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Tevfik Koksal

@tevfikkoksal

IT infrastructure director at Türksat A.Ş. who led 24/7 data center, government cloud, and enterprise IT services.

At Türksat A.Ş., I led approximately 55 technical staff delivering 24/7 data center, government cloud, and enterprise IT services. I oversaw corporate IT for more than 1,600 users across 20 locations.

I led infrastructure modernization and turnkey projects, managing schedules, budgets, and delivery risks through implementation. I also oversaw backup and replication with Veeam and led disaster recovery exercises aligned with ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000-1, and ISO 22301 practices.

At Xerox Corporation, I administered UNIX, Linux, and Windows systems and supported identity and access services. Earlier, at Türksat, I led a Frame Relay to Metro Ethernet migration that increased bandwidth from 2 Mbps to 100 Mbps while reducing annual telecommunications costs by approximately $60,000.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

International Business Development

Türksat A.Ş.

Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year)

Coordinated requirements, proposals, and technical discussions with public institutions and technology partners on hosting, infrastructure, and digital services projects.

Business Development Proposal Management Technical Discussions Hosting Infrastructure Digital Services

Director of IT Operations

Türksat A.Ş.

Jan 2014 - Dec 2024 (10 years 11 months)

Led approximately 55 technical staff delivering 24/7 data center, government cloud, and enterprise IT services. Oversaw corporate IT for more than 1,600 users across 20 locations, including LAN/WAN connectivity, VPN, DNS, email, file services, endpoint infrastructure, monitoring, and help desk ticketing.

UNIX and Linux Administrator

Xerox Corporation

Jan 2007 - Dec 2014 (7 years 11 months)

Administered development, test, and production systems spanning Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows Server, and macOS for local and offshore engineering teams. Supported identity and access services through Active Directory, LDAP, and NIS, along with Exchange, DNS, DHCP, Samba, and NFS.

LDAP NIS Exchange DNS DHCP SAMBA NFS VCenter Cisco UCS EMC Celera SAN NAS EMC VNX EMC Avamar Puppet Rsync Unix Linux Solaris Red Hat Enterprise Linux CentOS Ubuntu Windows Server MacOS Active Directory

Manager of IT Department

Türksat

Jan 2005 - Dec 2007 (2 years 11 months)

Led a 12-person IT department, including staff training, performance management, vendor negotiations, procurement, and annual budgeting. Introduced centralized help desk ticketing and IT asset management, improving issue tracking, hardware inventory control, software license compliance, and CIO and CFO reporting.

IT Management Team Leadership Corporate Trainer Performance Management vendor negotiation Procurement Budgeting Help Desk IT Asset Management Network Migrations Firewall Management Juniper SSG 20 Netscreen

Systems Analyst

Bausch & Lomb

Jan 1992 - Dec 2002 (10 years 11 months)

Provided first- and second-level systems support in a 24/7 manufacturing environment. Trained and coordinated 12 Shop Floor Control Specialists and developed operating procedures, disaster-recovery processes, and data-quality controls.

Systems support Manufacturing Training Coordination Operational Procedures Disaster Recovery Data Quality

Additional R&D Leadership

Türksat A.Ş.

Served as acting R&D director, supervising approximately 21 staff. Helped transition SatCloud and Kablo Bulut into production and align both services with operational support requirements.

R&D Management Team Leadership Cloud Services Production Transition Operational Support