Sahika Vatan

About Sahika Vatan

Relentless and highly productive global leader with deep expertise in operational learning and human and organizational performanceKeen ability to effectively manage multiple cross-functional enterprise teams by leveraging strong relationships to build coalition among senior leaders and peersProven experience in leading globally distributed remote teams using traditional and agile project methodologiesPassionate mentor focused on developing other professionals and positioning them for career growth through focused mentorship and coachingSeasoned leader with industrial engineering expertise with 15+ years of experience designing and implementing processes that support workplace efficiency and safetyExpertise: Operational Learning / Human and Organizational Performance: develop strategies and tools to integrate human performance concepts into process safety, safe work processes, incident investigation and fatality prevention programs; lead development of human error prevention and human reliability tools; facilitate Human Performance learning sessions for leaders; provide Human Performance training for all levels of the organization. Human Factors: usability testing; usability research design; human-computer interaction(HCI); students’ use of computers; design, evaluation and usability testing of educational software and training materials; user centered design. Statistics: Design of Experiments, Biostatistics, Statistical Process ControlErgonomics: industrial and office ergonomics; educational ergonomics; upper extremity work-related musculoskeletal disorders; driver behaviour and performance measurement; electromyography. Industrial Engineering: Time study, Methods Engineering, Operations ResearchPublic speaking: Training leadership teams, workforce, awareness sessions, educational workshops

Experience

1. Principal Engineer, Ehss

   Antora Energy

   May 2025 — Present · US

Education

• Ohio University

  M.S., Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering

  2001 — 2003

• The Ohio State University

  Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering

  2003 — 2007

• Ankara Ataturk Anatolian High School

  High School Diploma

  1989 — 1996

• Çankaya Üniversitesi

  B.S., Industrial Engineering

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Proposal Writing
• Industrial Engineering
• Ergonomics
• Operations Research
• Data Analysis
• Statistics
• Product Design
• Experimental Design
• Simulations
• Process Optimization
• Human Factors
• Design of Experiments
• Research Design
• Human Factors Engineering
• Data Mining
• Task Analysis
• Human Computer Interaction
• Usability Testing
• User-Centered Design
• Training
• Usability
• Mathematical Modeling
• Biomechanics
• Analysis
• Strategy
• Occupational Health
• Minitab
• Modeling
• Matlab
• Statistical Modeling
• Optimization
• Leadership
• Six Sigma
• Research
• Management
• Project Management
• Program Management
• Public Speaking
• Teaching
• Human Performance