I am a patent granted, Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management certified business leader with transdisciplinary business, consultancy and research experience. My broad understanding of implication of business strategies for various industries such as energy, mobility and digital technologies makes me passionate about experiencing new career challenges within an interdisciplinary working environment. With my resilience and flexibility, I spearheaded globally working competence teams in research and business development across Europe and Asia-Pacific markets. ISO and CMMI based coordination and project management of national and international large scale industrial and government funded projects in digital and IT technologies, automotive, hydrogen energy and engineering is one of my assets. I have a strong track-record to bridge technology and business for revenue and profit in high-end industrial applications that has been fostered by several years of residency in Germany, USA, England and China. With my exceptional 10 + years of professional experience, I sustained collective intelligence, built effective relationships with public and private decision makers and consolidated best performance operation processes. I created successfully value in multi-cultural and interdisciplinary teams. With my proven track record in effective communication, authorship skills, I forged strong customer relations and work closely with central and business units.
My voyage doing work that leaves footprints and developing a mindset for revenue and profit started during my operation management classes and my research in Massachusetts, USA.
This evolved to a professional level during my industrial research and development work in England, for the Dutch company COLBOND bv. (now Low and Bonar- a subsidiary of Freudenberg Group manufacturing high-performance materials and fabrics for industrial applications).
I climbed my career steps in business, gaining experience in engineering, technology consultancy, management by working in textiles, energy, automotive and digital technologies.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO) | Competence Center in Industry 4.0 2021 - 2022 Institute of Industrial Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
DIRECTOR | Fuel Cell Competence Center 2018 - 2021 FEV Europe GmbH, Germany / FEV China Co. Ltd. China
PROJECT MANAGER | Programme Management 2017 - 2018 FEV Europe GmbH, Germany
ENTREPRENEUR AND MANAGING DIRECTOR 2016 - 2018 Multiphysics Energy Solutions, Technologiezentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
HEAD of RESEARCH GROUP | Energy Technologies - Modelling and Simulation 2010 - 2015 Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
SCIENTIST | Energy Technologies - Component Design and Development 2008 - 2009 Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
RESEARCHER | Thermofluids, Computational Eng., Manufacturing and Mech. Eng. 2005 - 2008 Loughborough University, England
My strong background and fundamentals in management, engineering, materials, IT, computational engineering have been fostered by learning and teaching at world's most reputable universities and institutes.
My lifelong learning culture has been an important trait that makes me successful in my career.
EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA 2021- 2022 MIT Sloan School of Management & MIT CSAIL Computational Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE | Harvard University, USA 2020 - 2021 Management Essentials, Harvard Business School Online
VISITING PROFESSOR | University of Science and Technology of China, China 2016 - 2016 Department of Physics
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR - DOZENT | FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany 2012 - 2016 Department of Energy
DOCTORAL DEGREE (Ph.D.) | Loughborough University, England 2005 - 2008 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (Scholarship)
EXCHANGE STUDENT (M.Sc.) and VISITING SCHOLAR | University of Massachusetts, USA 2004 - 2004 College of Engineering, Dept. of Materials Sciences (Scholarship)
MASTER OF SCIENCE (Dipl.-Ing. M.Sc.) | RWTH Aachen University, Germany 2001 - 2005 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Scholarship)
I am glad to share an insight about my roles and showcase my transdisciplinary experience, capabilities and potential that may add value from your perspective.
Implementing the unfreeze-change-refreeze stages is mandatory for organisations to determine how change is managed and translates strategy into operation! Staff, structure and systems need to be align for change to take effect.
I welcome new business areas, applying my knowledge and experience to new contexts, dogging focus on execution with empathy. Empowering people requires resources. I spearheaded a sense of urgency and secured swift and early success in the competence center organisation structure that had a motivational and galvanising impact on team members. This is critical for any organisation to express the ability to deliver change otherwise suffering from tissue rejection.
Achievements
Kick-Off Meeting of the €12 million Industry 4.0 technology excellence center project. Me as COO, coordinating the 20+ consortium partners also moderated the meetings with leaders encountering an academic, industrial or political mindset. Having worked in either environment enabled me to make the most practical compromises.
The competence center has strategic pillars comprising a steering committee and an advisory board with work package leaders, industrial an government representatives.
The competence center comprises many leaders and dozens of technical teams within the vicinity of Aachen to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in SMEs. The steering committee and advisory board have been seeded, the foundation of the overall project introduced and ultimately handed over to a junior successor.
https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/pressemitteilungen/de/2021/09/011021-KI-Zukunft-Kohleregionen.html
I embrace the discomfort for success in my career trajectory!
10+ years of global business and research residency in USA, China, England, Netherlands, Turkey and Germany
I gained and implemented knowledge, as well as diversity of social, methodic and personal soft skills required to work successfully across the world in multicultural transdisciplinary teams and various environmental and engineering sectors such as clean energy, mobility and digital technologies.
Achievements:
Strategy meeting with government officials in Guangdong, China in 2018.
While shaping the future of the business, driving key change and transformation initiatives, tracking key industry trends, setting a framework to implement strategy into practice...all marks are required when I consult the CEO.
Briefing the press at an exhibition in China and representing FEV in new energy vehicles at the European Fuel Cell Forum (2019) that is the most important event in this field.
Building and reinforcing the company image through strong communication and presentation skills is of paramount importance. Trained in coaching, briefing, moderating, reporting, auditing and feeding back...I benefit from my strong rhetoric and didactical skills gathered through long-standing academic teaching and supervising and customer relation activities.
I conveyed and amplified the company culture on world-wide events as panel or guest speaker such as the New Energy Vehicle Technology Forum, European Chamber of Commerce, Automotive Roundtable, ATZ Congress Electrified Mobility etc.
Knowing how to get things done and building a cohort at all levels has been key for me in business development and multi-project management.
Press demonstration of a new fuel cell electric vehicle by a valued partner prior the Shanghai Automotive Show.
I initiated the strategic cooperation agreement on a comprehensive co-development of mass-production vehicles and a joint promotion of the customer that was the first large scale hydrogen project received from Asia-Pacific.
Before that, I organised together with the central units the first fuel cell electric vehicle conference with +100 world-wide participants from academia, industry and politics. the company has been eligable to receive funds by governments.
As an Entrepreneur, I am curious and tasked to be passionate about different business and research fields within the age of digital transformation!
Being educated by prominent universities such as MIT, Harvard University, Loughborough University builds my framework in consistent development.
My intercontinental education and adaptation to digital technologies proactively built the competences required for evidence-based decion making, self-reflection and risk assessment capabilities by learning from others and sharing with others in their virtual and real meeting place of choice. With my team I contributed a vast of engineering applications and staff education through the academy.
Achievements:
As an expert reviewer, I evaluate the quality and innovation of research in academic publications such as International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Energies, Applied Energy etc. As an invited lecturer I supported and taught from 2012-2019 voluntarily at the Joint European Summer School on Fuel Cells, Batteries and Electrolysers for the collaborative education and networking in Europe.
My pedagogical experience improved many of my soft skills I use in customer engagement, collaborative work with international partners and business.
Receiveing an award in 2017 at the International Automotive Engineering Conference for my contributions to future mobility technologies together with prominent representatives from global industry pioneers.
As an Entrepreneur, I have supported various industries and disciplines in technology and know-how, know-why transfer, product development, built transdisciplinary teams, spearheaded digitalised research such as computer aided research, trained and supervised personnel. Years of experience and transdisciplnary collaborative working awards...
Consultancy requires evidence-based proven skills in various disciplines.
My proven expertise in various materials, engineering and multiphysics processes comprises interaction of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, thermomechanics, chemical and electrochemical processes used in different engineering sectors. This helps me to think out of the box!
I ve been sharing my experiences world-wide by consistently publishing quality written works such as technical books, articles.
I am author of over 50 academic publications and summarised some of my experiences in my monograph „Multiphysics Modelling - Materials, Components and Systems“ published by the worlds most reputable leader in information and analytics ELSEVIER
https://www.elsevier.com/about/this-is-elsevier
https://www.elsevier.com/books/multiphysics-modeling/peksen/978-0-12-811824-5
My experimental and theoretical research experience has spearheaded many innovative products in engineering technologies that created value and captured business opportunities. The sample high-temperature solid oxide electrolyser / fuel cell is one of them.
EP2372825 patent granted research in hydrogen and clean energy technologies
Honoured by the Chinese Academy of Science 100 World Talent Programme.
As a scientist I gained and shared knowledge, as well as diversity of social, methodic and personal soft skills required to work successfully across the world in multicultural transdisciplinary teams and various sectors such as textiles, clean energy, mobility and digital technologies.
Achievements:
I introduced 2010 at the World Hydrogen Conference for the first time in the literature how a whole fuel cell system with all components is digitalised and simulated in 3D. The term multiphysics has been spreaded across the world since than and boosted my career. Interacting with other well-known researchers such as 2007 Nobel Prize Winner Peter Grünberg, working closely together with Electrochemical Society Medallist Andrei Kulikovsjy or Christian-Friedrich-Schönbein Medallist Ludger Blum added value to my technical and personal skills.
Likewise coined by Aristotle, I am aware what knowledge and expertise is required for the design, development and operation of energy systems.
Understanding of thermal, mechanical, chemical, electrochemical processes are mandatory. Competences in various disciplines such as design, modelling, thermomechanical and thermofluid behaviour of components, life duration of materials, system and process engineering, IT etc. is challenging but essential. To leash my potential as an innovator and influencer as well as transfer my knowledge required many soft skills that I gathered over time.
Okinawa, Honolulu, Atlanta, Glasgow, Shanghai, Beijing, Vienna, Lucerne, Athens, Istanbul and a vast of global cities... I ve held seminars, lectures, webinars, workshops, panels across the globe about various engineering and science subjects. This has continuously improved my emotional intelligence, ability to communicate complex ideas and conveying crucial messages. The multi-cultural environment has greatly improved my global mindset, flexibility and creativity that I have benefited intensively throughout my career.
Free copy of my recent invited article from 2021, Hydrogen Technology towards the Solution of Environment-Friendly New Energy Vehicles for a special issue in Energies.
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/16/4892
Within a large interdisciplinary scientist team of +100 people, I contributed directly to the world-record of 80000h non-stop fuel cell operation that provides an innovative technology solution for a decarbonised energy future. The solid oxide fuel cell technology is one of the major key technologies to be used towards a clean hydrogen economy. Our research and technology innovation led to many inventions, publications and awards that many of our experts including myself were honoured with.
I invented the fuel cell/electrolysis design-that has been granted the European Patent File EP2372825. Mathematical relations, 1.5 Million Variants, surrogate modelling...all foundations we call today machine learning and pillars of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been used for my innovative approach and product design. An incredible performance has been observed in practice for more than two years prior proceeding to be adopted as the fundamental design of Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany.
One of my business cards (must be around 2009) used during my approximately 8 years of employment in one of the largest research centers in the world.
2019
Panel Speaker, European Chamber of Commerce, Fuel Cell Vehicles, Beijing, CN.
Invited Speaker, Fuel Cell Technology as One Future Mobility Solution for the Chinese Market. The 3rd China New Energy Vehicle Summit, 14-16 April, Shanghai, CN.
Invited Speaker, Fuel Cell Technology Solutions Towards New Energy Vehicle Development, The 8th New Energy Vehicle Technology Forum, 5-6 September, Shanghai, CN.
Guest Speaker, Automotive Roundtable, Fuel Cell Vehicles, Beijing, CN.
Panel Speaker, Fuel Cell Technology Development and Application in Vehicles. Fuel Cell Vehicles Conference, 14th March, Foshan, CN.
Session Chair, European Fuel Cell Forum, Lucerne, CH.
2018
Director, Fuel Cell Competence Center, FEV Powertrain Tech. Co. Ltd., CN
Invited Speaker, Design and Optimisation of fuel cells using 3d Multiphysics simulation, Weichai Technical Week Conference, 11. December, Weifang, CN.
Distinguished Speaker, New Generation Fuel Cell Development, Future Mobility Conference, 11. July, Shanghai, CN.
Invited Speaker, Fuel Cell Range Extender, Tailored System Development from Concept to Public Road Usage. 8th Aachen Colloquium China, 14-15 November, Beijing.
Invited Speaker, ATZ Congress Electrified Mobility, Stuttgart, DE.
2017
Invited Speaker, FuelCell Technologies, International Automotive Engineering Conference, Istanbul, TR.
2016
Visiting Professor, University of Science & Technology of China (UCST), Hefei, CN, invited by the 100 Talent Programme, Chinese Academy of Science.
Inventor Award, EP2372825 European Patent, Fuel Cell Module, FZ-Jülich, DE.
Invited Speaker, Recent Developments in 3D Multiphysics Modelling of Whole Fuel Cell Systems for Assisting Commercialisation and Improved Reliability. 230th Pacific Rim/ECS Meeting, October 2-7, Honolulu, HI, USA.
2013
Chairman, SOFC Modelling Session, 5th European Fuel Cell “Piero Lunghi” Conference, Rome, IT.
Best Lecturer Award, Joint European Summer School on Fuel Cells, Battery and Hydrogen Technology, Athens, GR.
2010
Prestigious Bonus of FZ -Jülich for the European, German Patent File, Brenstoffzellen Modul, 11858-PT.
2007
The Royal Academy of Engineering Grant, UK
EDANA Royal Academy Award, UK
2005
Scholarship, Prestigious Loughborough University Scholarship, UK, COLBOND bv, NL.
2004
Visiting Scholar, University of Massachusetts, MA, USA.
2002
Scholarship, RWTH Aachen University, Saurer Group, DE.
BOOKS
Elsevier INC publishing 2018. ISBN-13: 9780128118245, eBook:9780128119037
PATENTS
BOOK CHAPTER
PRESENTATIONS at INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH ARTICLES
PUBLICATIONS in PEER REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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