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Senior Industrial Energy & Decarbonization Consultant | Energy Efficiency, WHR, Heat Pumps & Biogas

İstanbul, Turkey
Worldwide
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Marmara University (2011)
İstanbul, Turkey
Worldwide
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Marmara University (2011)

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About me

Energy strategy and engineering consultant with nearly 20 years of experience and 100+ energy audits. Independent advisory on energy efficiency, waste heat recovery, heat pumps, power plant performance, investment feasibility and business development. Turkish–Romanian (EU) citizen; based in Türkiye.

BiogasEnergy TechnologyHeat Pump Installation and MaintenanceEnergy Trading Risk Management (ETRM)Industrial GasesEnergy EfficiencySustainable EngineeringEnergy AuditsEnergy Management
Industrial Energy Auditing
Expertise in conducting 100+ detailed industrial energy audits for domestic and international clients across Türkiye, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany and Saudi Arabia, including field measurements, performance analysis, identification of savings and technical reporting.

Decarbonization & Energy Efficiency Strategy
Development of sector-focused decarbonization roadmaps, investment opportunity screening in waste heat recovery, ORC, industrial heat pumps, biogas and industrial utility optimization, combined with CAPEX/OPEX-based investment case preparation and financial return assessment.

Power Plant Performance Engineering
Assessment of coal-fired and combined-cycle plant efficiency and availability, boiler combustion and fouling, heat/mass balances, turbine and pump performance, cooling-water systems, CHP conversion, waste heat use and thermal energy storage.

Waste Heat Recovery & ORC
Development of industrial waste-heat opportunity assessments, ORC feasibility and project-delivery evaluation, including departmental leadership for cement-industry ORC applications.

Industrial Heat Pumps & Process Heat Electrification
Industrial process heat analysis, heat-pump technology evaluation, integration and investment economics, with departmental leadership of industrial heat-pump and energy-efficient cooling projects.

Technical & Investment Feasibility
Preparation of technical and financial feasibility studies, sensitivity analyses, delivery risk assessments and comparison of EPC, subcontracted and service-based delivery models for industrial energy projects.

Biogas & Wastewater-to-Energy
Technical and commercial screening of industrial wastewater-to-biogas feasibility, covering feedstock and COD assumptions, energy yield, process heating, performance guarantees and investment risk.

Energy Data Analytics & Digital Platforms
Contribution to digital energy performance platform strategy, industrial KPI analytics, pilot evaluation, data quality and market positioning, including work on the Karbon KIT product.

Engineering Tools
Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, IPSEpro, GateCycle, ASPEN and Thermoflow for engineering analysis, simulation and project management tasks.

Project Portfolio Prioritization & Management
Leadership of multidisciplinary engineering, commercial and delivery teams; work-package leadership and project management across utility-scale power generation and industrial energy projects.

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2026

Languages

EnglishFluentRomanianBasic knowledgeTurkishNative speaker

Project history

Energy Efficiency Business Development Manager

ENERJiSA Müsteri Çözümleri A.S.
Lead energy efficiency business development, analysis/project development and project-management activities; set priorities and align engineering, commercial and delivery teams. Develop sector-focused roadmaps and screen investment opportunities in waste heat recovery/ORC, industrial heat pumps, biogas and industrial utility optimization. Prepare investment cases using CAPEX/OPEX, energy savings, financial returns, sensitivity and delivery risk; compare EPC, subcontracted and service-based models. Provide departmental leadership for industrial projects including heat pump/cooling systems and ORC plants; contribute to digital solutions product strategy, KPI analytics and pilot evaluation.

Service Consultant / Senior Energy Efficiency Specialist / Energy Audit Leader

SIEMENS Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
Led technical energy consulting engagements and industrial energy audits for domestic and international clients, from field measurements and performance assessment through feasibility and project delivery support. Developed energy efficiency and retrofit opportunities, technical/financial feasibility studies and investment recommendations; supported customer-site implementation and sales engineering. Delivered Energy Manager certification courses; led Innovative Projects Group and clean-coal-technology brainstorming activities under Siemens Engineering Board initiatives.

Chief Senior Researcher / Researcher

TÜBiTAK Marmara Research Center — Energy Institute
Led the Thermal Power Plant Technologies Research Group and served as project manager, work-package leader or researcher on applied engineering and technical advisory assignments for utility-scale power generation. Assessed coal-fired/combined-cycle plant efficiency and availability, boiler combustion and fouling, heat/mass balances, turbine and pump performance, cooling-water systems, CHP conversion, waste heat use and thermal energy storage. Roles included Chief Senior Researcher (2013–2019) and Researcher (2006–2012).

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