Erman Sami Demirer
IT Project Manager
Istanbul
Summary
Detail-oriented Software Project Manager consistently completes on-time build deliveries within budget. Bilingual and organized with MBA in Management Information Systems. Successful working as project lead in Agile environment.
Dependable software project professional with strong background in customer service. Proven history of resolving conflicts effectively. Excels in project management roles involved in development and troubleshooting.
Accountable for project quality, scope, budget, and delivery
Keeping sustainable CI/CD.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certificates
2
2
Languages
Work History
Business Solutions and Software Manager
Santa Farma Pharmaceutical
Istanbul
2020.05 - Current
- Monitored resource usage and managed tasks so costs did not exceed budget projections.
- Oversaw planning, application development, verification and risks involved in software projects.
- Resolved issues immediately ensuring project deliverables were not negatively impacted.
- Supervised and trained team of software developers, providing resources needed for success.
- Coordinated development, testing and release of complete suite of web-based software offerings.
- Led team for software engineering services and supported key clients in development efforts, establishing standards, determining specifications and creating Service and Operational Level Agreements (SLA) and (OLA).
- Interviewed, hired and trained staff, leading performance reviews and offering constructive feedback.
- Reviewed and assessed architecture design, implementation, testing and deployment needs to identify project requirements and costs.
- Played key role in on-going software infrastructure roadmap , reevaluation and optimization to keep pace with company growth.
- Worked closely with management teams to plan, develop and execute technical strategies aligned to client's vision.
- Managed all communications between clients, stakeholders and in-house software development team.
Software Development Consultant, Technical Advisor
ADVANCO SA
Istanbul, Brussels, San Fransisco
2018.11 - 2020.03
- Analyzing customer requirements, making functional specifications and design specifications, Representing the company as a technical consultant in important projects abroad, making development, testing, delivery, planning project life cycle and documentation all take on
- Offered insight into standard methodologies and common obstacles faced by competing companies, based on experiences with past clients and third-party research.
- Spearheaded installation of company-wide unified communications solution to increase collaboration and streamline communications via voice, chat and video calling.
- Collaborated with personnel to provide updated knowledge regarding industry application standards and specifications.
- Contributed technical oversight to assist team project fulfillment.
- OPEN-SCS - Open Serialization Communication Standard – The 25 major players are members of this group(https://opcfoundation.org/markets-collaboration/open-scs/)
- Contribute to new standards and fulfilling developing and testing Interface with contributors1st phase developed what decided from last steering-committee meeting
- Interoperability has proven with contributors
- Attending Face to face Technical Workshops: 5-7 March 2019 Basel-Switzerland, 24-27 June Quebec-Canada – OPTEL Host, 23- 26 September Lüneburg-Germany
- Werum-Host (project still continue www.open-scs.org)
Software Consultant | Principal Developer
DOĞUŞ TEKNOLOJİ
Istanbul
2014.02 - 2018.11
- Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns.
- Worked with customers to understand needs and provide excellent service.
- Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes.
- Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
- Designing and developing of one of the biggest supply chain project for a biggest automotive distributor of Turkey (Doğuş Otomotiv) to automate order system (Turkuaz)
- Majored in object oriented software design and implementation using .NET technologies such as C#, ASP.NET, TFS, XML Web Services, Restful Services, WCF, WPF, Ajax, JSON, XML etc
- Reporting by SQL Server Reporting Services
- Finance and Accounting, After Sales Services, Spare Parts and logistic modules development, test, maintenance and providing CI/CD processes.
Software Consultant – Team Leader
CITIBANK
Istanbul
2013.03 - 2014.02
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Collaborations and Interchanging multiple integrated systems Citibank and IBM Developer Team.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Developed team communications and information for meetings.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
Principal Software Developer – Software Consultant
GETRON
Istanbul
2012.03 - 2014.02
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
- Collaborated with clients to define solution requirements.
- Offered experience with Microsoft .net C#, Javascript, SQL Server etc.
- Collaborated with management, internal and development partners regarding software application design status and project progress.
- Tested methodology with writing and execution of test plans, debugging and testing scripts and tools.
- Integrated third-party tools and components into applications.
- Developed robust, scalable, modular and SOA - API-centric infrastructures.
Senior Software Consultant
CARETTA, Caretta ITS Application
Istanbul
2010.07 - 2011.07
- Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects.
- Provided computer programming subject matter expertise to project team members.
- Modified existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware and improve performance.
- Prepared extensive workflow charts and diagrams describing input, output and logical operations and converted each into instructions coded in computer language to develop .net software applications.
- Tracking, Packaging, warehouse operations and shipment system for pharmaceutical Industry Integrated with J.D Edwards ERP with ORACLE database system
- Integrated with Antares Vision (Full Automation System For The Manufacturing, Printing 2D Barcode, QR Code and Packaging System with item Serialization.)
- Integrated with Turkish Ministry Of Health Information System via Web Services
- I have developed on CDTTS product Includes are these modules;
- Operational Windows-based integrated server - client application
- Web-based reporting and audit Trail application via SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
- Mobile Based Warehouse module for Handheld Devices for warehouse operations
- Windows-based Barcoding and Labeling and manufacturing logistics application for production lines
- Using Technologies; Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, VSS 2005, Microsoft.NET Framework 3.0, 3.5, ASP.NET,C#, XML Web Services, nTier Architecture, MS SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Reporting Services.
- References; Bayer, Pfizer, Deva, Novartis, Santa-Farma, Eczacıbaşı, Menarini (İ.EUlagay), Roche, Vichy, Sandoz, Nobel, Santa Farma, MSD, Bilim… (2 years 1 month)
Software Development Unit Manager – Architect
PLUSTEK
Istanbul
2008.06 - 2010.07
- Monitored resource usage and managed tasks so costs did not exceed budget projections.
- Oversaw planning, application development, verification and risks involved in software projects.
- Evaluated, assessed and recommended software products that would meet project requirements.
- Managed minimum of 6 projects each year while maintaining adherence to budget, schedule and scope requirements.
- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
- Communicated with development team members to keep project on schedule.
- Supervised and trained team of software developers, providing resources needed for success.
- Resolved issues immediately ensuring project deliverables were not negatively impacted.
- R&D Hardware - software API development and 3rd party integration planning and execution.
Software Developer | Team Leader
Ant Soft
Istanbul
2006.01 - 2008.06
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
- Facilitated communication between internal personnel, contractors and vendors for project cohesion.
- Orchestrated projects within strict timeframes and budget constraints by solving complex problems and working closely with senior leaders.
- Planned, designed and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Updated operational methods and oversaw accounting procedures for improved efficiency.
- Drove team success through shared vision and recognition of quality performance.
- Developed software for desktop and web systems for tourism agencies.
- Documented technical workflows and knowledge to educate newly hired employees.
- Participated in software field testing to verify performance of developed projects.
- Designed intuitive graphical user interfaces to improve user experience.
- Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
- Scheduled development timeframes, providing realistic and actionable frameworks for consistent development progress performance.
- Communicated regularly with customers concerning data exchange and technology integration.
- Identified computer hardware and network system issues, performing troubleshooting techniques for remediation.
Education
MBA - Management of Information Systems
Bahcesehir University
Istanbul 2016.10 - 2018.01
Bachelor’s Degree - Economics
ANADOLU UNIVERSITY
Eskisehir 2004.09 - 2009.06
Associate Degree - Accounting And Finance
Sakarya University
Sakarya 2002.09 - 2004.06
Skills
Project Management
undefinedAccomplishments
Achieved KVKK - ETK through effectively helping with Pharmaceutical CRM integrated regulation compliance as best practice. (Santa Farma)
Explained risk management strategies to manage staff which enabled issues to be resolved prior to project implementation, preventing the waste of valuable resources. Sampling products tracking regulation. Also, execute the project with %85 cost-saving (Santa Farma)
Lead to project within a team of 20 in the development of OPEN-SCS.
Best-practice sample with multi-vendor integration Advanco - Wipotec in the Item serialization industry.
Honored with invention and simplifying with suggestions a project with a commercial-focused approach also developed and delivered results as a principal developer. Consider idle cars to rent service customers with the lowest fee (Dogus Teknoloji)
Certification
Project Management, Bahcesehir University
Additional Information
I’m an Information technology professional who has over 18 years of experience in software services and integration solutions as
a designer, a developer, and a project manager.
I've various software experiences in some Enterprise areas in IT such as Insurance, hardware to integrations, Financial, Banking, and Automotive supply chain, and Pharmaceutical Industry with item serialization.
I'm a professional who aims to provide more benefits to enterprises & people by delivering better software services and solutions with my experience and I can continuously demonstrate a competent working approach, in cooperation with the team to communicate effectively with different cultures and people.
I can describe IT & industrial technologies as my profession and my passion. My motivation is that be able to communicate with multi-cultural people and gather with them for a common purpose and make an impact on other people by delivering good results.
Paragliding, fishing, travel
I like to spend time in the air like a bird, one classical way for this is flight, and the alternative way is an extreme sport paragliding I'm a middle-level in paragliding with the pilot. Another one is fishing with my son, it makes us happy and makes us feel free and relaxed and I believe that fishing teaches us to be patient people.
Travelling is my passion, discovering new places and meeting new people and cultures widen my vision of the world and life.
Timeline
Business Solutions and Software Manager
Santa Farma Pharmaceutical
2020.05 - Current
Software Development Consultant, Technical Advisor
ADVANCO SA
2018.11 - 2020.03
MBA - Management of Information Systems
Bahcesehir University
2016.10 - 2018.01
Software Consultant | Principal Developer
DOĞUŞ TEKNOLOJİ
2014.02 - 2018.11
Software Consultant – Team Leader
CITIBANK
2013.03 - 2014.02
Principal Software Developer – Software Consultant
GETRON
2012.03 - 2014.02
Senior Software Consultant
CARETTA, Caretta ITS Application
2010.07 - 2011.07
Software Development Unit Manager – Architect
PLUSTEK
2008.06 - 2010.07
Software Developer | Team Leader
Ant Soft
2006.01 - 2008.06
Bachelor’s Degree - Economics
ANADOLU UNIVERSITY
2004.09 - 2009.06
Associate Degree - Accounting And Finance
Sakarya University
2002.09 - 2004.06
Project Management, Bahcesehir University
Software Engineering, BilgeAdam – Most Valuable Microsoft Gold Partner
Mar’ 2004 – May’2005 (620 Hours) - Besiktas - Istanbul
Visual Studio 2003- .net framework 1.1
Istanbul Technical University - General English (Upper Intermediate) B2
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