TOLGAHAN
TARKAN
Şişli - Istanbul / TURKEY-
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Birth place/date
Nationality
Martial status
Driving license
Military status
Istanbul/-
Turkish
Single
B
Completed
EDUCATION
Masters Degree:-
Bachelor Degree:
2003 – 2009
Jönköping University, Production Development and Management (100% Scholarship,
Sweden, 100% English)
Yeditepe University, Systems Engineering (Industrial Engineering option)( 100% English)
LANGUAGES
Foreign Languages
English: Fluent
German: Basic
Swedish: Basic
COMPUTER SKILLS
BPM Software
Softexpert BPM package modules, MS Visio
Production Planning Software
Quintiq
Dynamic Reporting Software
Jaspersoft iReport
Simulation Software
Arena (Rockwell Automation), Extendsim, Simul8, Simio, FactoryFLOW (Siemens PLM)
Fresh Connection,
Web Programming
Joomla, HTML5, CSS,
Microsoft
Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access, SQL
EXPERIENCE – Full Time
Company
Dijitalis (Istanbul / Turkey)
Position
Consultant
Duration
01 February 2016 - 15 November 2016
Projects
Responsibilities
BOSCH / Siemens washing
machine factory layout
improvement project -
Mapping all material handling processes of BOSCH / Siemens washing machine
factory in Tekirdağ /Turkey in MS Visio by information obtained through interviews and
observation.
Creating FactoryFLOW model of BOSCH / Siemens washing machine factory to
analyze the aisle congestion in the factory for the current state
Proposing factory layout and process improvement scenarios, testing results of
improvement scenarios in FactoryFLOW
Follow up through implementation of proposed improvements to Bosch Siemens
material handling operations.
Sampa Automative
Warehouse Improvement
Project
Mapping all business processes of main warehouse of SAMPA that are related to
material handing in MS Visio by information obtained through interviews and
observation.
Proposing improvement suggestions on material handling systems, warehouse systems
and business process which will enhance warehouse performance and reduce over
employment
Arçelik Dish Washer
Automated Material Handling
System Simulation Analysis
Project
Gathering raw data and information related to operation logic of automated
material handling system for dishwasher body parts.
Processing of raw data in Excel to analyze
Development of simulation model of current state and alternative scenarios in Simio.
Presentation of results of alternative scenarios
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Company
Selco - Systems Engineering and Logistics Consulting Office (Istanbul / Turkey)
Position
Consultant
Duration
15 February 2015 – 28 September.2015
Responsibilities
Giving training of The Fresh Connection supply chain simulation game to multiple
major clients.
Participation to The Fresh Connection trainers’ tournament. Finished in 13 among more
than 150 trainers.
Mapping all warehouse business processes of Gratis cosmetics supplier in Visio by
information obtained through interviews and observation.
Optimization of number of trucks and their routes for leading FMCG company.
Reduction of total distance by more than %30 percent and number of trucks from 15
to 9.
Analysis of huge amounts of warehouse inbound and outbound data using MS Excel,
Access and in-house developed analysis software.
Translation of all “The Fresh Connection” game content from English to Turkish.
Testing of production planning software solution developed for the customer.
Translation and interpretation between senior consultants and Turkish client.
Company
KPI Consulting
Position
Business / Software Consultant
Duration
-
Responsibilities
Development and testing of workflow for Turkish Airlines on Softexpert by creating
flowcharts, designing and encoding user forms..
Implementation of Softexpert BPM to SOCAR (Azerbajan), training users for
administration, configuration and process modules of Softexpert.
Development of dynamic reports for SOCAR in Jaspersoft iReport software.
Composition of User Guides of Risk, Performance, Process, Administration and
Configuration modules of Softexpert.
Design of KPI web site in Joomla. Composition of content for Solutions category.
Translation of numerous training contents and company brochures from Turkish to
English and vice versa
Participation in Sales and Requirements Analysis meetings for establishing factory
automation systems in customer companies
Preparing software requirements analysis documents for automation system projects
(both in English and Turkish)
Conducting research on production related topics such as Industry 4.0, Factories of
Future, Simulation technologies etc. translating and summarizing them in Turkish.
Conducting research about competitors (MES and CMMS software vendors)
worldwide, translating and reporting in Turkish
Development of simulation model of house appliances assembly line in Enterprise
Dynamics software
EMPLOYMENT - FREELANCE
Upwork
Link
PeoplePerHour
Link
Freelancer.com
Link
Numerous Simulation and web site management projects
%91 Job Success Rate
http://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~01542fa021bf89797d/
CERT 5 rated
%100 customer rating
pph.me/ttarkan
Numerous simulation projects
5 over 5 star rating
Preferred Freelancer Badge
https://www.freelancer.com/u/tolgahantarkan.html
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TRAININGS
Organization
Quintiq – Netherlands
Training
Quintiq Specialist Training Challenge.
Duration
2 weeks
Details
Development of specific production planning software solution for the given case using
Quintiq software development tools.
Organization
KPI Consulting
Training
Advanced Business Process Improvement Techniques
Duration
2 days
Details
Attending business process improvement techniques training by senior business consultant
Caner Fidan
Organization
BiMSER
Training
eBA workflow software training (3 days)
Duration
2 days
Details
Participation of introductory training of the new version release of Eba workflow
automation software
Organization
Hydron Consulting
Training
Applied SQL and Jaspersoft iReport training(2 days)
Duration
-
Details
Doing exercisesfor running simple to advanced queries on SQL and creating reports on
Jaspersoft iReport dynamic reporting software.
REFERENCES
Caner Fidan
CEO of KPI Consulting and Partner at Integral Management Consultancy (IMC)-
Peter Bossious
Production manager at Rman AB (Sweden)-Link for master thesis project:
http://www.rman.se/newsHistory.aspx?lang=SE&page=2
HOBBIES
Playing tennis, playing guitar, travelling, snowboarding, swimming
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