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Bulent Sanal

Senior Project Manager at Etiya

Bulent Sanal has extensive work experience in the telecommunications industry. Bulent currently holds the position of Senior Project Manager at Etiya since May 2021. Prior to this, they worked as a NOC Operation Manager at Huawei Technologies from August 2017 to May 2021. Additionally, they served as the Turk Telekom MS Project Operation Manager at P.I. Works, Inc. from October 2015 to May 2017.

Before working at P.I. Works, Inc., Bulent worked at Vodafone in various roles. Bulent was the Access Network 1st Line Operation & Performance Manager from October 2014 to September 2015, where they led and managed team members across 3 technical regions and 8 sources. Bulent was responsible for network operations, fault management, performance management, and customer complaint cases.

Prior to this role, Bulent served as the Access Network 2nd Line Operation Manager- Aegean @ Mediterranean Region at Vodafone from March 2010 to October 2014.

Bulent's career at Vodafone began in 1999, where they held the position of Aegean Region BSS Operation Unit Manager from March 2004 to August 2009. Bulent led and managed team members and outsourced partners and successfully completed various projects, such as alarm cleaning, network integration, and software/hardware implementation. Bulent also worked as a BSS Operation Junior/Senior Engineer from August 1999 to March 2004.

Before joining Vodafone, Bulent worked as an Electronics Maintenance Chief Engineer at Zorlu Holding,Korteks from November 1998 to August 1999.

Bulent Sanal completed their Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Uludag University. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications including "Managing Project Stakeholders" and "Project Management: International Projects" from LinkedIn. Bulent also has certifications from TM Forum, including "Business Process Framework (eTOM) Fundamentals," "Customer Centricity," "Information Framework (SID) Fundamentals," "Open Digital Framework Foundation Level Exam," and "TM Forum Open API Fundamentals." However, specific details regarding the months and years of obtaining the TM Forum certifications are not provided.

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  • Senior Project Manager

    May, 2021 - present