Deniz Aytaç

Deniz aytaç

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Azure Infrastructure Specialist | Enabling growth through cloud modernization

  • Education

    • Lyceum kennedy french american high school

      2014 - 2016
      International baccalaureate
    • Saint michel fransiz lisesi

      2011 - 2014
      High school
    • Skidmore college

      2016 - 2020
      Bachelor of arts - ba economics major, business and statistics minor magna cum laude

      Activities and Societies: Women in Business Model United Nation

  • Experience

    • Hsbc

      Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
      Summer treasury analyst

      -Trained with ​the​ ​elite​ ​8-member​ ​Treasury​​ ​​Team​ ​of​ ​HSBC​ ​Turkey, responsible for balancing and managing daily cash flow-Evaluated ​and​ ​traded ​on​ ​complex financial​ ​derivatives in a training environment-Recorded​ ​​​money​ market​ ​transactions​ ​over​ ​the​ ​course​ ​of​ ​4​ ​weeks​ ​on​ ​the​ ​Treats​ ​financial​ ​management​ ​platform-Led​ ​outreach​ ​efforts​ ​to​ ​HSBC​ ​parent​ ​offices​ ​to​ ​request​ ​credit​ ​extensions​ ​essential​ ​for​ ​HSBC​ ​Turkey’s​ ​profitability Show less

    • Skidmore college

      Sept 2017 - Oct 2020

      -Conducted regression analyses to test for correlation between infrastructure and economic growth in a sample of 100 countries classified by development status for an​ ​academic​ ​project​ ​titled​ ​"Impact​ ​of​ ​Infrastructure​ ​Quality​​ ​​on​ ​Economic​ ​Growth" (supervised by Dr. Monica Das, faculty of 12 years at the Skidmore Economics Department)Published Research: https://www.unescap.org/publication-series/asia-pacific-countries-with-special-needs-development-report

      • Peer Academic Coach

        Sept 2018 - Oct 2020
      • Research Assistant: Economics Department

        Sept 2017 - Oct 2020
    • Khan academy türkçe

      Dec 2017 - Oct 2020
      Volunteer translator
    • 11sight

      Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
      Summer marketing & product associate

      -Launched, optimized, and reported on the company’s Paid Search and Display advertising campaigns, managing keyword bids on Google AdWords-Represented 11sight at the Keiretsu Forum Angel Capital Expo in Seattle to engage angel groups and investors-Conducted and designed automated Quality Assurance tests to assure product quality by using open source tools to design and implement automation scripts-Communicated business requirements UX designers and software developers in the error detection process Show less

    • Ibm

      May 2019 - Jul 2019
      Summer business analyst / subscription & support

      ● Analyzed and managed the lead database as part of the Subscription & Support (S&S) Team of IBM Littleton to meet the $50 million revenue goal in Q2● Attended strategy meetings to review and discuss global operations and client relationship management with high level IBM executives● Conducted research on the newly released IBM Cloud Pak offerings and understand their value for IBM’s existing enterprise clients● Crafted and delivered a sales pitch to a financial technology firm, encompassing IBM’s semantic modeling, blockchain solutions, and client business needs● Attended prospecting workshops for prospect outreach and lead generation by deploying IBM’s internal and external sales engagement toolkit Show less

    • Ibm

      Oct 2020 - Oct 2022

      ● Managed 1,000+ IBM digital growth enterprise accounts in Quebec; ranked among the top 3 performers, exceeding my quota target at 134% and generating over $100K new revenue from enterprise and SMB clients during my first quarter in the role● Implemented technical reconfiguration sessions with client engineers for clients with plans to refresh their hardware, chairing 100+ technical and demo workshops to curate the right solutions that align with their business needs: over 90% conversion rate among clients, with new signings totaling over $500K● Hosted 50+ IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS PoC meetings, focusing on clients on track of workload migration to AWS and/or Azure Cloud: over 90% success rate, resulting in a purchase order request ● Provided client quotes in coordination with IBM’s Business Partner Ecosystem and led contract negotiation sessions for special bid requests, with top-level executives in the financial and healthcare sector Show less ● Responsible for 1000+ enterprise and commercial clients located in Quebec and West Canada, covering IBM’s storage hardware and software suite● Conducted financial research to quantify the budgetary benefits by choosing IBM as their storage vendor using IBM’s internal financial analytics, helping enterprise and SMB clients save over $100K in capital expenditure ● Provided new leads and quotes to over a dozen reps in IBM’s Business Partner Ecosystem in French and English and spearheaded workshops that visualized the client’s journey to infrastructure modernization ● Consistently achieved my sales quota every quarter since my start in the role; finished my first quarter as the top seller in the team at over 150% to target, generating net 15 new clients in six months Show less

      • Associate Storage Digital Sales Consultant

        Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
      • Business Development Consultant

        Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
      • Summit Trainee

        Oct 2020 - Apr 2021
    • Microsoft

      Oct 2022 - now
      Azure infrastructure specialist
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Analyzing and visualizing data with microsoft excel

      Nyc career center
    • Data science foundations

      Ibm
      View certificate certificate
    • Sql completion certificate level 1

      Career center
    • Ibm gss

      Ibm
      Apr 2021
    • Watson discovery foundations

      Ibm
      Jun 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Ibm blockchain essentials

      Ibm
      Jun 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Summit intern program

      Ibm
      Sept 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Python for data science

      Ibm
      View certificate certificate
    • Ibm certified specialist - storage networking solutions, version 3

      Ibm
      Apr 2021
    • Cpr/first-aid training

      American red cross
      Feb 2016
    • Cognitive practitioner

      Ibm
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Deniz Aytaç
      3Q Early Close Winner IBM Sep 2022
    • Awarded to Deniz Aytaç
      Culture Catalyst Award IBM Jul 2022 Received a cash award for my outstanding contributions amongst 20 peers nominated
    • Awarded to Deniz Aytaç
      2Q Early Close Winner IBM Jun 2022
    • Awarded to Deniz Aytaç
      IBM Rep of the Quarter IBM Jun 2021 Awarded for my outstanding achievements as top performer out of 50 peers
    • Awarded to Deniz Aytaç
      Economics Honors Award - May 2019
    • Awarded to Deniz Aytaç
      Dean's Honor List - Sep 2016
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Meal Server

      Issued by Voluntario Global on Jun 2015
      Voluntario GlobalAssociated with Deniz Aytaç
    • Volunteer Interpreter

      Issued by Bridge to Turkiye Fund on Mar 2017
      Bridge to Turkiye FundAssociated with Deniz Aytaç
    • Translator

      Issued by Khan Academy Türkçe on Dec 2017
      Khan Academy TürkçeAssociated with Deniz Aytaç