About
This section highlights my dedication to driving digital transformation and enhancing operational efficiency.
Digitalization & AI Supervisor | Industrial Automation.
Results-driven Digitalization & AI Supervisor with over 9 years of experience leading digital transformation and applied-AI initiatives on the industrial production floor — currently overseeing OT digitalization and AI strategy across 3 manufacturing facilities.
Managing a 2-person engineering team, coordinating across 10+ cross-functional departments, and leading the company-wide AI Ambassador program. Delivers measurable impact through predictive maintenance, computer-vision-based safety systems (contributing to 4 consecutive years of zero workplace accidents in the areas where they were deployed), GenAI-powered automation, and energy & sustainability analytics. Deep hands-on expertise with PLC, SCADA, and industrial protocols (OPC UA, MQTT, Profinet), balanced with strong software/cloud and leadership capability (Node.js, React, Azure/AWS, Kubernetes). Recognized with multiple 1st-place finishes and an Innovation Special Award across İnci Holding's group companies, and the author of 5 scientific publications in applied machine learning and industrial automation.
- 9+Years Experience
- 3Facilities
- 2Person Team
- 57%Cost Reduction
- 5Publications
- 6Awards
Skills
My skills encompass a wide range of expertise in digital transformation, operational optimization, and the implementation of advanced technological solutions.
OT Systems
AI & Data
Leadership
DevOps
Development
Languages
Resume
My resume highlights my expertise in delivering impactful solutions that accelerate digital transformation and enhance operational efficiency.
Honors & Awards
Cevdet İnci Incentive Awards are held across İnci Holding's group companies (5 sister companies, 9+ facilities); İnci GS Yuasa Stars is company-specific.
Sustainability Business Awards
2025
İstanbul/TÜRKİYE
- Finalist (Technology & AI Category)
Cevdet İnci Incentive Awards
2025
İzmir/TÜRKİYE
- 1st Place
İnci GS Yuasa Stars
2025
Manisa/TÜRKİYE
- 3rd Place
Cevdet İnci Incentive Awards
2024
İzmir/TÜRKİYE
- 1st Place
- Innovation Special Award
İnci GS Yuasa Stars
2024
Manisa/TÜRKİYE
- 1st Place
Cevdet İnci Incentive Awards
2023
İzmir/TÜRKİYE
- 1st Place
Presentations & Publications
May 2026
Tirana, ALBANIA
Writer | Researcher
Topic: ML regression models (XGBoost, LightGBM, GBM) forecasting electricity and compressed-air consumption on battery production lines, achieving R² up to 0.944 for short-term forecasts.
Dec 2024
Manisa, TÜRKİYE
Writer | Researcher
Topic: Data Integration for Industry 4.0 and IoT: Unified Namespace-Based Digital Transformation with MQTT, OPC UA, and Node.js.
Jun 2021
TÜRKİYE
Writer | Researcher
Topic: Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Process Control Systems using Machine Learning (ensemble learning) Methods from Poincaré Plot Measurements, improving classification accuracy to 89.5% on the Tennessee Eastman Process.
Nov 2020
Antalya, TÜRKİYE
Writer | Researcher
Topic: Heart Sounds Analysis and Classification Based on Long-Short Term Memory: an LSTM model classifying phonocardiogram recordings into Normal, Murmur, Extrasystole, and Artifact categories with 79.0% accuracy (Journal of Intelligent Systems with Applications, 3(1), 2020).
2020
İzmir, TÜRKİYE
Writer | Researcher
Topic: Design and Implementation of Digital Filters for ECG Data Based on Field Programmable Gate Array and MATLAB: four digital filters (low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, band-stop) built on FPGA with MATLAB System Generator (3(1), 2020).
Certifications
"Geleceği Sahipleniyoruz" Ciddi Oyunlar™ ile Geleceği Sahiplenen İnovasyon Projeleri
Jul 2026
41 North Business School
"Geleceği Sahipleniyoruz" Blackbox Business Challenge™
Jun 2026
41 North Business School
ISO 9001:2015 & IATF 16949:2016 Training
Feb 2023
KALMER Kalite Yönetim Merkezi
ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018
Nov 2021
N-Sistem
Hydraulics & Pneumatics Development and Adaptation Training (64 hours)
Feb 2020
Manisa Yunusemre Halk Eğitim Merkezi
Database Management – SQL Development and Adaptation Training (56 hours)
Dec 2019
Manisa Yunusemre Halk Eğitim Merkezi
Computer-Aided Design (AutoCAD) (160 hours)
Dec 2017
İzmir Halk Eğitim Merkezi
Programmable Logic Control (PLC) (296 hours)
Dec 2017
İzmir Halk Eğitim Merkezi
Professional Experience
Digitalization & AI Supervisor
Jan 2026 - Present
İnci GS Yuasa / İnci Akü, Manisa/TÜRKİYE
- Leading OT digitalization and applied-AI strategy across 3 production facilities; managing a 2-person engineering team and coordinating across 10+ cross-functional departments. Delivered 15+ process-improvement projects since taking on the role.
- Scaled the OT data integration backbone to 300+ managed data channels and database connections (up from ~200) across PLC, SCADA, MES, and historian systems — integrating 36 new production lines/machines in 2026 alone (furnaces, mills, assembly, filling, and welding stations), surpassing the year's 20% connectivity target to reach 25.76% facility-wide machine coverage, and building a self-service OPC UA-based alerting platform that lets any user configure real-time custom alarms across all connected machines.
- Grew the applied-AI portfolio to 4 active predictive-maintenance/quality models and 25 AI-driven automation projects, including RAG-based knowledge systems and GenAI/multi-agent workflows (n8n, Microsoft Copilot, GPT, Claude) that cut day-long reporting cycles down to seconds; leading the AI Ambassador (AI Elçileri) program, driving every department to build and own its own AI agent.
- Deployed real-time air-quality/particulate monitoring in areas with high lead-dust exposure, contributing to a 58.62% reduction in workers' blood lead levels; also added real-time anomaly detection on production/utility systems that helped prevent a potential fire incident.
- Integrated two YOLO-based computer-vision safety models: AI-ODS, which auto-stops robots when a person enters their work envelope, and AI-FDS, which uses real-time light-projection warnings to prevent forklift-pedestrian and forklift-forklift collisions at blind spots — sustaining zero workplace accidents for 4 consecutive years in the areas where they were deployed.
- Retrofitted 200+ electricity, water, and natural-gas meters to remote-reading, built the underlying database, and launched an energy dashboard visualizing machine-level consumption, per-unit-product energy use, and carbon footprint — integrated with SAP and preparing the facility for ISO 50001 certification.
- Built a compressed-air leak anomaly-detection algorithm fusing compressor pressure data, real-time MES production signals, and SAP machine-level production-confirmation data, enabling early leak intervention and reducing compressor energy consumption.
- Added ML-based energy forecasting driven by planned production volumes (XGBoost, LightGBM, GBM regression, R² up to 0.944), co-authored as peer-reviewed research at the 13th International European Conference on Interdisciplinary Scientific Research (Tirana, Albania, May 2026).
Senior Operational Technologies (OT) Engineer
Dec 2022 - Dec 2025
İnci GS Yuasa / İnci Akü, Manisa/TÜRKİYE
- Architected a Unified Namespace (UNS) unifying SAP, MES, and PLC/SCADA/DCS-based shop-floor equipment — over OPC UA, MQTT, Kafka, Profinet, EtherNet/IP, and CC-Link — with energy analyzers and third-party systems, establishing the facility's digital twin; led a 20-person team to give every battery full-lifecycle process and test traceability from raw material to shipment.
- Led the design and rollout of the OT network architecture; ran 80+ structured cybersecurity and disaster-recovery operations across VLAN segmentation, NAT, and industrial firewalls aligned to the ISA-95/Purdue model and IEC 62443 to safeguard production continuity and data security.
- Built a 46-channel, 156-database backbone (MS SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL) spanning all 3 production facilities on a custom Node.js/React/Redux/TypeScript stack with ETL/stream-processing pipelines, automating entirely manual shop-floor workflows to lift operational efficiency 19% and data reliability 14%, and cutting OEM/AFM customer data-request turnaround by 90%.
- Delivered end-to-end visibility via Power BI and custom dashboards showing real-time machine data, per-unit test results, and real-time SPC-based anomaly alerts — further strengthening the digital twin and powering the Digital Product Passport; accelerated reporting by 60%, saving $156K annually.
Software Development / Automation Lead
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
DVD Valves, Manisa/TÜRKİYE
- Developed a PLC-controlled hydraulic butterfly valve control system with a Modbus TCP-based SCADA platform for international water projects (Italy: 8×Ø700mm, Dubai: 2×Ø1400/Ø1500mm, Colombia: 2×Ø700mm); completed FAT/SAT testing. Brought development in-house instead of outsourcing, cutting costs by 30% ($80k saved).
- As project lead overseeing the ~₺3.5M TÜBİTAK TEYDEB 1501 budget, led a 3-person core team (coordinating cross-departmental contributors across the project's 9+-person team) building the embedded software and desktop/mobile applications for the pre-charge and ultrasonic metering modules of a smart irrigation hydrant system, cutting unit cost by ~68% versus the outsourced solution and bringing after-sales technical support fully in-house.
- TÜBİTAK 2209-B industrial consultant (smart agricultural valve project, No. 119B412103138): added LoRa-based remote meter reading.
Software Development / Automation Engineer
Jul 2018 - Dec 2021
DVD Valves, Manisa/TÜRKİYE
- Designed two autonomous welding robots with PLC/HMI control to deliver a robust, high-quality weld in a sealing-critical zone, cutting welding cycle time by 60% and reducing sealing-related quality defects by 23%.
- Enabled real-time monitoring via the Focas library for CNC machines and OPC UA for PLC-based equipment, with REST API-based data collection and historical data logging.
- Modernized outdated, manually-operated control panels and revised PLC software for 10+ production-floor machines (blower test systems, sealing test units with an MS SQL-based desktop application, rubber press, sizing, polishing robot, saw, radial drill, and sandblasting), upgrading their automation level.
- Enabled real-time, cross-department visibility into production and maintenance operations through MES and ERP integration.
Part-Time Project Engineer
Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
DİMES, İzmir/TÜRKİYE
- Transitioned a fully manual PET bottle production line to a fully autonomous conveyor system, designing the PLC-based control panel.
- Developed PLC-SCADA software for mixing tank control, enabling full traceability and digitizing reporting and quality processes, supporting faster detection and root-cause analysis of quality deviations.
Education
MSc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Sep 2019 - Jun 2022
İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir/TÜRKİYE
GPA: 3.64/4.00 (100% English-Medium Program)
Coursework: Statistical Process Control | Data Acquisition and Control | Applied Machine Learning | Artificial Neural Networks.
BSc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Sep 2014 - Jul 2019
İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir/TÜRKİYE
GPA: 3.14/4.00 (100% English-Medium Program)
Coursework: Process Control and Instrumentation | Optimization in Engineering | Industrial Automation | Signals and Systems.
Thesis: Design of a Cylindrical Welding and Polishing Machine with PLC-Based HMI Control.
Services
In my areas of expertise, innovative and comprehensive services are provided to enhance digital transformation and operational efficiency.
OT Digitalization & Unified Namespace
End-to-end OT data integration across PLC, SCADA, MES, historian, and SAP systems over OPC UA, MQTT, Kafka, Profinet, EtherNet/IP, and CC-Link. Unified Namespace architectures and digital twins that give full process and test traceability, backed by secure OT networks aligned to ISA-95/Purdue and IEC 62443.
Applied AI & GenAI Automation
Predictive-maintenance and quality models, RAG-based knowledge systems, and GenAI/multi-agent workflows (n8n, Microsoft Copilot, GPT, Claude) that turn day-long reporting cycles into seconds. Leading the company-wide AI Ambassador program so every department builds and owns its own AI agent.
Computer Vision for Workplace Safety
YOLO-based safety systems such as robot auto-stop when a person enters the work envelope and light-projection warnings against forklift collisions at blind spots — contributing to 4 consecutive years of zero workplace accidents where deployed, alongside real-time air-quality and anomaly monitoring.
Energy & Sustainability Analytics
Remote-reading meter retrofits, machine-level energy dashboards with per-unit consumption and carbon footprint, compressed-air leak detection, and ML-based energy forecasting from planned production volumes — integrated with SAP and supporting ISO 50001 readiness.
Full-Stack Development & Cloud
Custom Node.js/React/Redux/TypeScript platforms with ETL/stream-processing pipelines, REST APIs, and real-time dashboards, deployed on Azure/AWS with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD — bridging the shop floor and the cloud.
Recognized Innovation & Research
Multiple 1st-place finishes and an Innovation Special Award at the Cevdet İnci Incentive Awards, İnci GS Yuasa Stars awards, and a Sustainability Business Awards finalist spot (Technology & AI). Author of 5 scientific publications in applied machine learning and industrial automation.