Management
Berrin Benli
Berrin was born in 1963 in Ankara. She has BSc degree of Computer Engineering from METU (Middle East Technical University) in 1986; she has been student of University of Phoenix, Arizona (Exec.MBA, Global Management Program) in 2005.
She is the Founder of “NOVUSENS - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute" which is an independent "THINK TANK" organization that delivers professional services on innovation and entrepreneurship to foster “sustainable development". Berrin has established "Big Data Institute" of NOVUSENS in 2013 and "Smart City Institute" of NOVUSENS in 2014 to support ICT Innovation field. She is also the co-founder of "IDE Consulting" which delivers professional ICT services on high-tech industries.
As a professional ICT expert she uniquely combines her broad experience of enterprise industry with the knowledge of business management, technology adoption, innovation, and education to develop and deliver effective management and learning experiences both at local country and global platforms. She has over 25 years of business experience in ICT industry carrying both business and technical management roles in the fast pace MNCs (likle Oracle Corp, Intel Corp.) and local giant system integrators and software development companies. During her 12 years of tenure with Oracle Corporation, she held various Executive Management roles both at Regional levels (Europe, Middle East & Africa) covering 35 countries, and Global levels (US, EMEA, APAC).
She was recognized as the ‘Best Country Support Services Director’ among 35 countries of Oracle EMEA Support Services Division, received the prestigious ‘Best Country’ of the year awards under the categories of ‘Customer Satisfaction, ‘Employee Satisfaction’, ‘Business Performance’ for many years. In year 2000, she was recognized by the Turkish IT media as the first international woman executive of Turkey- appointed by e-Europe Middle East Africa Region in IT Business Industry.
When she was leading Innovation Centre of Intel in Turkey, she led successful large scale longer-term concept projects that (technological and business new usage models).
Berrin is a strong TED and TEDx conferences fan. She is the curator of “TEDxAnkaraCitadel” event which was the first TEDx event in Ankara. She organized “TEDxAnkaraCitadel” event on 2013 and 2014. She is in the process of preparing the 3rd one in 2015.
Specialties: Innovation (Technology, Business, Process and Social), Entrepreneurship (technology and Social), Business Development, Professional Support Services, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), Global Business Management, People Management, Product Management, Trusted Advisor, Corporate Affairs, International Affairs, Policy Maker and Policy Influencer, Academic Lecturing on 'Innovation Management'.
Melih Gezer
Melih Gezer joined “NOVUSENS Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute” as a Co-Founder on 1st of October 2014. He is an information technology professional with over 30 years of profesional experience in the high- tech industry both at local and international paltforms. He was responsible for developing strategies, implementing and managing programs on K12 / higher education, entrepreneurship, research and public policy issues together with government organizations, universities and NGOs when running “Corporate Affairs Manager” role in Intel Turkey for 9 years.
Melih joined Intel in 2006 as Country Education Manager and assumed responsibility in his current role in 2007. Prior to Intel, he worked in Turkey and Holland in the IT and Defense industries in various roles. Melih holds a BSc Degree in Computer Engineering from METU (Middle east Technical University) on 1985 and MBA degree from Bilkent University.