Water Treatment / Chemical Engineer

A decade experience as Water Treatment Engineer, and several years in combination as key account manager, specialized in commercial, institutional and industrial clients. Worked with and trained (see Trainings on Page 2) by actors, such as Henkel Gmbh, BKG Water Solutions, ICL Chemicals, Arch Chemicals and Kurita. Seeking opportunities to further grow as professional and offer expertise, prominently in Water Treatment / Chemical Engineering, and establish long-term relations.

Summary

●+10 years as a Water Treatment Engineer

●+5 years experience as a Technical Manager

●+6 years experience as Key Account Manager

●+10 years experience in Legionella Control, Remediation, Treatment and Risk Management

●+4 years in Sales and Marketing

●+4 as a Sales Application Engineer

●+6 years as trainer for Jr. Engineers

●Drinking Water & Waste Water Treatment

●Custom Water Treatment Solutions, Water Hygiene & Corrosion Control

●Experienced with Commercial, Governmental and Industrial, and institutional water systems

●Chemical treatment of most major water systems (see System Experience on Page 3)

●Strategic Sales Planning & Territory Expansion

●Writing/publishing of case studies and technical documents in scientific publications (Page 3)

Experience

General Manager, 2016 to 2018

Forsa Water Treatment and Engineering Consultancy, NJ, USA

Setup the US branch of Forsa Kimya Danismanlik Ltd., and attended expos, fairs and organization to identify new opportunities, to export & import new products. Currently put on hold due to current geopolitical affairs/situation.

Head of Global Growth & Operation, 2013 to 2016

Forsa Kimya Danismanlik Ltd. Sti., Turkey- ICL Chemical and Kurita Chemical Distributor

Focused on leading the company to market leadership in industrial and institutional water/waste water treatment in the industrial and economical hub of Turkey. Opened three domestic and one international offices, and the company grew 14.5% in revenue and 38.7% in profits. Selection of activities, but not limited to;

Key Account Management

Business Growth and Development

Sales and Marketing Management

Operation and Control Management

Technical Management

Strategic Planning and Execution

Lead, trained, mentored and reviewed staff performances to ensure alignment with company goal

Sales & Marketing Manager, Domestic & Overseas, 2009 to 2013

Forsa Kimya Danismanlik Ltd. Sti., Turkey- BKG Water Solutions and ICL Chemical Distributor

Managed key accounts valued of +$100M with institutional and industrial clients, and grew profit by 50% for the responsible markets. Primary function of the role, but not limited to;

Maintained and grew current customers

Identified new prospective customers through clients, fairs, trade-shows and conferences.

Key Account Management

Staff Management

Coach/trainer for the jr. engineers

Developed, monitored, and controlled tailor-made water equipments and applications

Resolved customer issues

Represented the company in media

Expanded the sales territories

Sales and Marketing Management

Strategic Planning and Execution

Wrote technical documents and publish scientific papers, case studies, informational brochures, conference presentations and announcements

Chemical Sales & Application Engineer, 2007 to 2009

Forsa Kimya Danismanlik Ltd. Sti., Turkey- Arch Chemical and Henkel GmbH Distributor

Lead chemical engineer role of the company, leading all engineering tasks related to sales, application in chemical treatment and support technical team via tailor-made solutions. Selection of activities, but not limited to;

Analyzed various water systems to check and identify improvement / sales opportunities

Prepared proposal and technical reports

Support customers, in defined territory, to understand business needs and recommend continuous improvement and innovation plans that will maintain and grow sales

Applied, control and consultant chemicals usage

Managed all sales operation in my territory

Engage in problem solving by performing system analysis, interpreting data and providing written recommendations to ensure customer operations are performing at optimal levels

Export & Import Quality Professional, 2006-2007 (2015) - Provided consultancy up till 2015

Ak-tes Plastik, Izmir, Turkey

Lead/managed total quality operations (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 certification and ensured OHSAS regulations) Develop and performance of all domestics’ overseas sales marketing activities. Manage export-import process and fair organizations.

Education

M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, İzmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), 2003-2006

●Specialized in Nanotechnology / Thin film processing and characterization techniques and nanolithography

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, 1998-2003

Trainings

●“General and Advance Water Chemistry”, Henkel Turkey, 2007, 2008

●“General and Advanced Water Treatment”, Henkel Turkey, 2007, 2008

●“Industrial Water Treatment”, Henkel Turkey, 2007

●“General and Advance Water Chemistry”, BKG Water Solutions, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

●“General and Advanced Water Treatment”, BKG Water Solutions, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

●“Wastewater Treatment”, BKG Water Solutions, 2010, 2011, 2012

●“Industrial Water Treatment”, BKG Water Solutions, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

●“Corrosion Control “, BKG Water Solutions, 2009

●“General and Advanced Water Treatment”, ICL Chemical, 2013, 2014, 2015

●“Wastewater Treatment”, ICL Chemical, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

●“Industrial Water Treatment”, Kurita Chemical, 2015

●“Chemical Measurement and Analysis Techniques and Equipment", Germany, Lovibond GmbH, 2011

●“Export and Import Managements”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

●“Statistical Process Control”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

●“Problem Solving Techniques”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

●“Kaizen & Continuous Improvement”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

●“Effective Marketing Techniques”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

●“Principle of 5S”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

●“Production Planning”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

●“TS-EN ISO Quality Management Systems” and “Inner Quality Auditor of The Establish”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

●“TS-EN ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems and Auditor”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

●“TS-EN ISO 9001-2000 Quality Management Systems Basics and Inner Auditor”, Ege Consultancy, 2007

●“TS-EN ISO 9001-2000 Quality Management Systems”, The Elginkan Foundation, 2007

Other

Computer Skills: MS Excel (proficient with Pivot Table), MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Nanoscope, K-graph, Nova, Ocean Optics, MS Access, AutoCAD (intermediate).

System experience: Provide chemical treatments for the systems including Boiler/Steam Water & Heating/Cooling Systems, Membrane Treatment/Reverse Osmosis and Desalination, Wastewater including MBR systems, Closed Systems, Industrial & Process Water and Process Technologies, Pools and Drinking Water. Water preparations; Purification and Filtration/ Pre-Filtration systems, Cleaning and Hygiene Water and Corrosion Control. Process Chemicals; process use, domestic and district use, odor control process & systems and discharging, startup and cleaning process, source or water reuse, water services and chemical/engineering consultancy.

Nanotechnology and Thin Film Processing and Characterization Techniques:

Thin Film Processing Techniques: Magnetron Sputtering, Ion Beam and Evaporation, LB, Systems.

Material Characterization Techniques: SPM (including STM and AFM), X-Ray, SEM&EDX, FTIR, UV Spectrometry

Drivers Licenses: USA (NJ), Turkish Languages: English and Turkish (Native)

Honors and Awards: XXIII International Europe Award for Quality - New Millennium Award-Trade Leader Club, Madrid 2009

Forsa Kimya Danismanlik Ltd. Sti.

Family company, which provides engineering services, chemicals, equipment, waste and drinking water systems, reverse osmosis systems, wastewater system services, (pre) purification system, after sale services, construction and more. The company is a leading international vendor for water treatment equipment in the industrial/economical hub of Turkey (Aegean area), and is also the main distributor for leading chemical companies, such as Kurita, BKG Water Solutions, ICL Chemicals, Arch Chemicals and Henkel GmbH.

Publications and Seminars

●Development of Nanopatterns on Self Assembled Monolayer (SAM) Organic Films Using Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) Nanolithography Techniques, DPT 2003K 120690 IZTECH 2006

●Preparation Characterization of Octadecylamine-HCl and Decylmercaptan Self Assembled Monolayer (SAMs) organic films", NanoTR-II Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2006 Conferences, Middle East Technical University (Poster)

●“SPM Nano-lithography on metallic films”, NanoTR-II Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2006 Conferences, Middle East Technical University (Poster)

●“Hygiene and Legionella”, Bodrum Ministry of Mugla.

●“General Water Treatment”, Pool Operator Trainee for Turkish Government Public Training Center

●“Pools and Chemical Treatment”, Pool Operator Trainee for Turkish Government Public Training Center

●“MBR System and Its Treatment”, Chamber of Chemical Engineers İzmir

●“Institutional Water Treatment and Institutional Systems”, Hapimag Sea Garden Hotel/ Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay/Xanadu Island Hotel/Valtur Hotels/Yasmin Resort

●“Legionella”, Hapimag Sea Garden Hotel/ Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay/ Ministry of Bodrum /Salmakis Spa Hotel/ Gündem Resort Hotel/Green Beach Resort

●“MBR System and Waste Water Treatment for MBR Systems”, Xanadu Island Hotel/Ministry of Konacık

References given upon request.

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