Betül Akdemir

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT BETÜL AKDEMIR

Currently, Senior Product Owner @ Flix. Previously, Head of Product @ Otokoc. Focused on products around mobility. Lead a team of product managers to create inspiring products that meet and align with business objectives and goals. Prior to that, AI Product Owner @ Otokoc. Responsible for products, mainly focus on After Sales Operations, Finance and data / AI. In 2019, prioritized and finished projects that worth more than 50 Million ₺. Have 2 big mobility projects as an Intrapreneur at Otokoc, both are invested. Came up with the idea while travelling Stockholm and found best solution provider from London, Koc Holding accepted to invest to the projects. Completed \"AI programming with Python\" program of Udacity. Chosen for Women in AI program of Koc Holding, developed an AI for accessibility project and an AI for business project which is ranked first in program. Managed two pioneer AI projects: one for damage management which is related to the insurance and other for stock optimization of wholesale spare parts. Chosen and graduated from Future Leaders program which is prepared by Koc Holding and Mckinsey. Taking Managerial Finance education from London School of Economics. Formerly, Software Specialist at Otokoç Otomotiv and responsible for the new Business Process Management software system. Developed automated Ticket System which used across five different countries. Lead a Lean 6 Sigma project for better code quality. Done research for the IT helpdesk chatbot. Spread Test Driving Development culture to the dev team. Developed Lastick which is Turkey’s first tire rental platform. Won intrapreneurship award from Otokoc and 2 IDC awards with Lastick project.Previously, Microsoft Turkey summer school attendee, MSP and a long-term intern. Program manager of the MyLibrary project, released, that had Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella level visibility and presented to him how technology transform social and education life of people with disabilities. Mylibrary is granted two awards. We were a guest on HaberTurk TV and talked about the project.Self-driven, motivated and result oriented. Love to take on tough challenges and deliver with high quality. I enjoy focusing on needs of organizations, people and finding solutions to their problems using the power of technology.Worked with Arçelik (one of the biggest manufacturing companies in TR) and LCW (one of the biggest retail companies in TR) and prepared Artificial Intelligence solution for them, details listed below under Education part.Speaks Turkish, English and some Korean. Taekwondo Turkey Champion of 2010.