Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
In its July 2017 issue, Turkish monthly business magazine Turkishtime covered Mr. Uygun and me, who am proud to be his reverse mentor, with an article entitled "VW CEO's 22-Year-Old Mentor".
The article features Mr. Uygun and me as:
"Bahcesehir University Industrial Engineering junior Kaan Ozkorkmaz evaluates the developments in the automotive industry through the eyes of Gen Y by meeting Volkswagen Passenger Cars CEO Vedat Uygun every week."
And the article continues with the details regarding my reverse mentorship with Mr. Uygun as I shared in my previous post.
Print version of the magazine. For the first time in my life, my pose is covered full page by a prestigious business magazine :D
PROGRAM UPDATE:
Our reverse mentoring program was ended in April 2018 due to the change of Mr. Uygun's position in the company. We had a reverse mentoring program where we met regularly for over a year and that was highly beneficial for the both parties. Although it is stated in Turkishtime's July 2017 article above that we meet weekly, there were times when the interval between our meetings became wider due to both of our busy schedules (e.g., my trip to South Korea).
With my reverse mentee Mr. Vedat Uygun and our moderator Dear Prof. Ipek Altınbasak Farina at PERYON Conference in November 2018, where we, as conference panelists, shared the details our fruitful reverse mentoring program.
And as one of the panelists at TEGEP Conference 2017 with two other reverse mentors. Our moderator was Dear Melek Pulatkonak, the founder of TurkishWIN (The Turkish Women's International Network).
