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TURKISH

M. Atilla Öner

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CURRICULUM VITAE

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 1. Family name:       Öner

 2. Given names:      Mehmet  Atilla

 3. Date of birth:        4 July 1955

 4. Nationality:          Turkish

 5. Civil status:         Married, one child

 6.  Education:  

 

Institution:

Yale University

Yale University

Boğaziçi University

from (month/year) -  to (month/year):

July 80 – Dec 84

Oct 78 – Jun 80

Oct 73 – Jul 78

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Ph.D. Chem Eng‘g

Jury Reports   Thesis Proposal

MS in Chem Eng‘g

BS in Chem Eng‘g.

 7. Language skills: (1 to 5 for competence; 5 = highest)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

English

5

5

5

German

5

4

4

French

4

2

2

 8. Academic Experience:

Oct 2000 – today:
Dept. of Business Administration, Yeditepe University.

                              2016  Professor of Technology and Operations Management.

                              2011  Assoc. Prof. of Production and Operations Management

                              2001  Assistant Professor of Production and Operations Management

Jan 1998 – Dec 2001: Adjunct Faculty Member and Associate Researcher,

-         Engineering and Technology Management Programme (Graduate), Boğaziçi Univ.

-         Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Dept of Industrial Engineering and Dept of Business Administration, Boğaziçi Univ,

-         Engineering Management Programme (Graduate), Marmara Univ.

September 1986 - October 1988: Consultant and part-time instructor, Dept. of Chem. Engineering, Boğaziçi Univ.; organized the Organic Surface Coating Laboratory; initiated and formulated research projects in co-operation with industrial firms; supervised graduate research; taught undergraduate (Chemical Engineering Control, Chemistry and Technology in the Organic Surface Coatings Industry) and graduate courses (Special Topics in Polymer Chemistry).

February 1985 - March 1986: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow, Institute fuer thermische Stroemungsmaschinen, Univ. of Karlsruhe F. R. Germany; designed a shock tube system and conducted experiments to study the mechanism and kinetics of soot formation in high-pressure combustors, using optical methods.

May 1984 - December 1984: Post-doctoral research fellow, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Yale University; planned and conducted experiments to study the high-temperature oxidation kinetics of boron, utilizing a low-pressure fast-flow reactor and microwave-induced plasma emission spectroscopy.

 9.    Key qualifications:

Teaches courses on  <Systemic Business Thinking>, <Technology Management>, <R&D Management>, <New Product Development>, <Product Management>, <Goal-Directed Project Management>, <Production and Operations Management> and

Supervises MS/MBA and PhD theses work in the fields of „systems engineering“,  „engineering and technology management“ and „business and technology strategies“, "„foresight studies“.

 9c. Specific experience in foreign countries:

Country

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)

Germany 

Feb 1985 – Mar 1986

USA

Sep 1978 – Dec 1984 

 9d. Professional Experience Record:

 Date:                       Jul 1997 – Oct 2000

Location:                Istanbul

Company:              TurkConsult Innovation and Technology Relay Center

Position:                Managing Partner

Description:          consultancy on business planning and improvement, technology management and transfer, R&D management,  project management.

 

Date:                       Oct 1993 - Jun 1997

Location:                Istanbul

Company:              Boğaziçi University Foundation

Position:                General Coordinator

Description:       restructured the foundation; planned and initiated new programs; started and supervised work on institutional advancement for the university; initiated and supervised work on industry - university collaboration; total donation and interest income of the foundation increased from 15,6 billion TL in 1993 to 260 billion TL in 1996; total business volume of the income-generating activities reached 240 billion TL in 1996 from 7,7 billion TL in 1993.

 

Date:                       Jul 1993 - Jul 1995

Location:                Istanbul

Company:              Kampüs AŞ, wholly-owned by the Boğaziçi University Foundation

Position:                Chairman of the Board

Description:          reorganized the company; developed company business plan; within this period company business volume increased from 6 billion TL (1993) to 28 billion TL (1994) and to 26 billion TL within the first 6 months of 1995

  

Date:                       Feb 1993 - Sep 1993

Location:                İstanbul

Company:              Medyavizyon A.Ş.

Position:                General Manager

Description:          initiated work on cable TV business; left the company after the negotiations with Turkish PTT collapsed.

 

 Date:                       Feb 1991 – Jan 1993

Location:                İstanbul

Company:              STS Tesisat Armatürleri A.Ş.

Position:                General Manager and Member of the Board

Description:          developed formal company business plan; initiated and supervised work on company-wide total quality assurance.

 

Date:                       Oct 1988 – Jan 1991

Location:                Ankara

Company:              Export Credit Bank of Turkey

Position:                Director, Information Department

Description:          established operation principles of the department; reorganized the Bank's library, designed an interactive information system; directed work on country and company information gathering; oversaw preparation and publishing of Economic Bulletin and Bulletin of the Bank; Export Credit Bank of Turkey actually started to have export income by providing  the foreign export  credit and insurance agencies with reports on companies registered in Turkey.

  

Date:                       Dec 1988 – Jan 1991

Location:                Ankara

Company:              Export Credit Bank of Turkey

Position:                Acting Director, Research and Training Department

Description:          directed work on country risk analysis, sectoral reports, special studies on Bank's strategic planning and on the development of credit and insurance programs.

 

Date:                       Jun 1989 – Jan 1991

Location:                Ankara

Company:              Export Credit Bank of Turkey

Position:                Assistant Project Director, Export Promotion Component, Turkey II. SMI Project (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development)

Description:          responsible for the design and implementation of the three-year action plan and for the coordination among  participating institutions.

 

Date:                       Nov 1987 – Oct 1988

Location:                İstanbul

Company:              Marshall Paint and Varnish Industries Co., Inc.

Position:                R&D Chief

Description:          helped to re-organize the R&D Center; formulated and supervised research projects on the emulsion polymers, alkyd resin production and coating performance..

 

Date:                       Jul 1986 – Jan 1988

Location:                İstanbul

Company:              Boğaziçi Consultancy Ltd.

Position:                Publisher and Managing Editor

Description:          published the bi-monthly journal Yönetim Üretim Verimlilik.

 

Date:                       Apr 1986 – May 1987

Location:                İstanbul

Company:              Geyran Printing Inks Co., Inc.

Position:                R&D Manager

Description:          formulated and supervised research projects on alkyd resin production.

  10. Projects:

April 2017 - today: Guest Editor, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Special Issue in Honor of Prof. Dr. Robert Ayres

April 2015 - October 2017: Guest Editor, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Special Issue, Social Dynamics of University Intellectual Capital

March 2015 - August 2016: Guest Editor, Futures., Special Issue, Modeling and Simulation in Futures Studies

May 2014 - January 2016: Guest Editor, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Special Issue, Linking Technology Foresight and Entrepreneurship, vol 102

May 2009 - January 2013: Guest Editor, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Special Issue, Managing Emerging Technologies: The Case of Nanotechnology

Mar 2008 Aug 2009: Project Team Member, EU 7. Framework Programme "NANOPLAT - Development of A Platform for Deliberative Processes on Nanotechnology in the European Consumer Market" Project

Jan 2006 – Dec 2007: Project Team Member, Research Project on Innovation Models and Practices in Turkish Manufacturing Industry,  TÜBİTAK SOBAG - 105K105.

Feb 2001 – Oct 2003: Member of the Turkish Project Team; European Union Euro-Med Energy Decision Makers Network Project.

18 - 19 June 2001: Invited Expert; UNIDO Expert Group Meeting of THE REGIONAL PROGRAMME ON TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT FOR CEE & NIS, Vienna, Austria.

 11.a Administrative Tasks:

Feb 2016 – today: Chairman, Management Application and Research Center, Yeditepe University.

Apr 2014 – today: Chair, Technology and Operations Management, Dept of Business Administration, Yeditepe University.

Jun 2012 – May 2015: Member, Faculty Management Board, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Yeditepe University.

Oct 2013 – Dec 2014: Ethics Board Member, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Yeditepe University.

Jul 2013 – Sep 2014: Institutional Advancement Coordinator, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Yeditepe University.

Nov 2011 – Oct 2014: Member, Faculty Board, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Yeditepe University.

Oct 2006 – Jan 2013: Founding Chairman of Board of Directors and Managing Director, Management Application and Research Center, Yeditepe University,

Feb 2001 – June 2008 : Advisor to juniors and seniors; Yeditepe Univ. Dept of Business Administration.

Mar 2003 – Jun 2007: Social Responsibility Programme Coordinator, Yeditepe Univ. Dept of Business Administration.

Feb 2003 – Dec 2003: Member, Internship Committee; Yeditepe Univ. Dept of Business Administration.

Oct 2000 – Sep 2002: Member, Academic Transfer Committee; Yeditepe Univ. Dept of Business Administration.

Feb 2000 – Apr 2001: Member, Founding Executive Committee, Engineering and Technology Management MS Programme; Boğaziçi University, Graduate Institute of Natural Sciences.

 11.b Voluntary Tasks:  Academic Reviewer Performance: Publons.com

February 2017 today: Editorial Board Member, Journal of European Theoretical and Applied Studies

February 2016: PICMET 2016 Programme Committee Member; reviewed10 papers

June 2015 today: Associate Editor, Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

February 2015: PICMET 2015 Programme Committee Member; reviewed 7 papers.

May 2014 today: Editorial Board Member, Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

February 2014: PICMET 2014 Programme Committee Member; reviewed 4 papers.

March 2013 today:  Editorial Board Member,  Futures.

February 2012: Referee, International Small Business Journal.

February 2012 May 2012: PICMET 2012 Programme Committee Member; reviewed 6 papers.

December 2011 Dec 2015: Editorial Board Member,Science, Technology and Development, Pakistan Council for Science and Technology

October 2011: Referee, Management Research Review.

August 2011: Referee, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management.

March 2011 Apr 2011: PICMET 2011 Programme Committee Member; reviewed 3 papers.

May 2010 April 2011:  Treasurer, Member of Founding Board of Directors, Yale Alumni Association - Turkey.

December 2009 today:  Referee  Futures.

June 2009 today: Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Foresight.

March 2009 today: Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management.

March 2009 Apr 2009: PICMET 2009 Programme Committee Member; reviewed 3 papers.

Feb 2009 March 2009: Referee, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management.

Jan 2009 February 2009: Referee, International Journal of Organizational Analysis.

January 2009 today: Referee, Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

Aug 2007 Sep 2007: Referee, Management Research News.

Jan 2007 Apr 2007: PICMET 2007 Programme Committee Member; reviewed 9 papers.

Jan 2006 Feb 2006: PICMET 2006 Programme Committee Member; reviewed 4 papers.

Dec 2006 – Dec 2009: Member of the Advisory Board, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Yeditepe University.

Mar 1997 – Mar 1999: Chairman of the Audit Committee, Boğaziçi University Alumni Association.

Jan 1993 – today: Trustee, Boğaziçi University Foundation.

Apr 1993 - Mar 1997: Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Boğaziçi University Alumni Association.

Mar 1991 - Apr 1993: Member of the Board of Directors, Head of Financial Affairs Group, Boğaziçi University Alumni Association.

Mar 1991 - Apr 1993: Member of the Board of Directors, Head of Education Group, Boğaziçi University Alumni Association.

Feb 1989 – Feb 1991: Member and Secretary of the Board of Directors, Alumni Association of İstanbul Lisesi, Ankara.

 

 12. Publications:

12a. Books

M. Atilla Öner, People-Centred Project Management, Pan Yayıncılık, 2016. (in Turkish)

M. Atilla Öner, Higher Education, Multiversity, Technology, e-book, Pan Yayıncılık, 2012. (in Turkish)

M. Atilla Öner, edit., Economics and Management of Technical Change, Pan Yayıncılık, 2012. (in Turkish)

A. Gönül Demirel, M. Atilla Öner, Integrated Stakeholder Relationships Management Model, Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2010.

M. Atilla Öner, edit., R&D Management, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2006. (in Turkish)

M. Atilla Öner, Excellent Management Model in the Third Sector, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2004. (in Turkish)

M. Atilla Öner, Alper Alsan, Mustafa Doğru, National Foresight Studies and Methodological Proosal for Turkey 2023, Boğaziçi Universitesi Yayınevi, 2000. (in Turkish)

Gündüz Ulusoy, M. Atilla Öner, Taner Bilgiç, Infrastructure Levelling Analysis: A Pilot Study on 9 Provinces, TÜSİAD Yayın No. TÜSİAD-T/98-1-250, Dec 1998, İstanbul. (in Turkish)

12b. Journal Papers

12c. Conference Papers