Mehmet Önder

Intentional career pause upon family relocation to Germany, dedicated to personal and professional growth, including to acquire German language skills (B2 level proficiency achieved), and for upskilling with a focus on updating ICT knowledge, in particular on cybersecurity and cloud-based system administration

Working as a freelance consultant, providing services and support to clients including on analysis of sectoral and regulatory developments, monitoring legislative developments, providing guidance on business opportunities including in relation to solar power plants, landfill gas utilization in energy generation, coordinating relations with governmental institutions in Türkiye for regulatory compliance, following up, reviewing governmental and international funding mechanisms and following up applications

Main duties and responsibilities included conducting research, monitoring legislative and sectoral developments, drafting briefings and reports to clients on regulatory developments in oil and gas as well as renewable energy sector as per clients’ areas of activities, business development activities and coordinating relations between clients and governmental institutions for ensuring regulatory compliance

Main duties and responsibilities included monitoring legislative and political developments, screening international agencies and governmental authorities’ policy changes and publications of think-tanks, performing trend and policy analyses, drafting briefings, reports and delivery of presentations including to executive management and coordinating relations with external stakeholders including government institutions in Turkey and abroad in regions relating to company activities

Main duties and responsibilities included monitoring, administering, designing and implementation of ICT infrastructure (HyperV, Microsoft, IBM storage systems-DS), providing technical support to tendering and negotiation of various ICT procurement contracts, drafting ICT manuals and procedures to ensure compliance thereof with applicable regulatory standards, including in the process of the company’s registration to the London Stock Exchange

Main duties and responsibilities included leading a team of 4 (as IS Group Leader), monitoring, administering and implementation of ICT infrastructure (VMware, Microsoft, Lotus Domino, HP ProCurve, Cisco, HP StorageWorks (EVA), technical support to tender and contract processes for ICT procurement contracts, drafting ICT manuals and procedures and ensuring compliance with applicable national, NATO and international standards (ITIL/ISO 27001), technical assistance on projects infrastructure on ICT aspects

Main duties and responsibilities included providing technical assistance to and support preparation of Microsoft lab environments, and to clients with regards to Microsoft server infrastructure