Vadi Efe

Current

Digital Media Director at D-CAT Technologies
Partner at ortakantin AŞ

Past

Project Manager Turkey at sevenload GmbH
Project Manager at Expodea
Web Developer at Digital Graphics

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Education

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Bogaziçi Üniversitesi
Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft Berlin

Istanbul Erkek Lisesi

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Industry

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Vadi Efe’s Summary

Hands-on approach to technology, product development & management
Expertise in social networks, operations & community management, online marketing, business development
International work experience (@Germany - Berlin, Aachen, Köln)
Fluent in german & english
Blogger & guest author in several internet & business magazines
Graduated from top tier schools in Turkey & Germany

Vadi Efe’s Specialties:

E-Business, E-Commerce, Product Development, Product Management, Localization, Internationalization, Operations
Management, Community Management, Business Development, Social Networks, Web2.0, New Media, Social Media, Online Marketing, Blogging

Vadi Efe’s Experience

Digital Media Director

D-CAT Technologies

(Information Services industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)

Managing new media & digital services.

Establishing and maintaining corporate partnerships.

D-CAT is a technology and business company, whose aim is to develop in-house applications with business value or take advantage of technologies and/or solutions of pre-proven global software vendors.

- Digital media, web-based services, e-commerce
- Mobile technology, SMS/MMS, IVR, Mobile VAS,3G
- Application Development and Business Intelligence consultancy
- IT Outsourcing
Partner

ortakantin AŞ

(Internet industry)

2005 — Present (4 years )

Popular social network platform for university students in Turkey.
Includes its own message boards, activity center and Web TV.
90.000+ members.
Majority shares acquired by YouthRep AŞ @2009
Project Manager Turkey

sevenload GmbH

(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year )

Member of sevenload International Team, leading strategies for Turkey,
Interacting with several departments in sevenload HQ to define strategy,
Responsible for marketing activities of sevenload.com in Turkey,
Establishing and maintaining corporate partnerships,
Managing the whole localization process of sevenload products.
Launched sevenload.com.tr
1st prize: Web Awards Turkey 2008 (Localization category)
4th most visited social network in Turkey (comscore, 2009)
Coordinating the content acquisition and project management
Project Manager

Expodea

(Internet industry)

2005 — 2008 (3 years )

Management of product development and online marketing activities,
Focused on Web2.0 and social media production & management,
Represented the Turkish social media market in European events,
Internationalization and localization of several web based projects,
Launched products in Turkey and Germany (ortakantin.com, okumasitesi.com, eingeladen.com etc.)
Reached more than 250.000 registered users in total
Consultation of internet companies on their expansions to Turkey,
providing the right contacts, strategies and solutions to them.
Consulted Toksta, Mixxt, EmlakTown24, and more
Web Developer

Digital Graphics

(Internet industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year )

Web based application development for several commercial companies.
Launched havadurumu.com.tr
Work experience in projects for worldwide well-known brands.
Citibank.com.tr, Citroen.com.tr, Siemens-home.com

Vadi Efe’s Education

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

MSc. , Media Informatics , 2007 — 2008
Bogaziçi Üniversitesi

BSc. , Management Information Systems , 2002 — 2007
Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft Berlin

Exc. , Int. Marketing & Management , 2006 — 2006
Istanbul Erkek Lisesi

High School 1994 — 2002