What is your current job title?
Founding Partner, Executive Committee Member
Which of the following areas are you most interested in?
OSS/BSS
Do you belong to, or participate in any of the following
TM Forum, GSMA
What would you like to get out of Telcoprofessionals.com?
Professional Environment, Ability to connect with like minded professionals
Professional Background/Education eg. BSS/OSS
Ali Durmus is one of the founding partners of Etiya. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer overseeing the technical and business strategy while working closely with the firm’s partners to evaluate consumer technologies and new opportunities between 2004 and 2015. Mr. Durmus currently serves as an Executive Committee Member at Etiya. He earned a PhD and a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU).
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Communication...
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