Industrial Engineering

Biography

Dr. Hakan Bütüner is a graduate of TED Ankara College. He received his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical and MBA from Bilkent Universities; and Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla. Dr. Bütüner has been active both in academic and professional lives for several years as a planning and programming manager and as a project manager in overseas, and started up and acted as a chairman of a new venture for bringing different and strong international franchising concepts to Turkey. Later he worked as a strategic planning and business development director of Bayındır Holding; as a SPEED (operations & profit improvement program) country manager of Siemens Business Services; and then as a general coordinator of Bell Holding. During the same periods, he was also lecturing in the Business Schools and/or Industrial Engineering Departments of Bilkent, Bhosporus, Bahcesehir and Yeditepe Universities. Currently, he is lecturing in Business Schools of Bahcesehir and Ozyegin Universities. Dr. Bütüner, currently, is acting as the affiliates of several US companies in industrial management and engineering consulting, training and software solutions field. He is also acting as the founder-president of Institute of Industrial Engineers – Turkish professional chapter. During his career path, Dr. Bütüner has participated in several projects both in Turkey and abroad. Additionally, he is the board member of Institute of High Performance Planners in USA. Author has several publications and books, and at the same time honored by the decision sciences society Alpha Iota Delta.

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