
Canimu Canimu
@canimucanimu
I lead global digital transformation, portfolio governance, and technology strategy that deliver measurable business outcomes.
What I'm looking for
At Ericsson, I own the strategic transformation roadmap for Network Services, shaping future operating models, technology enablement, global deployment, investment tracking, and value realization.
I’ve led automation, analytics, reporting, and managed-services transformations across Europe, aligning senior stakeholders and cross-border teams around priorities, governance, and operational results.
Earlier, I delivered telecom integration, rollout, transition, and support programs for customers including Turkcell, Avea, Superonline, Liberty Global, MBNL UK, TCDD, and Istanbul Metro—including projects exceeding $80M and software upgrades adopted as Ericsson global best practice.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
-Own the strategic transformation roadmap for Network Services, defining the future-state
operating model, technology enablement strategy and global deployment approach.
-Drive executive governance across business areas, market units and headquarters functions
to align investment priorities, transformation initiatives and business outcomes.
-Develop strategic planning frameworks and value realizat
Automation and Tools Transformation Office Lead, Western Europe
Apr 2021 - Jun 2024 (3 years 2 months)
- Led regional transformation strategy for automation, analytics and reporting solutions across Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
- Accelerated migration from fragmented local tools to standardized global platforms.
- Drove adoption of SAFe Agile methodology; guided operational teams on automation, analytics and reporting solutions to improve customer experience, quality and security.
- Directed complex managed services transitions and transformation initiatives.
- Directed a cross-border team of 12 Project Managers across the Netherlands, UK, Poland and India to deliver a complex managed services transition within tight contractual timelines.
- Managed executive stakeholders across multiple countries and mid management.
- Led multi-country service transitions across the UK, Netherlands and Germany, including operational divesture of Germany and Hungary from global managed services.
- Established and deployed new service transition processes; identified and drove automation candidates to improve operational efficiency.
- Contributed to pre-sales engagements including RFP responses and cost-time estimation f
- Managed integration and rollout projects exceeding $80M for operators including Turkcell, Avea and Superonline across core, access and transmission networks.
- Pre-sales responsibility, led multiple RFP processes, contract reviews, statement of work definition and risk assessment. Generated add-on sales exceeding $380K.
- Executed R&D partnerships with Turkcell on New Product Introduction a
Delivered signalling and telecommunications system installations for Turkish high-speed rail authority (TCDD)
Istanbul metro (~$5M), managing full project lifecycle from budget to stakeholder management.
Customer Maintenance Technical Support Engineer Tier 2 or 3 Support ATM/Frame Relay
7/24 support for the following products for more than 100 customers as a member of C-TAC
for European region.
Technical lead when communicating major problems, recommended preventive actions to keep known problems from occurring in client networks. Have been technical lead for software upgrade projects. Directly s
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
SAFe by Scaled Agile, Inc.
Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist
Issued Mar 2022 · Expired Mar 2023
Koç University
Master's degree, eMBA
2016 - 2017
Ericsson
Ericsson Experienced Project Manager
Issued Feb 2015
Project Management Institute (PMI)
PMP
Issued Oct 2011 · Expired Oct 2020
Berlin University of Applied Sciences Berlin (BHT)
Master's degree, Computer Science Engineering
2001 - 2006
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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