CENTIKAYA UMUT YILMAZ

 

 

1.         Family name:                          Cetinkaya

2.         First names:                             Umut Yilmaz

3.         Date of birth:                            1978

4.                   Nationality:                              Turkish

5.                   Civil status:                              Single

6.                   Mobile Phone & E-mail            +90 532 748 42 58 & uycetinkaya@gmail.com

7.                   Education:

 

Institution [Dates]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained

Middle East Technical University (METU), Graduate School of Social Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, 2007 -

Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies

Middle East Technical University (METU), Graduate School of Social Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, 2001 – 2005

M.S. in Science and Technology Studies

Middle East Technical University (METU), Graduate School of Social Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, 2001 – 2004

M.S in Political Science and Public Administration

Istanbul University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 1995-1999

Mechanical Engineer

 

8.         Language skills: (1 to 5 (1 = excellent; 5 = poor))

Language

           Reading

          Speaking

            Writing

Turkish

Mother Tongue

 

 

English

1

1

1

9.         Membership of professional bodies:           - Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB)

                                                                                - Chamber of Mechanical Engineers (MMO)

                                                                                -  ERENET

10.        Other skills:                                                 • Full Computer Literacy in office applications

                                                                                • Competence in AutoCAD applications

                                                                                • Experience in C++ and applications

                                                                                • Network analysis programs (Eviews 5.1, Pajek 1.19, Ucinet 6.164, NetDraw 2.045)

11.        Present position:                                         Selfemployed consultant

12.               Key qualifications:

·       Has experience in EU founded projects

·       Has experience in developing and implementing SMEs policies

·       Has experience in business incubators

·       Has experience in R&D applications and management

·       Has experience in problem solving techniques, particularly in TRIZ 

·       Has experience in innovation management

·       Has experience in national policy analyzing, monitoring and preparing

 

13.               Professional experience:

Dates

Location

Company

Position

2007 – date

Turkey

Anchora Consulting

General Manager

Consultancy for R&D activities of SMEs:

Selected Examples

- AREL is an SME currently developing two projects –namely wind generator and portable high capacity battery-, for which R&D consultancy and project preparation activities are undertaken to receive funds from TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). Responsibility for managing and implementing R&D, activities and managing financial, organizational issues and co operational activities with TUBITAK and KOSGEB (Small and Medium Industry Development Organization)

 

- KAMAK is an SME that develops an R&D project –CNC welding machine-, for which R&D consultancy and project preparation activities are undertaken to receive funds from TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). Responsibility for managing and implementing R&D, activities and managing financial, organizational issues and co operational activities with TUBITAK and KOSGEB (Small and Medium Industry Development Organization)

 

Member of KUSAI Project: Networks, Industry Clusters and Innovation (KUSAI): The Case of Machinery and Furniture Sectors in the Greater Region of Ankara: This project is aimed at examining the origins, the nature and the structure of networks formed among producers in the furniture and machinery sectors located in the greater region of Ankara, two sectors that are of particular economic significance for this region.  

 

Consultancy for SMEs in EU founded Projects:  Provides consultancy for SMEs to prepare their application to Grant Scheme CFCU/TR0502.02/SME in TR-90 region and to implement their projects in accord with EU fund requirements.  

 

2006

Turkey

Self Employed

General Manager

Project Assistant- ERENET on behalf of SINTEF (The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology): Responsibility for managing and preparing the report on the business incubators in Turkey

 

2002 – 2005

Turkey

TBMM

Advisor

Advisor to Member of TBMM (Turkish Grand National Assembly): 

 

• Analysis of Turkey’s socio-economical policies and report to the Member of Parliament (MP)

• Prepare  notices of question for the MP to raise in the parliament

• Respond to the needs of electors and voters as well as NGOs, maintain community liaison

• Policy preparation and development on specific issues (particularly on the education system and policies inTurkey, integration of innovation systems with social policies, etc.)

 

1999- 2001

Turkey

Ozkoseoglu Ltd. Co.

Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

• Design and application of heating systems

• Marketing studies and sale of products

• Application and assembly of the products sold (ovens, air-conditioners, heaters/ radiators, etc.)

 

1997- 1998

Turkey

Arcelik  Ltd. Co.

Mechanical Engineer

Part-time R&D Developer in different projects:

• Design and development of washing machines and dishwashers (e.g. Laundry intake capacity of washing machine increased)

• Design and improvement of refrigerators (e.g. door mechanisms of refrigerators renewed and improved

 

1996

Turkey

Mercedes Benz

Mechanical Engineer

Part-time R&D Developer in a project:

• Brake system improvement Research & Development studies

14.          Other relevant information:

 

Working Papers:

 

- Delicacy on the entrepreneurship and SME development in the axis of Ankara-Athens (with Associated Professor Dilek Cetindamar), ERENET, 2007.

 

- Innovation Systems and Environmental Policies, STPR, 2005

 

Papers:

 

- A Model for Increasing Innovativeness of SMEs (forthcoming)

 

Thesis:

 

- Analysis of Turkey’s National Innovation System, METU, 2005

 

Certificates & Seminars

 

• Name of the Institution             KALDER (Turkish Society for Quality)

• Location                                  Ankara

• Date & Duration                       04.11. 2007 / 1 Day

• Subject                                  Total Quality Management Training

 

• Name of the Institution             TOBB (Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey)

• Location                                  Ankara

• Date & Duration                       22.09. 2007 / 1 Day

• Subject                                  Research for Innovation Policy and Development

 

• Name of the Institution             TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)

• Location                                  Ankara

• Date & Duration                       20.09. 2007 / 1 Day

• Subject                                   Seventh Framework Programme

 

• Name of the Institution                         Campus Innovation Organization

• Location                                  Ankara

• Date & Duration                       9-10 January 2007

• Subject                                   TRIZ (Theory of Inventive problem Solving)

 

• Name of the Institution             Middle East Technical University / METU

• Location                                  Ankara

• Date & Duration                       1/2.10.2004 / 2 Days

• Subject                                   International Conference on Technological and Economical Development Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights

                       

• Name of the Institution             Chamber of Mechanical Engineers / MMO

• Location                                  Istanbul

• Date & Duration                       1/14.10.2000 / 15 Days

• Subject                                   Certificate Program on Natural Gas Engineering

                       

• Name of the Institution             Istanbul University

• Location                                  Istanbul

• Date & Duration                       1/4.02.1999 / 3 Days

• Subject                                   Training on Roller Bearings