Kerem Toprak

Kerem Toprak

Sales Development Manager

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  • About me

    Account Manager @ SoftwareONE | AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

  • Education

    • University of Portsmouth

      1999 - 2004
      Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA Business Administration and Management, General

      Completed Business Administration program with focus on technology and marketing.

    • Istanbul Bilgi University

      2019 - 2021
      Master's degree Management Information Systems, General 3.70

      Focused on contemporary approaches and practices regarding technological trends including business analytics and big data, design thinking, value chain management, system analysis and design and project management. Thesis delivered on “Automotive Industry’s transforming value chain in context of Industry 4.0”. Graduated with High Honors degree.

  • Experience

    • Tradanet

      Dec 2004 - Mar 2007
      Sales Development Manager

      Worked as a sales development professional, working directly with sales management in increasing Tradanet’s revenue in their niche-at-the-time B2B integration solutions in enterprise segment. Worked with enterprise customers in retail (CarrefourSA, Migros) and in finance (Garanti Bank, TEB and Akbank) in pre-sales processes and account management.

    • B&B Auditing (Sworn-in CPA)

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
      Audit Manager

      Arranged and inspected financial records, analyzing internal controls, identify operational areas needing improvement. Helped clients by assuring compliance with tax regulations as well as with regulations regarding information systems.

    • KIM Profiles

      Mar 2009 - May 2012
      Managing Partner

      Involved in sales and business management in this role at a construction materials company. Achieved large growth in sales revenues year on year, in addition to overseeing of manufacturing, quality management, HR, and financial aspects of the business. Deployed company-wide applications utilizing ERP (Logo) investment resulting in unexpected corporate savings.

    • KIM Construction Materials

      May 2012 - Dec 2019
      Founder

      Branching out from previous position, started up own company (in partnership) following business opportunities in the market. In addition to similar responsibilities and achievements to previous role, also got involved in direct purchasing processes as well as first exports into international markets in the segment by establishing connections through trade fairs and direct research and contact. Specialized and enabled partners according to developed business plan with different specializations. Adopted methodologies of Requirement Analysis, Activity Planning and Pipeline generation. Show less

    • Self-employed

      Dec 2019 - Apr 2021
      Independent Consultant

      Offering services and SMB sized companies consulting and implementation of services around experience management, business requirements and corresponding digital strategies such as improved customer experience management. Establishes relations with partners vendors and generated incrementing sales revenue. As Trusted Advisor, influenced customers for future IT strategies. Assisted them during their tender processes in terms of choosing right technology, planning and capacity estimation in various technological resources, focusing on reliability of their overall environment and return for their investment. Utilized variety of solutions (such as Tableau, SurveyMonkey, Microsoft CRM and McAffee and ESET) and created dynamic, automated workflows to counter immediate business needs Show less

    • SoftwareOne

      Apr 2021 - now
      Account Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications