Serkan Akoğlanoğlu
IT Executive
İstanbul
Summary
I gained great experience in different fields of information technologies, from software development to application operations. Mainly I worked on telecommunication, defense and finance industries. Recently I completed cloud transformation of my company and brought it to the state of cloud-ready.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Head of Cloud Infrastructure Operation
Agesa
03.2022 - Current
- I lead cloud transformation program for infrastructure chapter.
- I am responsible for managing all IT Infrastructure and application operations.
- I manage OPEX and CAPEX budget in the areas of my responsibilities.
- I track KPIs, SLAs, and OLAs to measure service performance across multiple service providers.
- I am responsible for disaster recovery and business continuity planning and operations.
- Main responsibilities are license management, vendor management, contract management, helpdesk operations and security operations.
DevOps and Release Manager
Agesa
07.2016 - 03.2022
- DevOps team’s delivery of CI/CD pipelines, automation of release process for different applications that are migrating to the microservice architecture, evaluating the operations of production and development environments for containerized applications.
Lead Business Analyst
Turkcell
11.2014 - 07.2016
- Within the team of product owners, business analysts, developers and test engineers, my responsibilities encompassed strategic leadership over the software product development, assessing the business needs, gathering requirements and prepare technical solutions
- I managed medium to large scale projects for application development and implementing business solutions
- I was responsible to research and implement emerging technologies that expand the limits of IT capability and feasibility.
Release Manager
Turkcell
02.2012 - 11.2014
- Within the Turkcell’s Agile Transformation Program, I managed all release processes.
- Release management includes scheduling, coordinating and the management of releases across the company for multiple applications across various portfolios.
Test Architect
Turkcell
07.2010 - 02.2012
- I was responsible for designing test management process, measuring the process and closing the gaps between existing and targeted situation by matching suitable testing and test management tools
- As an example of university and reel sector relationship, I successfully integrated test automation framework that provides creating automated test cases quickly and provided significant decrease (approximately %40) on test resource need.
Software Development Engineer
Havelsan
04.2009 - 07.2010
- I worked as an ABAP developer and responsible for the SAP modules (PP, HR, MM) at Turkish Air Forces.
Technical Product Leader
Siemens
01.2006 - 04.2009
- I worked on test and deployment activities of Hi Path Configuration Management product with diverse and distributed team of developers, test engineers and contractors in an international environment
- I worked closely colleagues from Zagreb, Vienna, Munich, Prague, Budapest and Athena.
Software Test Engineer
KoçSistem
04.2005 - 01.2006
- I worked as a software test specialist for an ERP project that was accomplished for General Directorate of State Airports Authority of Turkey Republic.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Statistics
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science
Ankara, TurkeyMaster of Science - Computer Engineering
Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Engineering
Istanbul, TurkeyNo Degree - LeaderShip And Innovation
MIT, Sloan School of Management
BostonMBA - Business Administration And Management
Sabancı University, Faculty of Management
Istanbul, TurkeySkills
RedHat Openshift Platform Plus
Kubernetes Technologies
Monitoring Services
DevOps
Infrastructure Management
Application Operations
Budget Management
Team Building
Business Continuity
Certification
ISO27001
Academic Studies
Thesis Study, Reducing Test Automation Maintenance Cost by Class-Driven Approach, Bahçeşehir University, 2012
Awards And Publications
Managing and Monitoring the Software Quality with Requirement Coverage, Best Paper Awards – Test Istanbul 2012 Conference
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 03/20/80
Timeline
Head of Cloud Infrastructure Operation
Agesa
03.2022 - Current
DevOps and Release Manager
Agesa
07.2016 - 03.2022
Lead Business Analyst
Turkcell
11.2014 - 07.2016
Release Manager
Turkcell
02.2012 - 11.2014
Test Architect
Turkcell
07.2010 - 02.2012
Software Development Engineer
Havelsan
04.2009 - 07.2010
Technical Product Leader
Siemens
01.2006 - 04.2009
Software Test Engineer
KoçSistem
04.2005 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Statistics
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Engineering
No Degree - LeaderShip And Innovation
MIT, Sloan School of Management
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Sabancı University, Faculty of Management