Töre Deniz Yilmaz

Lead and develop planning activities for small and middle size vehicle platforms. Lead crossfunctional product development teams to define product strategies and approve platform programs. Lead product / program related investment and material cost activities

Lead Platform Planning Analyst for legal emission and refrigerant programs. Lead Platform Planning Analyst for small size vehicles.

Commodity Business Plan (CBP) leader for park-brake systems. Responsible global engineering leader for supplier selection & sourcing, system benchmarking, cost-reduction projects and search of new technologies (light weight, die-casting magnesium park-brake lever) for park-brake systems.. Annual commodity value: 120M €

Responsible system engineer for mid-upper segment passenger vehicle platform. Developed, designed, tested, verified, released and implemented park-brake systems on multibrand platform among Ford (S-Max, Galaxy, Mondeo), Volvo (S80, V70, XC70, S60) and Land Rover (Freelander 2). Total project value: 115M €

Responsible commodity engineer for mid-upper segment passenger vehicle platform. Developed, designed, tested, verified, released and implemented brake pipe and vacuum hose systems on multibrand platform among Ford (S-Max, Galaxy, Mondeo), Volvo (S80, V70, XC70, S60) and Land Rover (Freelander 2). Total project value: 65M €

Completed successfuly FCG program in the following areas: * Component Eng.: Developed wheels, tires, jacks and tire repair kit for C-Car (Ford, Volvo, Mazda). * Vehicle Eng.: Integrated Driving Controls. Lead and mentored the “ESP Interfaces“ FMEA. * Marketing: Brand Management and market implementation of StreetKa, SportKa, Fiesta. * Production: Ongoing Plant Development (OPD). B-Car chassis quality improvement & cost reduction. * After Sales: Field operations at Ford-Otosan in district Istanbul.

Designed, produced and assembled “Head Impact Test Stand for Bus Seats”. Experience with safety attribute in automotive industry and developed skills in project management.

Authored car reviews based on test-drives, translation of articles, developed skills in understanding automotive customer expectations. Attended Nissan Almera’s world premier; test-drives as journalist.

Research & Teaching Assistantship in Mechanical Engineering; Automotive Division. Completed thesis research in hybrid vehicles. Taught advanced courses in technical aspects of brake systems.

Designed and assembled conveyor systems.

Completed advanced lab project in optimization of axle and engine production / manufacturing facilities. Participated test-drives.

Produced painting and coating systems for vans and trucks.

DUKE MEM is a joint program between Pratt School of Engineering, Fuqua Business School, and Duke Law School. Graduation business project: Customer Relationship Management with NCR.

Graduation Thesis: Design of brake vacuum hoses through CAE (engine rock) calculation.

Graduation Thesis: Generating digital road signals from defined power spectrums