Roda Kum

Leading Grid Solutions, industry segment services in MENAT, in addition to Country Service Sales Manager of Oman role.

Management of Grid Solutions related service sales & tendering activities in Turkey, in addition to Power Transformer Service business development role in MENAT Region.

Service Commercial Director of "Southern Europe and Central Asia" region in Alstom Grid, covering different service units in Turkey, Spain, Greece and Italy. Management of business development, pre-sales, marketing, tendering, sales activities with P&L responsibility. Management of Service Unit sales and tendering teams, in cooperation with other Region Commercial Teams.

Unit Commercial Manager of TSG; Alstom Grid Service Unit located in Turkey responsible for - Turkey, Kosovo, Israel, Georgia and Central Asia for all T&D Service activities - Worldwide TR3 (Transformer Repair, Refurbishment, Redesign) activities, Management of business development, pre-sales, marketing, tendering, sales activities with P&L responsibility. Management of Service Unit sales and tendering team, in cooperation with other Region Commercial Teams and Unit operation team.

- Move from Areva T&D / D Function after sale of Areva T&D to Alstom/Schneider Electric Consortium. - Same title & responsibilities in addition of Schneider Electric Energy Automation products & systems.

- Sales manager covering Turkey, North Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Georgia; from loose equipment (IED) to complete control systems (digital control systems, SCADA, DMS, EMS, Market management systems). - Management of pre-sales, marketing, tendering, sales, project management and after sales support of Energy Automation activities with P&L responsibility. - Creation and management of local Energy Automation team, serving Turkey and surrounding countries. - Training of other BU sales & tendering teams on Energy Automation products and systems. - Technical support to Turnkey Project Group & T&D Services Group for protection and control systems. - Technical trainings to major customers, such as TEIAS (Transmission Utility), EUAS (Generation Utility), TEDAS (Distribution Utility).

- Project management of different turn-key energy automation projects with different voltage levels (0.4 kV to 420 kV), at different locations (Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Cyprus..), based on different standards (IEC, BS..) from tendering to warranty period phases. - Technical support to tendering teams of different BU’s. - Loose IED sales and technical marketing activities.

Move to Areva T&D after the sale of Alstom T&D to Areva Group with same title & responsibilities.

As Service Engineer: - Design and commissioning of substations from 6.3 kV to 420 kV, with all primary and secondary equipment. - On-site tests of primary and secondary equipment - Investigations of faulty primary equipment, preparation of fault reports. As Automation Sales Engineer: - Pre-sales, tendering and sales activities of energy automation products and systems. - Technical trainings to utilities. - Technical support to turn-key project tendering team.

Design, erection and commissioning of 154 kV and 380 kV substations. On-site tests of primary and secondary equipment. Site commissioning team management. Started working during university education.

Re-founding member of Computer Club and Turbo Pascal Trainer Graduation project: Computer simulation of short circuits in electrical networks