Mete Kural
Director of Product Management at Edlio- Claim this Profile
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Turkish Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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German Elementary proficiency
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Arabic Elementary proficiency
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Russian Elementary proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Google Analytics for Power Users
GoogleJul, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Advanced Google Analytics
GoogleApr, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Google Analytics Individual Qualification
GoogleApr, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Google Tag Manager Fundamentals
GoogleMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Google Analytics for Beginners
GoogleFeb, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Salesforce Certified Administrator (SCA)
SalesforceDec, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant
SalesforceDec, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Oracle NetSuite Software: Fundamentals
NetSuiteMay, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Scrum Product Owner
Mountain Goat SoftwareFeb, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)
Scrum AllianceFeb, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
A Crash Course in Data Science
Coursera Course Certificates -
Agile Planning for Software Products
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Big Data Foundations
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Big Data Hadoop Foundations
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Big Data Spark Foundations
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Building a Data Science Team
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Client Needs and Software Requirements
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Data Science in Real Life
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Executive Data Science Capstone
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Executive Data Science Specialization
Johns Hopkins University -
Introduction to Software Product Management
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Managing Data Analysis
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Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements
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SAFe Product Manager/Product Owner
Scaled Agile, Inc. -
Software Processes and Agile Practices
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Software Product Management Capstone
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Software Product Management Specialization
University of Alberta
Experience
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Edlio
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Product Management
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Oct 2016 - Present
Building next-generation technologies for K-12 education Building next-generation technologies for K-12 education
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SpaceTime Insight
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Manager
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Mar 2016 - Oct 2016
STI’s breakthrough situational intelligence applications help you make faster, more informed decisions, using real-time visual analytics to provide actionable insight into big data. - Led product management efforts within the big data and analytics domains. - Collaborated with all stakeholders to understand needs within these domains and worked closely with the data science and engineering teams to devise solutions. - Specified requirements for and launched the development of two new major product initiatives for the SI Suite visual analytics platform in real-time data visualization and analytics. - Participated in the process operating group and launched a new scaled agile product delivery process based on Scrum and SAFe. Show less
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Veloxity Inc.
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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VP of Product
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Jan 2015 - Feb 2016
Founded in 2013, Veloxity aims to disrupt the way mobile networks are monetized by matching the demand and supply for wireless network capacity in real time using analytics derived from mobile device generated data. - Led the product effort for developing telecom industry's first real-time location-aware contextual marketing solution powered by analytics based on streaming data from mobile devices. - Integrated Hadoop, Impala, Spark, streaming, and machine learning in the software stack, utilizing big data tools to scale the system to autonomously market plan add-ons to up to 100 million mobile subscribers. - Assembled an in-house development team at the company's first European office and executed the transition from outsourcing to in-house development, increasing development capacity by 200% within 6 months. - Implemented JIRA and Confluence based on agile methodologies to streamline the development, documentation, and support processes, resulting in a manifold improvement in collaboration efficacy. - Intimately involved in sales efforts as the product point man in closing the company's first deal with Vodafone. - Managed the pioneering implementation of the solution at Vodafone Turkey, guiding it through PoC in May 2015 and commercial launch in October 2015—breakneck time for rolling out any vendor solution at an operator. - Achieved 10% offer uptake ratio at get go against an expectation of 3-5%, and set the new bar at 20%. - Took active part as the product lead in furthering talks with Vodafone in expanding the solution to elsewhere in Europe and beyond in 2016, opening an avenue to potentially reaching 500+ million Vodafone subscribers. Show less
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Keiretsu Forum
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United States
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Member
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Jun 2013 - Jun 2015
Keiretsu Forum is a global investment community of accredited private equity angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Keiretsu Forum was founded in the San Francisco East Bay in California in 2000 by Randy Williams. Keiretsu Forum is a worldwide network of capital, resources and deal flow with 52 chapters on 3 continents. Keiretsu Forum members invest in high-quality, diverse investment opportunities. The community is strengthened through its involvement in social and charitable activities. Show less
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Touchtone Corporation
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Manager
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Jan 2011 - Jan 2015
Founded in 1991, Touchtone is an IBM Premier Business Partner, making enterprise software for IBM platforms. Wintouch CRM is a leading solution for businesses requiring deep integration to ERP systems on IBM server platforms.- As the product owner for the full product suite, managed P&L, and sustained a high level of profitability for Wintouch CRM in the face of stiff competition from rising vendors such as Salesforce.- Launched the Wintouch Web product to replace existing fragmented front-end options for both desktop and mobile, which in turn reduced customer issues reported based on client side software problems by 80%.- Released iOS and Android phone and tablet apps, more than doubling mobile use of Wintouch by customers.- Championed data science and added a business intelligence product to the suite, increasing the number of reports deployed by customers by more than 300%.- Created offshore teams and integrated them to the development team at home, effectively doubling the number of developers for Wintouch, while staying within budget.- Struck a co-marketing deal with IBM which contributed up to $2 for every $1 spent by Touchtone on marketing.- Set up Trac as the new issue tracking system resulting in the largest to date progress in team communication. Show less
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Software Development Team Lead
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Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
- Engaged in overall software design and architecture for Wintouch CRM, oversaw work done by other software engineers on the development team, and served as an interface between programmers and management.- Architected and headed the development of Wintouch Mobile, the first front-end for the product that was designed for mobile use from the ground up.- Spearheaded efforts to promote the use of best practices among the software development team and facilitated significant improvement of the quality of the code developers produce.- Upgraded the source code control system, which reduced conflicts that require manual intervention by 60%.- Educated the team on the most effective ways to use the source code control system and the development issue tracking system.- Led the company-wide transition from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps as a side responsibility and cut email and calendar server costs by more than half. Show less
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Software Developer
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Feb 2003 - Dec 2008
- Developed compelling Java based software modules for the Wintouch CRM product suite.- Worked on Wintouch Portal, the first browser-based front-end to complement Wintouch CRM's thick client and became the leading developer on browser-based UI initiatives within the team.- Positioned myself as an influential developer in making core architectural decisions.- Assisted fellow developers to switch to new software development environments and tools.- Developed Java software based on the Compiere ERP system.- Took part in numerous CRM and ERP software related projects including implementations for multi-national businesses. Show less
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NiceFit Corporation
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Irvine, CA
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Software Developer
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Jan 2002 - Aug 2002
Designed and implemented database-driven web applications utilizing a wide array of technologies and tools such as Java Servlets/JSP, XML, XSL, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, and Apache projects (Struts, FOP, OJB). Designed and implemented database-driven web applications utilizing a wide array of technologies and tools such as Java Servlets/JSP, XML, XSL, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, and Apache projects (Struts, FOP, OJB).
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Education
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2007 - 2010
California State University-Fullerton - College of Business and Economics
MBA, Concentration in Information Systems -
1998 - 2002
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science -
1990 - 1998
American Collegiate Institute
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