Experience & background

Technical practice, consulting and research — from detailed analysis to transport investment delivery.

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Professional experience

Oct 2024–present

Transport Sector Specialist / Consultantİller Bankası (ILBANK)

Ankara, Türkiye

Advise on road, bridge, junction, public transport and urban-mobility investments financed by the World Bank, IsDB, AFD and other international financial institutions.

  • Project preparation, financing/on-lending, feasibility and environmental/social review.
  • Design, technical specifications, procurement and bid evaluation.
  • Implementation monitoring, construction supervision and authority coordination.

2023–present

Independent Transport ConsultantPrivate, municipal & academic assignments

Türkiye / international

Road-safety, traffic-impact, public-transport performance, mobility/master planning, policy and feasibility assignments.

  • Transport analysis translated into phased operational, infrastructure and policy recommendations.
  • Selected work in Al Jubail, Diyarbakır, Kahramanmaraş, İzmir and Sultanbeyli.

Nov 2022–Jun 2024

Director of Traffic and TransportationPuyol Consulting and Engineering

Ankara, Türkiye

Directed traffic engineering, road/corridor, ITS, public transport, road-safety and construction traffic-management assignments.

  • Managed teams, technical quality and authority coordination.
  • Led project inception, data collection, feasibility/alternatives analysis, reporting and approvals.
  • Originated and led a traffic-simulation software R&D project awarded a TÜBİTAK 1507 grant.

Jun 2023–Jan 2024

ITS ConsultantINOTEKIA

United Kingdom, remote

Assessed ITS infrastructure and institutional capacity for Kocaeli and Trabzon SUMP projects.

  • Implementation concepts for traffic management, passenger information, parking and multimodal integration.
  • Recommendations coordinated with governments, operators and stakeholders.

May 2021–Nov 2022

Lead Transportation and Traffic EngineerPuyol Consulting and Engineering

Ankara, Türkiye

Led road, junction, corridor and multimodal transport projects from inception to modelling, design appraisal and technical review.

  • Primary client contact and coordination with municipalities and road authorities.
  • Selected assignments in Sincan, Bolu, Mersin and Malta.

Feb 2020–May 2021

Senior Traffic EngineerPuyol Consulting and Engineering

Ankara, Türkiye

Traffic models, microsimulation, corridor/junction performance, scenario appraisal and road-safety recommendations.

  • Selected network studies in Mersin, Malta and İstanbul.

Apr 2018–Jul 2019

Project ConsultantECORYS Consulting and Engineering

Ankara, Türkiye

Preparation and analysis for Kemalpaşa Logistics Center, including PPP delivery/operating models.

  • Technical reporting, workshops and multidisciplinary/government coordination.

Mar 2013–Jan 2018

Project Assistant / Assistant ResearcherMiddle East Technical University

Ankara, Türkiye

Transport data, KPIs, proposals, technical reports and research into transit, intersections and road safety.

  • Smart-card public transport performance and floating-car traffic-pattern research.
  • Signalized-intersection appraisal using PTV Vistro and Synchro.
  • Raised pedestrian crosswalk and pedestrian-behaviour research.

Jan 2009–Sep 2011

Civil EngineerQum Youl Urom Engineering Company

Urmia

Quantity and material-cost estimation, construction supervision, safety, compliance and quality assurance.

  • Concrete testing and topographical analysis for building projects.

Education

2024

Ph.D. in Traffic & Transportation Engineering

Middle East Technical University

Thesis: Evaluation of the Public Bus Transit Performance Based on Smart Card Data.

2015

M.Sc. in Traffic & Transportation Engineering

Middle East Technical University

Thesis: Estimation of Traffic Impact at Signalized Intersections Around the Proposed Health Campus in Etlik, Ankara.

2010

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering

Urmia University

Software & analytical tools

Transport modelling
PTV Vissim, PTV Visum, PTV Vistro, Synchro, SUMO, SIDRA, TripGen, HCS 2010
Spatial analysis
ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap
Programming & data
Python, R
Technical documentation
Microsoft Office, specifications, design-review records and analytical reporting

Languages

Turkish & Persian
Native
English
C2 / professional working proficiency
Azerbaijani
C1
Arabic
B1

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