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SERHAT OZDIYAR, BSME, MBA

Address: Cemil Topuzlu Cad. Basaran Apt. No: 119/1

Caddebostan, Istanbul 81060 TURKEY

Home phone number: (011-90) 216-385-2164

Cell phone number: (011-90) 532-413-6748

E-mail: serhatozdiyar@serhatozdiyar.com

Web: www.serhatozdiyar.com

EDUCATION

August 2001 – May 2003:

            San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

            Master of Business Administration. Emphasis: Information and Decision Systems.

            Grade Point Average: 3.00/4.00.

September 1996 – June 2000:

            University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TURKEY

            Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Emphasis: Heat and Energy + Fluid Mechanics.

            Grade Point Average: 3.66/4.00. Honor student.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

October 2002 – January 2004:

            Consultant

            The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology, San Diego, CA

            A joint venture by San Diego State University, University of California San Diego, U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Command, and Orincon Technologies, Inc., funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.

            Supervisor: Murray E. Jennex, Ph.D., P.E., (619) 594-3734, mjennex@mail.sdsu.edu

            Conducted horizontal and vertical market analyses and feasibility studies for new homeland defense technologies. Identified target markets and assessed market size, share, and maturity of these markets. Conducted competitive and regulatory analyses. Identified licensees, technology partners, and federal grants for further research and development, prototyping and testing, and product development of these technologies. Developed marketing plans for the intellectual property-owners to spin in/out their innovations. Designed, developed, and distributed product brochures to promote these innovations. Identified potential end-users, contacted these end-users, and prescreened them through interviews and surveys to identify interested parties. Projects worked on include an automated oil content monitor developed by the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Command, for which four international licensees were identified, a chemical agent decontamination system developed by Amaratek Decontamination Solutions, for which a potential customer and two federal grants were identified, a hyperspectral X-ray explosive detector developed by Nova R&D, Inc., for which a technology partner was identified, an optical bioagent detector developed by the University of California at Riverside, for which a federal grant was identified, a signal processing and classification software for sonic and spectroscopic data analysis developed by Softmax, Inc., and a metallic-intermetallic laminate composite material for structural heat sink applications developed by the University of California at San Diego.

April 2003 – July 2003:

            Intern

            Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

            One of the largest wireless technology and telecommunications firms worldwide.

            Supervisor: Sam Agia, (858) 658-5866, sama@qualcomm.com

            Developed a marketing plan for the launch of the new Human Resource Management software developed initially for in-house use by Qualcomm. Coordinated related marketing tasks in the HRMS Department. Developed the Help pages for the system. Conducted financial analyses of the competitors to identify business trends and of prospective customers to identify business opportunities. Forecasted industry trends for the next two years. Designed product brochures for the software. Identified, arranged, and attended networking events, industry trade shows, and conferences on behalf of Qualcomm.

January 2003 – June 2003:

            Consultant

            Hawthorne Machinery Co., Power Systems Division, San Diego, CA

            Largest Caterpillar distributor in San Diego, CA.

            Supervisor: Wes Campbell, (858) 674-7020, hmc@cts.com

            Conducted a market measurement and evaluation study through a county-wide marketing survey and developed a marketing plan to improve the sales of Caterpillar stand-by power generators and Hawthorne Customer Service Agreements in San Diego County.

January 2002 – June 2002:

            Graduate Assistant

            San Diego State University, College of Business Administration, Information and Decision Systems Department, San Diego, CA

            Largest state university in San Diego, CA.

            Supervisor: Donald L. Amoroso, Ph.D., (619) 594-4397, amoroso@mail.sdsu.edu

            Coordinated and analyzed the results of a county-wide e-business assessment survey. Conducted research on the e-commerce techniques used in the music industry. Coordinated a CCAT (Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology) team developing a business plan for Orincon Technologies, Inc.

August 1999 – August 2000:

            Project Engineer

            Muftuler Machinery, Ltd., Istanbul, TURKEY

            A sole-proprietorship that serves as a vendor of steam boilers to painting, central heating, and air conditioning industries.

            Designed and supervised the construction of solid-fueled Scotch-style steam boilers.

July 1999 – August 1999:

            Intern

            Borusan Integrated Tube Factories, Inc., Istanbul, TURKEY

            Largest tube, pipe, fitting, and profile producer in Turkey.

            Entered quality control and warehouse traffic data into the system. Conducted spectrometric quality control tests on tube samples.

July 1998 – August 1998:

            Intern

            Supsan Engine Valves, Inc., Istanbul, TURKEY

            Largest engine valve and guide producer in Turkey.

            Designed customized engine valves for special engines, such as those of monster trucks and fossil-fueled locomotives. Entered inventory traffic data into the system. Assisted the Production Manager in the design of the new factory layout.

June 1998 – July 1998:

            Intern

            Mesamat Casting, Ltd., Istanbul, TURKEY

            A sole-proprietorship that serves as a vendor of cast components to machinery and automotive industries.

            Designed molds. Trained personnel for effective molding.

COMPUTER LITERACY

            DOS, Windows, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visual Source Safe, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Eudora, AutoCAD 2D, Minitab, SPSS, POM, My Source, My Log, Meeting Maker, Qualnet, Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Home Site, HTML, Access, SQL, GWBasic, QBasic, Fortran.

LANGUAGES

            Turkish: Native; English: Excellent.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member. Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects, Chamber of Mechanical Engineers. Membership since 2000.

Member. American Marketing Association. Membership since 2003.

REFERENCES

Murray E. Jennex, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor of Information and Decision Systems

College of Business Administration

San Diego State University

5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92182-8234

Tel: (619) 594-3734

Fax: (619) 594-3675

Email: mjennex@mail.sdsu.edu

Sam Agia

Designer/Developer

MySource Development Group

Qualcomm, Inc.

5775 Morehouse Drive San Diego, CA 92121-1714

Tel: (858) 658-5866

Fax: (858) 651-1994

Email: sama@qualcomm.com

Last updated on 12/21/04.

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