Cihan I.

Cihan I.

Product Owner | Project Manager

Okayama, Japan
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About Me

Cihan is a veteran Product Owner and Project Manager with a passion for building exceptional products and managing projects by delivering high-quality solutions. He is also passionate about working in a fast-paced environment and interacting with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external. Cihan is a multi-talented business management professional who has successfully filled diverse roles like Project Manager, Product Manager, Product Owner, QA Team Lead, Business Process Analyst, and Delivery Manager. The most recent addition to his versatile skillset is Digital Transformation, which he practices remotely under his own UK-based enterprise.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Product Owner | Project Manager
2021 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Prioritizing needs in terms of product features and aligning them with stakeholder feedback.

  • Overseeing product development and communicating with the development team to plan, review, and refine requirements.

  • Acting as a primary communicator and link between stakeholders.

Virtual Sun IT Services Ltd.
Virtual Sun IT Services Ltd.
Managing Director
2022 - Present (2 years)
Remote
  • Contracted on digital transformation projects to fix supply chain problems.

  • Working with companies that have global supply chain networks to maintain, develop, and reduce risks and cost.

  • Devising effective cost-reducing and risk-mitigating solutions for businesses to grow sustainably with integrated and automated enterprise-level software solutions.

Virtasant
Virtasant
Product Manager
2022 - Present (2 years)
Remote
  • Developing a cloud cost optimization tool for US blue chip companies, ensuring its effectiveness in solving customers’ business problems.

  • Helped customers to save over $1 million through bringing new solutions and helping their business users.

  • Leading a small team of product owners to ensure design quality and effectiveness and setting up support processes.

Aurea Software
Aurea Software
Program Manager | QA Manager
2020 - 2022 (2 years)
Remote
  • Coordinated, managed, implemented, and ensured the successful completion of multiple software customization, integration, and upgrade projects.

  • Assessed project risks, took appropriate actions to minimize risk, and ensured project objectives are adequately met.

  • Maintained and provided regular comprehensive status reports and project schedules to different stakeholders.

Sony Network Communications Europe
Sony Network Communications Europe
SAP SCM Consultant
2020 - 2020
Istanbul, Turkey
  • Provided subject-matter expertise for Sony's SAP SCM project, identifying, analyzing, and building an implementation roadmap.

  • Gathered and translated requirements into the product roadmap, building consensus with relevant stakeholders.

  • Delivered product designs, project plans, and project deliverables, instituting measures for a successful project.

NTT Ltd
NTT Ltd
Software Project Manager
2020 - 2020
Remote
  • Identified, gathered, and validated project requirements.

  • Designed and managed manual end-to-end testing processes on the NTT project.

  • Mapped technical requirements with the right software module to ensure a successful rollout for NTT.

Aurea Software
Aurea Software
Project Delivery Manager | QA Manager
2015 - 2020 (5 years)
Remote
  • Worked with stakeholders to document processes and enhance knowledge transfer and continuity on projects.

  • Managed and delivered solutions for the Aurea CRM, Avolin, DCM, and Jive products.

  • Offered expertise for different roles on the project, reviewing tasks from distributed teams and ensuring product quality.

Insight Health GmbH
Insight Health GmbH
Project Manager
2012 - 2015 (3 years)
Remote
  • Actively participated in and completed 6 high-quality projects on time and within budget and scope for Insight Health.

  • Oversaw project tasks from start to finish, coordinating efforts with multiple teams and clients.

  • Led processes to redesign and migrate functionalities on the legacy desktop app to the cloud as a DaaS.

Portfolio

Project Manager -  Insight Health GmbH
Project Manager - Insight Health GmbH

Insight Health GmbH is a Data as a Service company as my first software development project management experience. It is a company who decided to market their pharmaceutical industry sales data smarter with data analytics cloud application (IH-Galaxy) that integrates with patent data cloud application (IH-Shark) in the pharma industry to analyze, map the current and predict the future sales and price figures and trends by the help of AI with the market data from/for US, Russia, and Europe (Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland) for more than 900 medium and large pharmaceutical manufacturing companies.

Program Manager - Jive Onboarding
Program Manager - Jive Onboarding

Jive enables HR teams to create an exceptional experience at every stage of the employee journey - from training and onboarding to recruitment and retention and from collaboration and alignment to productivity and innovation. Jive connects people and strengthens a company's corporate culture. Scope: Medium- and large-scale multiple software development, customization, ERP & non-ERP system integration, managed service, and upgrade projects.

Program Manager - Aurea Compliance Manager
Program Manager - Aurea Compliance Manager

Aurea Compliance Manager delivers end-to-end integrated solutions designed to address the specific workflow and compliance needs in the life sciences. ACM brings industry-leading document management solutions to the market to address clinical, quality, and regulatory requirements across life sciences.

Education

Education
MCIPS
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
2020 - 2020
Education
Emerging Lions Leadership
Lions Club International
2018 - Present (6 years)
Education
MSc Operations & Supply Chain Management
University of Liverpool - UK
2015 - 2020 (5 years)
Education
Ethical Procurement and Supply
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
2015 - 2015
Education
GAMP5 CSV Certification
ISPE
2013 - Present (11 years)
Education
BBA International Business Management
HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
1989 - 1993 (4 years)