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Sedat Akkaya


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 Over 30 years of project experience in Oil & Gas, Telecommunication, Power, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Mining industries.


 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:


 Toronto Transit Commission| Toronto


Head of Project Management Office                                                                  


Capital Project Cost Control, Planning and Scheduling, Estimating, Risk Management, Quality Assurance, Gated Process for Growth, Service Improvement and State of Good Repair Projects -$1Billion a year


 


Suncor Energy | Calgary


Director, Project Controls                                                                                      Estimating, Planning, Benchmarking, Business Development (Gated Process) and Renewable Projects-$3Billion a year


Director, Project Controls                                                                                     
Forth Hills Oil Sand Mine and Process Project $18B
Main Areas – Infrastructure, Power, Automation, Telecom, C&SU $4.3B


Manager Project Controls                                                                                      Firebag Sustaining Projects - $400M per year


 


Rio Tinto| Montreal, Vancouver


Manager, Cost Control  (Aluminum)                                                                    


Principal Cost Engineer (Copper)                                                                         


AMEC PLC (WOOD) | Toronto                                                                            Manager Project Controls – Utilities and Offsite


Kearl Lake Project - $8B


 


 


Bantrel Co.                  


Project Controls Manager                                                                                      Voyageur Upgrader Calgary) $ 11.5 Billion


Project Controls Supervisor                               
Genesis Project (Toronto / Sarnia) $1.5 Billion


 


Bechtel


Regional Lead Planner                                                                                          Genesis Wireless Network Project (EPCM), Cingular (Chicago / Detroit)                                     


GSM overlay for 17 US Cities (Market) 7300 cell sites


Project Controls Supervisor                                                                                Telus / MFN Fiber Network Project (EPCM) (Toronto)     

Stone and Webster


Scheduler / Analyst


Pickering Nuclear Power Plant Return to Service Project


                             


Enron Power


Field Scheduler


Combined Recycle Power Plant – 478Mwe


 


EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:


 


Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) – Civil Engineering | Istanbul Technical University


 


In Residence Executive Leadership Development | Harvard Business School, Boston


Executive Leadership Development Program | University of Calgary


Contract Management Certificate Program| Mount Royal University, Calgary


Project Management Certificate Program | SAIT, Calgary


Certified Cost Engineer | AACE, Calgary


Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification | Bechtel, Calgary


Project Controls University | Bechtel, Houston