ERKAN OKUR

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Founded and currently lead a consulting company specializing in Enterprise PLM, Digital Thread, and Engineering Transformation for Aerospace & Defense and other highly regulated industries.

• Advise executive stakeholders on PLM strategy, enterprise architecture, and digital transformation roadmaps, aligning technology investments with business objectives and long-term organizational goals.

• Design and deliver end-to-end transformation programs by integrating PDM, PLM, ALM, QLM, SLM, AR, and related engineering solutions into cohesive enterprise ecosystems.

• Help organizations establish connected engineering operating models by optimizing engineering processes, governance, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Lead customer engagements from opportunity assessment and solution strategy through implementation, adoption, and long-term success, ensuring measurable business value and sustainable transformation.

• Build strategic partnerships, define service offerings, and mentor technical teams while promoting industry best practices in Product Lifecycle Management and Digital Engineering.

• Drive enterprise-wide engineering transformation by implementing Digital Thread strategies and connected engineering ecosystems.

• To gain deeper insight into our competencies and the solutions we provide, please visit: onera.com.tr

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Founded PLMegitimi.com, a professional learning platform dedicated to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Digital Engineering, and Engineering Transformation, providing training, best practices, and strategic guidance for organizations and professionals.

• Develop and deliver instructor-led training programs on PLM Principles, Digital Thread, Engineering Change Management, Configuration Management, and Digital Transformation for engineers, technical leaders, and decision-makers.

• Deliver professional training programs through the Defense Industry Academy (SSA) and SAHA Academy, supporting the development of engineering capabilities within Türkiye's Aerospace & Defense ecosystem.

• Successfully delivered PLM Principles training to more than 400+ engineers, helping organizations establish a common understanding of Product Lifecycle Management beyond software implementation.

• Advocate that successful PLM adoption depends not only on technology, but also on business processes, governance, organizational culture, and people, enabling organizations to achieve sustainable digital transformation.

• Create original educational content, technical articles, implementation best practices, and digital transformation roadmaps to promote modern engineering methodologies and industry best practices.

• For additional information about the training programs and educational content, please visit: PLMegitimi.com

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Led enterprise-wide Engineering Digital Transformation initiatives by defining and implementing digital engineering platforms supporting software, electronics, and mechanical engineering organizations.

• Designed, implemented, and governed enterprise engineering solutions including PTC Windchill PDMLink, Azure DevOps Server (ADO), and ECAD platforms, aligning technology capabilities with engineering and business objectives.

• Established a Single Source of Truth (SSoT) by integrating PLM, ALM, ECAD, and internally developed engineering systems, enabling end-to-end traceability and seamless engineering collaboration.

• Led the architecture and deployment of DevSecOps platforms based on Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Nexus, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and related technologies, supporting scalable CI/CD pipelines and secure software delivery.

• Acted as a technical leader across cross-functional teams, driving engineering process standardization, technology adoption, and organizational change to improve collaboration and development efficiency.

Core Competencies:

• Enterprise Architecture
• Engineering Digital Transformation
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
• Product Data Management (PDM)
• DevSecOps & CI/CD
• Systems Integration & Digital Thread

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Delivered consulting, solution design, implementation, and customer success services for PTC Windchill, PTC Creo, PTC Mathcad, and PTC Arbortext solutions across manufacturing and Aerospace & Defense industries.

• Helped organizations establish enterprise engineering environments by implementing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Data Management (PDM), and Digital Technical Documentation solutions.

• Led customer engagements including pre-sales consulting, solution demonstrations, business requirement analysis, implementation planning, user training, and post-deployment support.

• Collaborated with engineering organizations to improve product development processes, engineering collaboration, configuration management, and digital information continuity across the product lifecycle.

• Contributed to multiple enterprise digital transformation initiatives by aligning PTC technologies with customer engineering processes and business objectives.

Key focus areas:

• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Product Data Management (PDM)
• Engineering Collaboration
• Technical Documentation (DITA/XML)
• Enterprise Solution Consulting

Selected customers: LC Waikiki, Pegasus Airlines, Vestel, Hidromek, Artema, TAI, MKE, BİL-UZAY, Mikes, Ditaş, Murat Ticaret, Fotoniks.

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Delivered consulting, implementation, and technical support services for PTC Windchill Quality Solutions, enabling organizations to establish structured quality, reliability, and risk management processes.

• Advised engineering organizations on implementing industry-standard methodologies including FMEA, FTA, FRACAS, and Reliability & Maintainability Prediction, supporting the development of dependable and certifiable products.

• Conducted solution demonstrations, technical workshops, user training, system configuration, and customer onboarding activities throughout the complete project lifecycle.

Key focus areas:

• RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety)
• Safety-Critical Engineering
• Engineering Risk Management

Selected customers: TAI, TEI, ASELSAN, HAVELSAN, FNSS, OTOKAR, Roketsan, Vestel Defence, EHSİM, NETAŞ, Meteksan Defence, Karel.

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Analyzed and optimized business processes for enterprise customers, translating business requirements into workflow and BPM solutions.

• Designed and implemented business process management applications using Skelta BPM.Net and Aras Innovator PLM.

Key focus areas: Business Analysis, Business Process Management (BPM), Workflow Automation, Enterprise Solution Development.

Selected projects: PTT Headquarters (CRM Analysis), Emlak Konut GYO (ERP Consulting), Yapı Merkezi Prefabrikasyon (Business Analysis & Software Development), DAF Enerji (Business Process Consulting & Sales Automation).

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Performed business analysis, process modeling, and workflow automation projects using Intalio|BPMS.

• Collaborated with customers to transform business requirements into scalable process management solutions.

Key focus areas: Business Analysis, Business Process Management (BPM), Process Modeling, Workflow Automation.

Selected project: State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) – Business Process Management System.