall under the responsibility of the department.• Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates relationship with stakeholders. • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the implementation of the Vocational Education and Training Programme for OIC Member Countries (OIC-VET)• Reports to the Director General of the Centre• Achievements: Increased the number of capacity building and vocational training activities to an annual average of 54 in 2013 whereas the total number of activities was 19 between 2006-2011 (annual average of 3) with the same staff members. Overcame budgetary limitations through raising funds in terms of grants from various international and national partner institutions for numerous capacity building projects under OIC-VET.

  • Acting Director of Administration and Finance Department

    • Jan 2011 - Oct 2012

    • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates financial and administrative activities of the Centre. • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates projects and programmes that fall under the departments responsibility.• Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates procurement, HR and budgeting and planning.• Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates logistics support to core activities of the Centre.• Reports to Director General of the Centre.• Achievements: Increased the amount of financial contributions from Member Countries by 50% in one year. Managed all activities related to the new HQ construction with strict deadlines and scarce resources.

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  Freelancer- Self Employed

  • Ankara, Turkey

  • IT Trainer

    • 2003 - 2006
    • Ankara, Turkey

    • IT training in programming (Java, C, C++), algorithms, numeric analysis, discreet mathematics, etc.

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  Ministry of Finance General Directorate of Public Accounts

  • Ankara, Turkey

  • System Analyst, IT Project Manager

    • 2001 - 2006
    • Ankara, Turkey

    • Evaluates processes and methods used in existing ICT systems, proposes modifications, additional system components or new systems to meet user needs as expressed in specifications and other documentation.• Working with users to formulate and document business requirements• identifying, investigating, and analysing business processes, procedures and work practices • identifying and evaluating inefficiencies and recommending optimal business practices, and system functionality and behaviour • using project management methodologies, principles and techniques to develop project plans and to cost, resource and manage projects • taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting and implementing system test plans, which ensure acceptable quality and integrity of the system • developing functional specifications for use by system developers• using data and process modelling techniques to create clear system specifications for the design and development of system software • acting as a central reference and information source, providing guidance and assistance in the system project decision making process • Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates quality accredited ICT projects. Accountable for day-to-day operations of resourcing, scheduling, prioritization and task coordination, and meeting project milestones, objectives and deliverables within agreed timeframes and budgets. • Management of the official web site of the General Directorate of Public Accounts.• Member of the Network Management Team (15000+ user WAN).• Managing procurement/outsourcing of IT needs.• Achievements: Convinced high-level decision makers in the benefits of implementing the e-payroll project. Performed the very complicated requirements analysis phase of the project with internal resources only.

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  YimasNet Internet Technologies

  • Ankara, Turkey

  • Developer Programmer, Team Leader

    • 2000 - 2001
    • Ankara, Turkey

    • Involved in various e-commerce and web-hosting software projects.

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  2nd Tactical Air Force Headquarters

  • Diyarbakir, Turkey

  • IT Officer

    • Nov 1998 - Jan 2000
    • Diyarbakir, Turkey

    • Developer Programmer of the HQ’s intranet projects• Responsible for the management of the WAN team.

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  Detay IT Training Centre

  • Istanbul, Turkey

  • IT Trainer

    • Jan 1995 - 1999
    • Istanbul, Turkey

    • Providing IT training in programming, algorithms, computer literacy, Microsoft products etc.

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  Electronic Information Centre (EBM)

  • Istanbul, Turkey

  • R&D Team Leader

    • Jan 1993 - Dec 1995
    • Istanbul, Turkey

    • Coordination of numerous Bulletin Board System (BBS) projects.• Coordination of R&D activities on “Online Payment Systems” • Achievements: First in Turkey to initiate an R&D project on online payment systems.