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SEBNEM UN E-MAIL: U.SEBNEM@YAHOO.COM ADRESS: 8400BOULEVARD EAST 3 H,NORTH BERGEN NJ 07 047
MOBILE : (201)724-9401
Summary
Senior Technical Project Manager with over 10+ years of IT experience in areas including: financial, insurance,
telecommunication. Skilled in designing infrastructure, implementing technology to support large user groups,
at corporate headquarters as well as multiple remote locations. Proven ability to translate business needs into
technology requirementsthat support the company’s business objectives and to successfully manage all phases
of IT projects from business analysis and requirementsdefinition to vendor selection. Motivated leader with
strong organizational and prioritization abilities. Areas of expertise include management, software
development SDLC, and Agile/ Waterfall methods of project management.
Experience
TURKCELL, I STANBUL, TR OCT’09- APRI L’15
Senior IT Project Manager
TURKCEL -GSMoperator inTurkeywith35+ millioncustomers.
 Directed the team andworkedon planning, executionof tasks, anddeployment of resources for the projects (up to
10 concurrentlyexecuting projects) in$1 to $100 millionbudget including projects of mobile applications, mobile
payments, banking software/systems, and payments network, M2M (Machine to Machine), Health mobile
applications, IPTV-multiple screen TV, WEB based portal apps, IVR, ERP Systems, CRM, .NET projects.
 Lead 50 to 100 technology specialistfromProjectManagement, QA, Development, Databaseand
Deployment teams includingvendors such as Ericson,Lucent-Alcatel,Teradata and Oracle.
 Executed the firm-wide business development initiative,which enabled informingcustomers when an un-
reachablephone number became reachableand created a revenue stream of ~ $300MM via servicefees.
 Delivered status reports andinfluential C-level communications withclarity, confidence, andenthusiasm.
 Lead anITteamindeliveryof services/completionof deliverablesoutlinedin signedstatement(s) of work while
managing andadhering to engagement management andfinancialmanagement policies
 Managingprojects basedon SDLCandwaterfall.
 Leading WEB basedor Mobile applicationnew technologyprojects as a Scum Master.
 Manage the projects in Agile methods andusing JIRA tool for Agile.
AXAFI NANCI AL, NEW YORK, NY JUN’07-OCT‘09
QA Project Manager
 Managedan ITteamranging from5 to 10 employe for IT projects in $1-$20 millionbudget.
 ManagedQA tests in the areas ofmultiple webapplications, insurance, e-commerce, DB migration and infrastructure
projects and using SDLCprocess in planning and execution.
 Using HP-PPMandJIRA tools for Agile methods
 Delivered weeklystatus reports for IT Directors andC-level management with clarity, confidence, andenthusiasm.
 Managingprojects inScrum-Agile and Kanvan.

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LEHMAN BROTHERS, NJ OCT’06- JUNE‘07
VP IT Global Technology Services
 Directed a remote Lehman IT teamlocatedinIndia alongwith thirdpartySI team (Wipro) witha team sizes200
employee for global network andfinancial applicationprojects from$10 to $100 million budgets.
 Managedsystemintegrationteam duringthe quarterlyglobal deployment of ~ 60 web portal tools, used byFinance
teams.
 Delivered weeklyreports to C- level management with clarityanddirected status meetings.
 Lead onaudit andexecutionSDCL process basedproject anddevelopment /QA planning
I DT TELECOM, NEWARK, NJ MARCH’06-OCT ‘06
QA Manager
 IT Manager of 10 employees for networkend-to endtesting for telecomcarrier projects.
AXA FI NANCI AL, NEW YORK, NY OCT’04-MARCH’ 06
IT – Project Coordinator (Consultant)
 Lead the WEB andfinancial application projects for a teamof 7 employees. Analysts, developers, UAT coordinate
testingaccording to their requirements.
 Leading andplanning SDLCprocess in QA andDevelopment.
CI TI GROUP, HARRISON, NY MARCH’03-OCT’04
Senior IT Project Manager (Consultant)
 Lead the project for a team of 5 employeesfor testingof leasing and tax, financial applications.
BANK ONE, WI LMI NGTON, DE SEP’02-MARC’03
Senior QA-Analyst Lead (Consultant)
 Managedprojects byworking with10 team members for credit card transactions and financialreporting projects.
CI NGULAR WI RELESS, WOODBRIDGE, NJ. JAN’01-SEP’02
Lead Software IT Engineer (Consultant)
 Managedan ITteamof 16 employees for the endto endtestingof network andtelecomapplications.
LUCENT TECHNOLOGI ES I NC., LI BERTY CORNER , NJ. APR’98 –NOV’00
Lead Software IT Engineer (Consultant)
 Managedan ITTeamof 8 testers for Wirelessandwireline, Local Number portabilityandArbor –BPbillingprojects.
AT&T, WESTLONG BRANCH, NJ. NOV ‘97-MAR‘98
Lead Software IT Engineer (Consultant)
 Managedan ITTeamof 3 testers for Local ordering systemandLocal Number portabilityapplications.
Education

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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, BOSTON, MA JUNE ‘97
Master of Science in Information Systems.
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, ISTANBUL, TURKEY OCT‘90
Bachelor of Science, Electronics andTelecommunicationEngineering.
Skills and Qualifications
Processes: AdvancedProject Management PMO training, Scrum master training, Agile andWaterfall Methods, CMMI Level 3,
SDLC, ITIL, SOX
Tools: JIRA tool, HP-PPM, BillingSystems Arbor BP/ OM, Rational ROBOT Excel, Power point, Visio, Share point, Microsoft
projects.
DB / Languages: SQL, Sybase, Oracle, C, C++.
Personal: U.S. Citizen, fluent in English and Turkish.