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Burak Kurtcebe

Burak Kurtcebe

Product Owner | Product Manager | Business Analyst
Piri Reis Mah. Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Cad. 2307 Sok. No:3 D:81 Trendpark2 Sitesi Esenyurt/Istanbul

Summary

I have been in many projects as PO/PM/BA with the background of covering SaaS projects by ensuring on-primes and cloud-based. Managed image processing with AI projects, monitoring the signals of the surveillance devices. Manage close relationship with the stakholders to get scope and requirements for the projects. I have been involved in the entire cycle of product development from research, problem identification, conceptualization, design, testing, packaging and iterating.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Product Manager

Trassir
08.2023 - Current
  • Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
  • Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
  • Managed backlog prioritization, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder expectations.
  • Consulted with buyers to determine projected demand for products and services.
  • Led product launches, collaborating with marketing teams to create successful go-to-market strategies.
  • Owned and prioritized product backlog.
  • Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
  • Monitored market trends and competitor performance to update promotional strategies.
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Documented user stories, specifications and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
  • Collaborated with bid project team to assemble proposals and produce customer-facing materials.
  • Coordinated with third-party stakeholders to draft multi-provider bids and proposals.

Product Manager

Hybrone
10.2021 - 07.2023
  • Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
  • Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
  • Consulted with buyers to determine projected demand for products and services.
  • Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
  • Monitored market trends and competitor performance to update promotional strategies.
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Documented user stories, specifications and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.

Product Development Executive

Biges
05.2016 - 09.2021
  • Provided research and development on surveillance systems products to showcase benefits and retain customers.
  • Planned and implemented studies to assess market conditions and evaluated results to enhance marketing campaigns.
  • Captured new customers by optimizing business strategies and launching products to diversify offerings.
  • Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data and budget factors.
  • Considered business demands and customer preferences when developing pricing structures and marketing plans.

Sales Assistant

BGK
04.2015 - 06.2015
  • Assisted customers with prompt and polite support in-person
  • Input credit and debit card payments in POS system to complete purchases.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Dogus University
Acıbadem/Istanbul/Turkey
09.2007 - 08.2015

Skills

Excellent Communication

Organization and Time Management

Teamwork and Collaboration

Analytical and Critical Thinking

Competitive analysis

Problem-Solving

Multitasking Abilities

Strategic planning

Negotiation

Agile

Scrum

Kanban

Project Management

Additional Information

  • Prioritizing product roadmap and backlog with ready-to-go feature requirements.
  • Guiding product priorities, product plans, and overall product strategy.
  • Working with sales and marketing to understand market potential and competitive landscape.
  • Capturing customer needs, product scenarios, user stories, and stakeholder feedback to create new and improve existing products.
  • Creating and working with design resources to create wireframes and design comps in order to guide engineering efforts.

Accomplishments

  • Managed a software that included IoT devices integration like temperatur&humidity sensor, motion sensor which monitors the device signals and controlled by remotely.
  • Having been in the first smart city project as a project engineer in Turkey which manages the traffic with the signaling system.
  • Lead to the product that provides both on-premise and cloud based which ensure to manage all customers and devices about security systems in one platform.
  • Managed the project for the banks, chain stores, and oil companies which controls the signal of surveillance systems devices more than 15K locations and monitor on-prem software.
  • Managed the money count software with integrated money count machine that records the scenes into the recorder while counting the money in the banks.
  • Completed AI products with voice assistant by NLP, face detection/recognition by image processing and alarm verification by using CCTV footage&burglary panel.

Certification

Applied Project Management / BT Academy

Events

İntersec - Dubai (2020)

İfsec - London (2023)

Interests

Technology

Video Games

Travelling

Timeline

Product Manager

Trassir
08.2023 - Current

Applied Project Management / BT Academy

02-2023

Applied Business Analyst / BilgeAdam

10-2022

Product Manager

Hybrone
10.2021 - 07.2023

Product Development Executive

Biges
05.2016 - 09.2021

Sales Assistant

BGK
04.2015 - 06.2015

Leadership / Young Guru Academy

10-2012

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Dogus University
09.2007 - 08.2015
Burak KurtcebeProduct Owner | Product Manager | Business Analyst