TOLGA SEÇİLMİŞ
Phone: E-mail: Date of Birth: Web +90 (532) 275 37 70 [email protected] 21.07.1973 http://about.me/tolga.secilmis2011- present SDL International Istanbul - General Manager
About: SDL is a global company with headquarters based in Maidenhead, UK that provides language localization services and content management software.
Publicly traded company with $400m annual revenues Over 2,700 employees in 70 offices across 38 countries World-leading innovative technology
Award-winning and profitable company, with long-term financial stability 80%+ of the global translation supply chain use SDL software
1500+ enterprise customers; 185,000 desktop software licenses worldwide Extensive partner network with 400 partners
Customers: http://www.sdl.com/en/customers/customers-by-name/default.asp
2011- 2011 Nuna Localization - General Manager
About: Nuna is a leading translation and localization company based in Istanbul, Turkey. Nuna provides multilingual solutions to international and local corporate clients to address their localization and globalization needs. Nuna Localization has large portfolio of services from translation to content authoring and localization offered at international standards with up-to-date technologies. Nuna is the certified training partner of MemoQ Translation Environment
Customers: Facebook, Adobe, Sony, Garmin, RIM, Microsoft, iPhone, HP, Nike, Toyota, Canon, Cisco
2008 - 2011 Bircom Telekomunikasyon ve
Bilisim Hizmetleri - Asst. General Manager – CIO
Job Role: In charge of Bircom Software Development (RND) department. (Mobile application and PC software teams) Project Manager of TUBITAK Teydeb project Phonsai Project no 7081144 supported by Scientific And Technical Research Authority of Turkey. Managing marketing and sales activities of software brands and products. Reporting Bircom Board and Bircom CEO monthly. Planning of sales teams with Bircom sales manager for software product sales.
About: Bircom established in 1972 is developing telecommunication and mobile VAS solutions for Turkish market. Phonsai is the mobile development platform of Bircom launched in 2008. Phonsai is a mobile
application development environment for non-programmers by it’s capability to create UGC solutions for J2ME, Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Blackberry and Android platforms. Phonsai project is supported by TUBITAK (Technology Institute of Turkish Government).
Achievements in this period: Phonsai Project is completed in 2 years with success; Phonsai is chosen to be the 4th Turkish software in Intel AppUP store. Bussines IT magazine choose Phonsai as the 2nd best utility in top 10 utilities. Phonsai apps became the best selling products in Turkcell Application store.
Customers: Turkcell, Vodafone, Intel, Akbank, Finansbank, İsbankası, CitiBank, ArasKargo, Arcelik
2007 - …….. Bogazici University and
Yeditepe University - Lecturer
Job Role: Teaching Localization and Multimedia Localization at Bogazici and Yeditepe University, FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Translation and Interpreting Studies department.
1999 - 2008 ES Bilgisayar Ltd (Globalization and Localization Services)
- Resource Manager / Cairo BranchGeneral Manager
Job Role 2004 - 2008 ”Egypt(Cairo) Branch General Manager / Vendor Manager ”: Establishment of ES LTD Egypt/Cairo branch in 2004, recruitment, operation and team management, development and implementation of Istanbul Head office standards of operation, market analysis and sales activities, monthly Cairo office visits. Resource management of localization operations for Istanbul and Cairo offices.
Job Role 2003 - 2004 “Marketing and Business Development Manager”: Managing development and innovation of localization operation, building an efficient project management and localization environment, establishment of software development team (mobile applications), managing the team and marketing the mobile solutions, analyzing customer requirements, business logic, building job flows for project designs.
Job Role 2000 - 2002 “Software Test and Technical Team Manager”: Leading the group of 20 software testers and 5 Technical staff. Some projects in this period are Windows XP, Oracle R11i, MSN Messenger, etc.
customer software development teams to understand the applications in development, creating and applying test plans, test cases and test scenarios to ensure quality software development as per the customer standards. Projects in this period are Windows Millennium, Windows 2000, Office 2000, MS OTOW Online, Motorola, Nokia, Volvo, HP, Xerox, Compaq, etc.
About: ES Limited was established in 1994 as a software localization company, and has since become the leading company in its field in Turkey.
Achievements in this period: In 2002 1st software team in Europe (Customer: Microsoft / Project: MS Office .NET) and in 2000 3rd software team in Europe (Customer: Microsoft / Project: MS Office XP) Customers: Microsoft, Oracle, HP, Lionbridge, Moravia, Intel, Nokia, Sony, Philips, Symantc, Adobe
1997 - 1998 Ant Training And Consulting
and Bilmerk - Freelance IT Trainer
Job Role: After taking “Microsoft Trainer’s Training” course, my job role was teaching to small or large working groups, using a variety of Microsoft training methods. In this period I worked with both individuals and companies like Roche, Demirbank, Interbank, Ata Reklam, Citibank, etc.
1996 - 1997 Ark Engineering - Intern Engineer
Job Role: Assisting senior engineer in construction of central heating, natural gas piping and air conditioning systems. Ark was the vendor of Ferrolli, Valliant and Nikala.
Events Attended as Speaker
Okan University ISTANBUL (April 2011)
Computer Aided Translation
Dogus University ISTANBUL (June 2011)
Multilingual Content Management
Sabancı University ISTANBUL (October 2010)
Mobile Application Development
Turkcell Partners Meeting ISTANBUL (October 2010)
Phonsai Platform
ELIA (European Language Industry Association) ISTANBUL (April 2010) The Competitive Edge of Turkey in
Global Localization Services
Yeditepe University ISTANBUL (March 2008)
Globalization
Bogazici Univesity ISTANBUL (2005 –2007)
Localization and Internationalization
LISA Boston Summit BOSTON/USA (May 2005)
Localizing Multimedia Contents Courses and Seminars
Resource Management GALA/PARIS
Team Management TMI/ISTANBUL
Rainbow Server Administration MICROSOFT DUBLIN/IRELAND Office XP Software Test and Project Management MICROSOFT DUBLIN/IRELAND
Software Test Management MICROSOFT DUBLIN/IRELAND
Project Management MICROSOFT DUBLIN/IRELAND
Network Infrastructure, IP Structure,
Network Essentials, NT 4.0 Workstation and Server,
Network Security NETRON/ISTANBUL
Microsoft and Trainers Training ANT CONSULTING/ISTANBUL Project and Cost Management ES/ISTANBUL
Customer Relationships, Sales Skills, B2B, B2C, IT Marketing Principles, Team Management,
HR Management ES/ISTANBUL
EDUCATION Graduate
MSc Integrated Marketing Communications Management
Yeditepe University, ISTANBUL 2010 - Present Undergraduate
BSc., Mechanical Eng.,
SKILLS
Operating Systems & Applications
Windows NT Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Rainbow Server, MS Operating systems and Office applications, MS project, MS Visio
MS Exchange 5.0 and 2000, VSS, Windows 2000 Advanced Server FrameMaker, PageMaker, Distiller, Indesign, Photoshop, AutoCad
Robohelp HTML and Winhelp, MS Help Compilers, Trados, Idiom, MemoQ, WebWalker, Orbiter and other product specific localization tools.
Foreign Languages
English (Excellent in verbal and written skills) PERSONAL
Driving License: B class
Military Service: Completed in 1999
Area of Interests: Playing piano and guitar, free diving, underwater photography, mobile technologies, alternative energy resources.
Career Timeline
Sırrı Yırcalı Anatolian
High School
Yildiz Technical
University
Mechanical
Engineering
BSc
Ark Engineering Intern EngineerAnt Training and Bilmerk Trainer
Es Bilgisayar ve
Danismanlik Ltd.
. SWTesting Engineer.
. Tech. Group Manager
. Marketing Manager . Vendor Manager
. Egypt Office General Manager
