Murat Demir

About the Candidate

Murat Demir
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Email:      muratdemir007@gmail.com

LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/murat-demir-572121189/

 

Professional Experience
2018: Freelance (Self-employed) Project Manager

 

2017-2018: Chair, OF-5, TUR-MOD Army CIS School Electronics Warfare (EW) Systems Board

Responsible for the training & education of EW Officers, NCOs, Professional Sergeants before their first assignments.

 

2016-2017: Branch Head, OF-5, HQ Turkish General Staff, Communications, Electronics, and Information Systems Project Management Branch

Led large scale military communications, electronics, and information systems projects (including military radios) to meet the joint requirements of Land, Air and Navy Commands.

 

2015-2016: Section Head, OF-5, HQ Turkish General Staff, Software Development Center (SDC)

Oversaw small and medium scale software projects to meet the joint requirements of Land, Air and Navy Commands in all functional areas (intelligence, operations, logistics…).

 

2013-2015: Project Manager, OF-4, NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) CAPDEV C2DS CIS Branch, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Project Manager for the delivery of NATO’s Land Command and Control Information Services (LC2IS) infrastructure during the Requirements Definition phase. Managing Work Packages for eliciting user and regulatory requirements; conducted and chaired requirements workshops participated by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from operational NATO HQs in different functional areas. Involved in the preparation of “Project Manager Handbook” for C2DS project managers. Participated in the cross functional team meetings within the HQ as a Land C2 SME.

 

2011-2013: Chair, OF-3, Turkish Military Academy, Department of Electronics Engineering

Managing and mentoring faculty and academic staff. Taught various electronics engineering courses and supervised students on thesis (MSc, PhD) and projects.

 

1995-2011: Chief Technical Project Officer, OF-1, OF-2 & OF-3, Turkish Army Aviation School, Helicopter Simulator Center

Chief Technical Project Officer for delivery of “Helicopter Simulator Center”; from development of technical design specifications to the end user acceptance test procedures phases. The center is composed of virtual simulators (two S-70 A28/DSAR Sikorsky and one AS-532 Cougar helicopter full flight simulators), constructive simulation assets (computer generated forces) representing other entities (friend and foe) and a standalone computer-based training system.

 

Chief Maintenance Officer responsible for the maintenance and daily operations of 4 CAE made UH-1H full flight simulators. Managed technical staff (app. 8 FTE) and oversee maintenance activities and daily operations at the Center.

 

Education (Degree/Diploma)
2001-2008       Ph.D., Institute of Information Sciences, Gazi University, Ankara

1997-2001       M.S., EE Engineering, Gazi University, Ankara

1991-1995       B.S., EE Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

 

Other Professional Experience, Certifications
2017               CCNA R&S: Introduction to Networks

CCNA R&S: Routing and Switching Essentials

(Networking Academy ID: 46143655)

 

2014-2015      Master’s Certificate in Project Management.

The George Washington University – School of Business (July 20, 2015)

 

2014               Prince2 Practitioner Examination

(Certificate Number: 02317082-01-FEKQ)

 

2014               ITIL Intermediate Examination (Service Strategy)

(Certificate Number: 02319396-01-FRQZ)

 

2013               ITIL Foundation Examination

(Certificate Number: 02311794-01-L8VN)

 

Skills
Project Management   • Risk Management •  PRINCE2   •   NATO   •   Modeling and Simulation   •   Microscopic Traffic Simulation   •   Flight Simulator Maintenance   •   Autonomous Vehicles   • Managing Large Scale Projects   • Tutoring basic Communication Systems courses

Academic Publications
PhD Thesis
Trafik eğitimi için zeki etmenler geliştirme (in Turkish) – Developing intelligent agents for traffic education, Gazi University, Turkey, 2008.

 

Refereed Journal Publications
Demir, M., & Cavusoglu, A. “A New Driver Behavior Model to Create Realistic Urban Traffic Environment” Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 15(3):289-296, (May 2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2012.01.004.

 

Books
Took part as “editor” in the Turkish translation of the book Communication Systems 5/E (authors: Simon Haykin, Michael Moher), which is internationally recognized in its field.