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Mehmet BENTURK

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Berkeley, Ca 94707

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EDUCATION

Lincoln University, Oakland, CA, Doctor of Business Administration, Finance (2017) Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, M.A. Capital Markets and Financial Organizations (2006)

Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, B.S. Finance (1998) EXPERIENCE

Solorus Energy (Director of Investments, 2018-2019,Turkey): Define and monitor KPIs and support commercial decision making throughout construction and operational phases of power plants, including supporting the asset managers in getting approvals from the relevant investment committee if necessary. Assist in the management of regulatory issues which affect project permits, licenses, etc, and to establish and maintain good relationships with suppliers, contractors and other external stakeholders. Lincoln University (Teaching Assistant, 2012-2017, Oakland, Ca, US): Worked under the supervision and guidance of senior teaching staff in a busy and exciting school. Contributed to the delivery of teaching and tutorials and providing support and mentoring for groups of students.

Global Export (Finance Manager, 2008 - 2011, Oakland, Ca, US): Managed client accounts and responded to inquiries. Prepared daily, weekly and quarterly financial reports. Implemented and updated financial policies.

Taksim Yatirim A.S. (Taksim Securities Inc.), Senior Fixed Income and Derivative Securities Specialist (2001-2006, Turkey): Managed company’s daily cash flow. Identified hedging alternatives and analyzed risk factors based on client needs. Conducted fixed income and derivative instruments trading activities for clients and the company. Responsible for running performance reports that compared portfolios and benchmark indices. Complied and processed monthly reports. Constructed financial statement models for use in fundamental research.

Pay Menkul Degerler A.S. (Pay Securities Inc.), Research Analyst (2000-2001, Turkey): Prepared comprehensive written reports on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of industries, sectors, trends, and the economy. Participated on the investment committee to make portfolio management decisions. Conducted financial statement and earnings quality analysis.

Yapı Kredi Bank Inc.,Private Banker (1994-1999, Turkey): Providing a full range of banking services to individual customers, emphasizing personal financial counseling and customer service. Implemented wealth management services and asset diversification strategies. Responding and resolving customer inquiries and problems pertaining to consumer deposit and lending accounts.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

“Modelling Haircuts: Evidence from NYSE Stocks”, Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, vol. 8, no. 4, 2018, 79-106 ISSN: 1792-6580, with Marshall J. Burak INFORMS Marketing Science Conference Maryland 2015, “The Effect of Marketer’s Value at Risk (VAR) on Customer’s Product Choice and Welfare”, Dr.Aharon Hibshoosh, Mehmet Benturk

Informs Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2014, “The Effect of Taste Change on Optimal Portfolio Selection When assets Exhibit Varied Liquidity”,Mehmet Benturk - Dr. Aharon Hibshooh

INDEPENDENT COURSE WORK

Intermediate Financial Accounting 01.04.2010 -- UC Berkeley Extension Financial Accounting. 27.06.2009 -- UC Berkeley Extension CERTIFICATES

Introduction to Deep Learning in Python (DataCamp-2020) Introduction to Databases in Python (DataCamp-2020) Visualizing Time Series Data in Python (DataCamp-2020) Time Series Analysis in Python (DataCamp-2020)

GARCH Models in Python (DataCamp-2020)

ARIMA Models in Python (DataCamp-2020)

Machine Learning for Finance in Python (DataCamp-2019) Supervised Learning with scikit-learn (DataCamp-2019) Credit Risk Modeling in Python (DataCamp - 2019)

Importing & Managing Financial Data in Python (DataCamp - 2019) Introduction to Portfolio Analysis in Python (DataCamp - 2019) Intro to Portfolio Risk Management in Python (DataCamp - 2019) Intro to SQL for Data Science (DataCamp - 2019)

Joining Data in SQL(DataCamp - 2019)

Merging DataFrames with Panda (DataCamp - 2019)

Manipulating DataFrames with Panda (DataCamp - 2019) Python Panda’s Foundations (DataCamp-2019)

Python Data Science Toolbox I_II (DataCamp - 2019) Cleaning Data in Python (DataCamp - 2019)

Importing Data in Python I-II (DataCamp - 2019)

Intermediate Python for Data Science (DataCamp - 2019) Introduction to Data Visualization with Python (DataCamp - 2019) Introduction to Python (DataCamp - 2019)

Capital Markets Board Advance Level` s Certificate (2003) Capital Markets Board Derivative Securities Certificate (2004) Bond Market Member’s Representative Certificate (Istanbul Stock Exchange, 2000) Derivative Market Member’s Representetive Certificate (Turkish Derivatives Exchange,2005)

Computer Skills

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project Management, Eviews, Minitab,Meta Stock, Stata, Matlab,Python,R

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