Mert Bulut

MERT BULUT Founder & CEO Keyuan South, San Xiang Hai Shang Garden, Building D2, Room 30A Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CHINA - |-| https://www.linkedin.com/in/mertbulut Date of Birth:- Marital Status: Married Profile 10+ years of experience in a Fortune top 500 company and 18 years in the consumer electronics industry with a background in R&D hardware engineering, test and quality engineering, product sourcing and project and product management, team leading. Living last 13 years in Shenzhen, China. Confident, proactive, good in communication and management, self-motivated, well-organized, and dependable. Having deep know-how of electronic product development, quality management, and China sourcing. Since 2018 with own company Mezz Solutions and has a team of industrial designers, mechanical engineers, and electronic and software engineers in the company; designing and developing consumer electronic and IOT products, finding the right manufacturers for these products, managing both the supplier and product quality, managing the project from beginning (the idea stage) to the mass production. Skills Matrix consumer electronics | wearables | home appliances | smart devices | IOT | supply chain management | sourcing | project management | product development | supplier quality control | product quality control | product testing | R&D management | business development | price negotiations | supplier contract management | customer relations | leadership | team management | leadership |intermediate level Chinese reading and speaking (HSK 4) Career Details Trome Smart Solutions HK Ltd. – Co-Founder & Head of Operations (Shenzhen, CN) 01 January 2021 – Present Co-founded Trome Smart Solutions HK limited in January 2021. The main purpose of Trome is to provide supply chain management and sourcing services for overseas customers. Ø Reached to new customers in 7 different countries in the first year (UK, USA, South Africa, Turkey, Cyprus, Canada, Australia) and 3M RMB in revenue in the first year. Ø Signed long term strategic partnership contracts with 2 major customers. Ø Focus on Energy Storage Systems ESS, Batteries, EV components, EV chargers (AC,DC) Ø Focus on Consumer electronics, IOT, components, chipsets Mezz Solutions (Shenzhen) Co., LTD. – Founder & CEO (Shenzhen, China) 13 August 2018 – Present Founded Mezz Solutions in Shenzhen in August 2018. The main purpose for Mezz Solutions is to help start-up companies, mid to big size companies all over the world. Provide consultation, product development and manufacturing services from idea realization, industrial design stage to mass production, quality control. Focus on IOT, connected devices in home appliances, personal care, consumer electronics and B2B solutions. Ø Kicked off 3 customers in the first month and became the long term solution partner of 2 startup companies in the first 6 month. Ø Developed new supply chain partners in China for different product categories. Ø Developed new technology solution partners and engineering team in China Ø Developed 9 new products in the first year. o 3 smart products for professional sports players o 1 smart pet device 1 smart audio system with wireless charging electric toothbrush (the first in the world) with Alexa Voice Assistant. o 1 connected warehouse solution with a B2B enterprise. o 3 smart products for kitchen. Ø Reached 2M RMB company revenue in the first year. Ø Focus on Consumer electronics, IOT, small domestic appliances, kitchen appliances Ø Focus on Artificial Intelligence AI, Cloud and mobile applications, embedded software, wireless technologies o Reference Works: Ø Smart Speaker with Wireless charging electric toothbrush. Industrial design, mechanical design for the toothbrush and the speaker, and also software and electronics design of the speaker is done by Mezz engineers. Product link: www.waveeworks.com Ø Vibration massage ball for sports players. Industrial design, mechanical design, electronics and software design is done by Mezz engineers. Product link: https://sidekicktool.com/products/flare?variant=- Ø Smart dog potty. Developed for dogs so that they can pee and poo indoor without having to need to walk outside. The electronics and software design is done by Mezz engineers. Product link: www.brilliantpad.com Libre Wireless Technologies Inc– Director of Operations (Shenzhen, China) 24 May 2017 – 13 July 2018 Head of the operations in Libre Wireless Technologies Inc. China Office. Libre Wireless Technologies Inc, is a leading company in AI, IOT, Wi-Fi technologies. Libre Wireless creates software and hardware for Amazon Alexa, Google Voice Assistant, Microsoft Cortana voice assistants. Libre Wireless modules go into all kind of smart products in consumer electronics, audio, dect-phones, home appliances, toys, surveillance systems, etc. Ø Leading the operation team for all the operational management of the contract manufacturer partners Ø Directing the production planning, logistics with demand coordination Ø Defining the operation strategy within the industry dynamics and making the coordination Ø Getting new products into the market, leading the NPI procedures. Ø Developing and qualifying alternatives for supply chain Ø Leading the quality team for the quality management of the products and contract manufacturers. Ø Managing the operational team for the RMA process and continuously improve the products with the customer feedback. Binatone Electronics International Ltd – Product Manager (Shenzhen, China) 12 December 2016 – 24 May 2017 Responsible for consumer electronics lifestyle products development for Motorola, following Motorola quality requirements, monitoring the tests, NPI, quality control of the supply chain, finding alternative suppliers, developing new product ranges on connected audio line up. Ø Responsible for product development of consumer electronic products such Bluetooth headsets, earbuds, Bluetooth speakers. Ø Working with the regional PMs to get the feedbacks for market, following the demand and checking the feasibility to apply on roadmap Ø Directly responsible for price negotiations and sourcing operations. Ø Working with 3rd party R&D houses, checking new technologies, new solutions for consumer electronic products. Directly communicating with the solution providers for project realization. Beko Electronics – Product Sourcing Team Leader (Shenzhen, China) 24 May 2011 – 30 Nov 2016 Responsible for product development, testing, outgoing quality control of the Grundig consumer electronic products, quality control of the supply chain, merchandising, finding alternative suppliers, developing new product ranges. Ø Responsible for product development of consumer electronic products such alarm clock radios, internet radios, portable mp3 players, micro hi-fi stereo systems, set-top boxes, dvd and bd players, tablet PC and notebooks. Ø Leading the team for the development of 20 new products each year in average Ø As being a sourcing executive, helping to create the roadmap, new product groups. Ø Directly responsible for price negotiations and sourcing operations. Ø Deep know-how and experience with the Chinese supply chain for sourcing operations. Ø Working with 3rd party R&D houses, checking new technologies, new solutions for consumer electronic products. Directly communicating with the solution providers for project realization. Ø Leading the engineering and quality team for product testing, product quality control and factory audits. Beko Electronics – Technical Project Manager (Istanbul, Turkey) 01 May 2009 – 23 May 2011 Worked on testing Grundig consumer electronic products such as alarm clock radios, internet radios, portable mp3 players, micro hi-fi stereo systems, set-top boxes, dvd players, bluray players. Ø Created test plans and specs for consumer electronic products Ø Applied the tests based on the test plan and sustain the performance of the tested products Beko Electronics – HW Design Engineer (Istanbul, Turkey) 09 August 2006 - 01 May 2009 Worked on Beko, Arçelik and Grundig LCD TV design projects - Base involving Integrated Digital LCD TV projects including research, development, design and application processes. Followed new technologies and IC’s used in TV applications. Give technical support and making changes in design if necessary and make the project ready for mass production. Gave seminars about new developing technologies in consumer electronics market. Preparing informative documents about both receiver and broadcast technologies in TV. Ø Worked on design of the first MPEG-4 HD LCD TV Project in company Ø Worked on design of the first portable LCD TV Project in company Ø 2 seminars about DVB-T and DVB-T2 are given. Ø Got 1 patent about an hdmi connection method Professional Development Ø Operations Management by University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (24 January 2018) Ø Marketing Oriented Product Development Training (by Hakan Tetik / 15-19 October 2014) Ø Innovative Problem Solving Techniques ( by ABC Consultancy / 10-11June 2008) Ø Grid for Employees (by Ekser Consultancy / 12-14 May 2008) Ø Digital Terrestrial Television – An Overview (in University of Surrey, United Kingdom / 25-27June 2007) Ø Apple Technology Summits Shenzhen 7 November 2012 & 12-14 November 2014 Ø Hong Kong Electronic Fairs (attending since 2011 till present) Ø Canton Fairs (attending since 2011 till present) Patents Ø An HDMI Connection Method (Europe WO-) Inventors: Mert Bulut, İlker Uzun, Veli Ağ, Oğuzhan Öztürk Education and Qualifications Ø Electronics Engineering (M.S.) Istanbul Technical University, TURKEY Ø Electronics Engineering (B.S.) Istanbul Technical University, TURKEY Ø Istanbul Technical University Honor List 2006 – 2007 (Not Finished) 2002 - &- Ø APRO Bilişim Sistem Ltd. Şti (IT System and Management) (Internship) Ø EGES Elekrik-Elektronik A.Ş. (Electric-Electronis Co.) (Internship) Ø PORTAKAL Yazılım (Software Co.) (Internship) Languages Ø Turkish: Native Ø English: Fluent writing, reading, speaking 2006 TOEFL CBT Score: 220 (TWE 4,0) Ø Chinese:Intermediate HSK Level 4 Hobbies and Interests Ø Playing drums, composing music 2005 Summer 2005 Summer 2004 Summer