Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Hello! I am a keen Industrial Engineer who has a focus on marketing and strategic management. As an automotive enthusiast, I am seeking to pursue a global marketing and management career in the automotive industry where my passion and skills will find a perfect place to create innovative business strategies
meeting the changing demands of modern customers. I aspire to reach the pinnacle of my career as one of the most respected and visionary global automotive leaders, acknowledged for creating proactive strategies and maximizing the value creation of my firm while shaping the future of smart and sustainable mobility.
Brands' identities and statuses have always amazed me. According to my parents' anecdotes about my childhood, I was getting impatient in our acquaintances homes to discover the brands of their household appliances. Furthermore, recognizing the brands and models of the cars that I saw was a curiosity for me. Even in my junior ages, I was looking forward to accompanying my parents in car service visits to be able to see new automobile models and experience the car dealership atmosphere.
In my middle school years, I got interested in global business, particularly the automotive industry, and started to follow business magazines as an intellectually precocious pupil. I dreamed to establish a conglomerate, the term which I heard for the first time in those years while checking Forbes 2000 list, including an extensive automotive division. I was envisioning my own mid-class and premium car brands by planning and designing their model ranges.
I began to follow the global automotive industry regularly in my high school years and got inspired by the success and failure stories of car brands. My
interest increased every time that I discovered more about automotive groups and their business and marketing strategies. During those years, I was ambitiously imagining myself as the future CEO of SAAB Cars, and planning the revival of the company.
Years later, I have so proudly made a very prestigious start to my professional career in the automotive industry as the Reverse Mentor of VW Turkey CEO.
I can describe myself as a person who has refined tastes in music, fashion and arts. I am a devotee of the “Welsh Diva” Dame Shirley Bassey and “The Singer’s Singer” Matt Monro. I am also passionate about Turkish Classical Music, therefore I was a member of the BAU Turkish Classical Music Choir. Besides these, I am an avid fan of James Bond. With his Savile Row suits, Swiss watches and vodka martini, 007 is an epitome of gentlemanliness for me. All special theme songs, uniquely glamorous title sequences, locations and characters like M, Q, Moneypenny, Bond girls and villains make James Bond movies my favorites. It is not a coincidence that my dear Dame Shirley Bassey has recorded three Bond theme songs “Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker”.
I am an amateur car designer in my free time. As the district champion of a diction and oratory competition, I like giving speeches and being in front of the people. In this blog, I am glad to share my works and moments with you.
GLIMPSES FROM MY LIFE
My babyhood, toddlerhood and early childhood. At the top, baby Kaan with his only sibling dear elder brother Refik 😊
My dear brother Refik today, an accomplished government and the real sector relations expert who was the Deputy Secretary General of Sakarya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (among the top Turkish commerce and industry chambers).
My primary school years. I was identified as a gifted child and attending BİLSEM, i.e. after-school science and art centers of Turkish Ministry of Education for gifted students. The last photo of mine with a hair cover is from a food factory trip 😊
My high school years at Bahcesehir High School for Science and Technology (BHSSciTech) Istanbul, one of the highest ranked high schools and the first science and technology high school in Turkey. In addition to my photo with my lovely high school buddies 💗 and my spectacles pose, the poses above with a stuffed carrot toy are from a kindergarten visit 😄
Last but not least, my lovely parents 💕:
In the photo at the bottom, with my dear "validem" (mother) Mrs. Ozkorkmaz and "pederim" (father) Mr. Ozkorkmaz when I was awarded the Golden Brain Award of Bahcesehir University as the Valedictorian of the Class of 2018.
Both my mom and dad have always been very loving parents. I am grateful to be their child. My precious mother is the inspiration of my tastes, style, and classiness. At the upper left corner, my father while giving speech as the first Turkish General Manager of CP Turkey/CP Advance Pharma Turkey (1986-1994) who played a key role in the establishment of the company in the country.