Mr. Omer Oz
International Expert
Incubation Management Systems
1979 – 1982 | Brighton University, BSc. Honors in Mechanical Engineering
Brighton – ENGLAND |
1977 – 1979 | Brunel Technical College, Achieved the following passes:
‘ A ‘ levels in Applied Mathematics; Pure Mathematics and Physics Joint Matriculation Board Certificate of English, Bristol – ENGLAND |
1976 – 1977 | Wessex Academy School of English, Certificate of English and
RSA English as a Foreign Language Bournemouth- ENGLAND |
1969 -1976 | T.E.D. Ankara College, Secondary & High School
Ankara – TURKEY |
– Extensive experience in management of Business Incubator
– Strong working experience with all issues of SME development – Consultant to international organizations: UNIDO/UNDP – Familiar with countries in the region and ability to understand foreign cultures and communicate |
2019-Present | Adviser to KOSGEB President
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2018-Present | Coordinator of The EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey ( FRiT) project
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2018-2019 | KOSGEB Hakkari Center – Manager
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2010-2018 | KOSGEB- Baskent University technology incubator- Expert
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2009 | Certified infoDev Global Business Incubation Management Trainer |
2005-2010
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General Manager of Bahrain Business Incubator. Bahrain
Responsible for setting up the scheme from scratch, preparing the main outlines and finally managing the incubator. |
1991 – 2005 | ODTU-KOSGEB TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR
General Manager Ankara –Turkey Responsible for setting up the scheme from scratch, preparing the main outlines how to set up the first incubator in Turkey and finally managing the incubator. |
2007 | Regional Coordinator of Science Park and Innovation Center expert Group
( SPICE) |
2006 | President of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Incubator network.
Founding member of MENA incubator network and president. Managed network activities as well as Responsible person for two World Bank founded Projects. The objectives of the Projects are to develop a collaborative network of the MENA Region incubators and other business development service providers. Organized several Regional workshops on Business Incubation |
2002-2005 | General Coordinator of Business Incubators in Turkey.
Responsible for coordination between the incubators İn Turkey and work extensively on unifying the SME Support schemes among the incubators. |
2002-2005 | General Coordinator of Innovation Relay Center (IRC) Anatolia.
Initiated the project and established the first IRC in Turkey in partnership with METU Technopark. |
1995 – 2005 | Consultant to Turkish Technology Development Foundation(TTGV
Evaluate several industrial R&D projects and prepared reports for TTGV |
1995- 2000 | Member of Executive Board of Turkish Patent Institute |
1993- 2004 | Member of Executive Boards of; Istanbul, Trabzon, Bogazici
and Ankara University Technology Development Centers (incubators) TURKEY |
1990 – 1991 | SMALL AND MEDIUM INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
(KOSGEB. Expert Department of Technology and Entrepreneurship Development – Expert Responsible for preparing guidelines to set up incubators in Turkey. Prepared a model for the above-mentioned task |
1986 – 1990 | Owner of KARE Trading Corp.
KARE Cop. was an export/import and a manufacturing company. The main product for export was electric cable manufacturing machinery and extruders. Main target countries were Iraq, Arab Emirates, and Europe. Responsible for all aspects of running the company as the owner. |
1983 -1986 | QASSIM CEMENT FACTORY- Head of Preventive Maintenance
Al-Qassim – SAUDI ARABIA Responsible for the organization of preventive maintenance programs and cement plant maintenance |
1982 – 1983 | HEMA GEAR MANUFACTURING CORP. – Design Engineer. Ankara
Responsible for designing of transmission elements and special gears for various applications |
UNIDO and UNDP Projects.
Nov. 2018 | International Incubation Management Expert, ‘’Incubation Management Strategy for Bahrain and assistance to Bahrain Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism in improving their incubator approval, rating and monitoring procedures’’ UNIDO Project- ISA 34497 |
Jan. 2011 | Designed and conducted “Capacity building for Business Incubator”
training program. UNIDO, Beirut, Lebanon. |
Jan. 2011 | Designed and conducted “Capacity building for Business Incubator”
training program. UNIDO, Damascus, Syria |
Dec. 2005 | Invited as a key speaker for a workshop on” Clusters and Enterprise Support Schemes” by ESCWA, UNIDO, Beirut. |
Apr 2004 | Assigned by UNIDO and UNDP as “Marketing Consultant on
Business Incubators” To prepare a business plan for a business incubator to be established in Kuwait. Duration: One month, DP/KUW/03/006/11-51, UNIDO, Kuwait |
Jan. 2004 | Invited as a key speaker for “Technology Incubators Symposium”
Riyadh, UNIDO, SAUDİ ARABİYA |
Apr. 2003 | Attended “Baku Business Incubator” workshop as a speaker,
UNIDO, OSCE. Baku, – AZERBAİJAN |
Mar. 2002 | Designed and conducted the first training workshop on
“Technical Cooperation in the Area of Business Incubators among the OIC Member Countries” together with SESRTCIC and UNIDO. Ankara – TURKEY |
Oct 2001 | Assigned by UNIDO as International Business Incubator Development
Consultant for helping Bahrain Development Bank in the preliminary stages of getting the Business Incubator operational Duration: Two work months, SF/BAH/01/001, UNIDO, Manama, BAHRAİN |
May 2000 | UNIDO Expert for “Training seminars on Business Incubator”
UNIDO, TUNIS |
Jan 2000 | Assigned by UNIDO as Business Incubator Consultant to undertake a review of the Incubator industry in Turkey, to identify existing incubators and to compile basic information on their creation and operation.
Duration: One week, UNIDO. Ankara TURKEY |
Oct. 1999 | Assigned by UNIDO as International Business Incubator Development Consultant to provide support to the Bahrain Development Bank (BDB) in analyzing the requirements for the establishment of a Business Incubator in Bahrain and more specifically to prepare a business plan for the first business incubator in the country and also in the Gulf region.
Duration: Three weeks, SF/BAH/99/09, UNIDO, Manama, BAHRAIN |
Sep. 1998 | Organized a training programme and study tour to Egyptian delegations
on Business Incubators in Turkey. UNIDO, Ankara – TURKEY |
Sep. 1996 | Invited speaker and presented a paper on “Assessment of the Role of Business Incubator in Economic Development”
UNIDO, UNDP, Beirut – LEBANON |
Apr. 1996 | Organized and conducted a training programme and study tour for a Pakistani delegation belonging to steering group of the Rawalpindi based Business Incubator for army welfare trust.SI/PAK//802, UNIDO, Ankara – TURKEY |
Feb. 1996 | Attended the international expert meeting on “The assessment of technological needs for sustainability” UNIDO, CSD.
Hugues, NETHERLANDS |
Mar. 1995 | Organized and conducted a training programme and study tour visit to
Uzbek planners to Business Incubators in Ankara and in Turkey. U2B/93/012, UNIDO, Ankara – TURKEY |
Feb. 1995 | Attended to the Round Table on “Technology transfer, Cooperation
and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development” UNIDO Vienna – AUSTRIA |
Sep. 1995 | Participated and presented a paper on “Role of Business Incubators
in Enterprise Creation and Economic Development” The workshop was based on desk research and seven commissioned country studies. INT/94/4790 UNIDO, UNDP, OAS, Tianjin – CHINA |
1994 | Assigned as the National Expert by UNIDO to undertake the study of
“Assessment of Role of Business Incubators as a tool for new venture Creation and Economic Development in Turkey”, INT/94/4790 UNIDO, Ankara – TURKEY |
Sep. 1993 | Organized and conducted “Technology Development Centers and Technoparks in
Turkey “Seminar together with British Council and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Ankara – TURKEY |
1991-1993 | Member of steering comity of “Programmed for the establishment of
Technoparks in Turkey” TUR/89/T01, UNIDO, Ankara – TURKEY |