Iclal Arguc Demirtas
Board Member at Şengün & Partners Attorney Partnership- Claim this Profile
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Chris Katopis
Iclal is a hardworking and cooperative colleague, as we worked together on several projects. She understands the aims and outcomes of a project from the beginning and is effective in seeing these aims through, always completing them on time even under time pressure. Besides her talent in project management, her industry knowledge brings always innovative solutions during our works. Her contributions were really valuable to the community. In sum, I highly recommend Iclal as a technology commercialization expert and would love to work together again one day soon!
Volkan Ozguz
İclal teknoloji transfer yönetiminin farklı boyutlarında deneyimlidir. Hızlı öğrenme yeteneğine sahiptir.
Chris Katopis
Iclal is a hardworking and cooperative colleague, as we worked together on several projects. She understands the aims and outcomes of a project from the beginning and is effective in seeing these aims through, always completing them on time even under time pressure. Besides her talent in project management, her industry knowledge brings always innovative solutions during our works. Her contributions were really valuable to the community. In sum, I highly recommend Iclal as a technology commercialization expert and would love to work together again one day soon!
Volkan Ozguz
İclal teknoloji transfer yönetiminin farklı boyutlarında deneyimlidir. Hızlı öğrenme yeteneğine sahiptir.
Chris Katopis
Iclal is a hardworking and cooperative colleague, as we worked together on several projects. She understands the aims and outcomes of a project from the beginning and is effective in seeing these aims through, always completing them on time even under time pressure. Besides her talent in project management, her industry knowledge brings always innovative solutions during our works. Her contributions were really valuable to the community. In sum, I highly recommend Iclal as a technology commercialization expert and would love to work together again one day soon!
Volkan Ozguz
İclal teknoloji transfer yönetiminin farklı boyutlarında deneyimlidir. Hızlı öğrenme yeteneğine sahiptir.
Chris Katopis
Iclal is a hardworking and cooperative colleague, as we worked together on several projects. She understands the aims and outcomes of a project from the beginning and is effective in seeing these aims through, always completing them on time even under time pressure. Besides her talent in project management, her industry knowledge brings always innovative solutions during our works. Her contributions were really valuable to the community. In sum, I highly recommend Iclal as a technology commercialization expert and would love to work together again one day soon!
Volkan Ozguz
İclal teknoloji transfer yönetiminin farklı boyutlarında deneyimlidir. Hızlı öğrenme yeteneğine sahiptir.
Credentials
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Marketing Plan
CourseraDec, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Innovation Management
Coursera Course CertificatesNov, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Introduction to Fintech
The University of Hong KongJun, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
introduction to marketing
Coursera Course CertificatesSep, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Şengün & Partners Attorney Partnership
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Türkiye
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member
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Feb 2023 - Present
Transferred as a strategic planning and business development consultant to the board to guide company goals and growth strategies through market research, customer feedback, and competitor analysis. Serve as a strategic management ambassador of the company to key business clients as well as potential clients while presenting to the company that aligns with its brand identity.
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Head of Technology & Business Development Departments
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Jun 2021 - Feb 2023
Transferred to head of technology and business development departments at Şengün&Partners Attorney and Consulting Management to enhance the business strategically into new technology industries and gained new local and international clients. Led the following business functions within the organization effectively. Business Development • Led the kick-off services of the technology department and founding department’s value proposition in alignment with the organization’s overall strategic initiatives. Review the entity’s long-term business plan, vision, mission, and objectives and specify the department’s Key Performance Indicators, which resulted in the introduction of 5 new services into the market and a 10% increase in the embracement of new customers.• Created a customer relations management system while developing the process flow of the CRM and drew insights from key industry and customer trends to provide insight into the organization. Implemented new networking opportunities, led a marketing strategy, and followed the sales results. Resulted in %15 incerase in new customers.Brand Management • Launched Turkey's first Alternative Legal Service Provider (ALSP), managed the market penetration of the new service into the market. Analyzed the product-market-fit and pricing strategy, led the establishment of this new entity and supported it with the tech-based system. Led a joint program with a tech company to provide virtual meeting opportunities and expand business globally.Management of Digital Transformation • Established three digital newspaper, managed recruitment of professional editors and graphic designers and delegated to freelancers for the premium content. Managed each brand equally and implemented a marketing strategy, analyzed the google analytics results, and updated KPIs. Resulted in % a 30 increse in visitor number. Show less
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TLS.IP
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Türkiye
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Partner
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Jan 2018 - Apr 2021
Transferred as a Senior Consultancy Partner to TLS.IP Innovation Consultancy Firm to lead its establishment and managed the local and international customer portfolio. The vision of success was to implement business development and to create a customer portfolio of the start-up as well as built the growth strategy for brand recognition. The strategy achieved in two major stages; the initial phase of the strategy was to create a new business model and identified customer segmentation. . Worked with the customers for new market opportunities to build strong business cases, and proactively propose viable new value-added services that generated 100 K USD profit per annum. The second phase of the strategy was to roll out the services; build the organizational governance of the innovation centers and technology transfer offices and finally build the technology portfolio for the customer as well as supported them to benefit from transactional & legal advisory services. . Managed and lead the customer relations which supported the development of trust where we benefit from leveraging relations to increase sales revenue by 30% as well as contribute via new products for their brand recognition. . Executed technology audits and landscape analysis to evaluate strength, weakness and opportunities in context of business goals and innovation strategies for 20 customers. . Lead market research to support customers for the commercialization of new products as well as position new products for consumers and business to business customers and markets to support the generation of 1% on average additional revenue from the new market opportunities with the new products. . Analyzed existing services for new opportunities in improving customer experience that led into brand vision and recognition. Show less
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Sabanci University
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Türkiye
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Technology Transfer Specialist
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Nov 2014 - Aug 2017
Promoted to structure and establish a business strategy to manage technology portfolio. The vision of success was to develop and deploy a competitive marketing approach to commercialize technology portfolio of the university. The strategy was achieved in 2 major stages. Initial phase was to create the marketing strategy and the final phase was to launch these technologies into the market. The initial phase of the strategy was to develop and execute marketing strategies for portfolio projects.. Executed market research and defined target audience for the start ups’ products and university technologies. . Develop and execute marketing and licensing strategies for portfolio projects, and establish appropriate valuation and financial terms for licensing portfolio assets.. Lead new technologies and university projects’ initiating commercial campaigns, organize customer events, media planning, design & developing promotional documents as well as manage social media accounts to commercialize new products.The second phase of the strategy was to commercialization of technologies.. Gathered Start-ups and Venture Capitalist together for investment opportunities. . Managed licensing of technology-intensive projects to industry partners.. Drafted and negotiated a range of intellectual property-related agreements Show less
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Project Manager
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Sep 2015 - Nov 2016
Promoted to manage sponsored projects. The vision of success was to create a marketing strategy for start-up’s technologies. Developed and managed collaborations with incubation and acceleration centers, universities and vc’s in the startup ecosystem.. Lead the training program on the effective use of market research tools and results to drive capability within internal teams in the start-ups.. Built the leadership team gathered from universities, public institutions and NGO’s to create awareness of the market strategies for technology commercialization.. Lead a portfolio of 25 projects with budget responsibility and project discipline as well as create opportunities for start-ups to meet with investment opportunities. Show less
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Technology Transfer Specialist
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Sep 2011 - Nov 2014
Recruited to conduct technology-based business projects and the development of market studies for the detection of business opportunities in different industries. Increased the volume of the projects, enhanced sponsored research projects budget as well as managed negotiations with industry partners. . Established and maintained a pipeline of project-based opportunities.. Lead the business development activities and created new partnership opportunities that developed a business of 2 million USD per annum at the university. . Managed negotiation with industry partners and licensing technologies. Show less
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ARI Movement
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Türkiye
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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GençNET Project Coordinator
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Jun 2006 - May 2007
To coordinate relations with Ministries, other relevant government and semi government institutions, education organizations, research councils, NGOs and think tanks. Coordinating national conferences and managing all related projects. To coordinate relations with Ministries, other relevant government and semi government institutions, education organizations, research councils, NGOs and think tanks. Coordinating national conferences and managing all related projects.
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Education
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2009 - 2011
University of Sussex
Master's degree, Contemporary European Studies -
2003 - 2008
Yildiz Technical University
Undergraduate, Political Science
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