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Burak Bozezel

Burak Bozezel

Istanbul

Summary

In 22 years of professional work experience, I have had the chance to touch many customers in enterprise and telecom sectors as a vendor and a service provider. This broad spectrum has allowed me to experience a wide range of customers from holdings, banks, ministries to service providers as well.
Apart from different customer groups and self SP network, Genband, Ribbon, Tellabs, ADVA, Alcatel, Cisco, Huawei, Arista and ZTE are basically manufacturers that I have had the opportunity to directly work with.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications

Work History

Network Planning Director

TurkNet
11.2023 - Current

Being responsible of all Network and Capacity Design management consists of OTN, DWDM, OLT-ONT, MPLS, BNG, CGNAT, P-PE routers.

  • Specifying, clarifying and managing Network Capacity, Peering and CDN requirements.
  • Create and manage new-trendy technology follow up strategy.
  • Create and manage partner and stakeholder relations with service and capacity providers.
  • Create budget for all network and capacity investments
  • Launch,manage and terminate RFPs and Tenders.
  • Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Cultivated a positive work environment that fostered employee engagement, increased retention rates, and boosted overall team morale.
  • Improved project efficiency with strategic planning, resource allocation, and time management practices for Network Planning Teams.
  • Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.

Telecommunication Services Director

NETAS TELECOM
5 2019 - 11.2023
  • I am currently working as the director responsible for ZTE-Netas Telecom Services. In this field, I carry out all the responsibility of the teams responsible for project execution, delivery and operation of VAS-Messaging Platforms, GPON, OTN, vIMS, cNFVI, BNG, MPLS, PTP Clocking, IPTV and EMS systems.
  • Ensuring coordination with planning and operation directorates, especially Turk Telekom, Turkcell, Turksat, Turknet and Cyprus Telekom Administration, executing processes and ensuring the continuity of the teams, is my most basic duty.
  • Led team by example to align objectives with overall organisational strategy.
  • Determined performance goals, providing crucial feedback on methods to reach milestones.
  • Negotiated with bidding teams to optimize costs of projetcs and maintenance agreements.
  • Managed teams relationships to boost retention and maximise revenue.
  • Worked with stakeholders to identify and manage strategies.
  • Collaborated with board to set strategic direction and implement short&mid-term business plans.
  • Manage the team hiring plans and progress.
  • Management of whole Telco Staff's bonus plans as the prime of the Director level and ensure the negotiation with C-level quarterly.

Network Unified Communication Department Manager

BDH
05.2015 - 05.2019
  • Preparing low level design documentations, dispatching projects to the team according to skills
  • Responsible for post-sales team performance, concluding projects successfully as well as schedule required trainings for team
  • Some critical projects that completed and ongoing under my responsibility, are listed as below;
  • Odea Bank, Ziraat Bank, Akbank, BDDK, Finans Bank, Anadolu Grup, Ministry of Transport

Unified Communication Specialist

BDH
01.2009 - 05.2015
  • Responsible for designing unified communication and network projects with pre-sales team, preparing low level documentation, achieve installations, improve team skill level with company training.
  • Eczacıbası Holding, Borusan Holding, Ministry of Justice, Turkcell, Turk Telecom

Network Specialist

Tepum Secura A.S
11.2004 - 01.2009
  • Designing of customer network projects, achieve installations phases and operate maintaining agreements
  • Some critical projects, managed as project technical leader, are as following; l AK Sigorta Contact Center Project l Ipekyol IPT & WAN Project l Glaxo Smith Kline Turkey WAN & LAN Customization Project l Abdi Ibrahim Ilac IPT Project l D-Smart Contact Center Project l Trakya Birlik IPT Upgrade Project l Borusan Holding IPT Upgrade Project l Unitim Holding IPT Upgrade Project

Network Maintenance Specialist

Borusan Bilisim & Telekom
12.2002 - 11.2004
  • Monitoring customer devices, solving problems and preparing network reports according to customer deals as weekly or monthly
  • L Cisco 2700 Series Routers l Cisco IOS and CatOS Swithes l Turk Telekom Wide Area Network Modems l Cisco MCS 7200 Servers l Cisco Call Manager 4.X l Various type of monitoring programs

Education

Master of Science - Management Information System

Dokuz Eylul University

Diploma of Higher Education - Economy

Anadolu University

Diploma of Higher Education (Associate Level) - Electronic Communication

Abant İzzet Baysal

Skills

    Capacity Planning

    Network Design

    Contract negotiation

    Operations oversight

    Business administration

    Industry partnership development

    Budget control

    Project management

    Teaming

Certification

CCIE Collaboration #45445

Accomplishments

    The most succesful performance grade for the last 6 years in a row

Languages

Turkish
English

Timeline

Network Planning Director

TurkNet
11.2023 - Current

Network Unified Communication Department Manager

BDH
05.2015 - 05.2019

Unified Communication Specialist

BDH
01.2009 - 05.2015

Network Specialist

Tepum Secura A.S
11.2004 - 01.2009

Network Maintenance Specialist

Borusan Bilisim & Telekom
12.2002 - 11.2004

Telecommunication Services Director

NETAS TELECOM
5 2019 - 11.2023

Master of Science - Management Information System

Dokuz Eylul University

Diploma of Higher Education - Economy

Anadolu University

Diploma of Higher Education (Associate Level) - Electronic Communication

Abant İzzet Baysal
Burak Bozezel