Performance & Process Director of OYAK Cement Group since Feb. 2019, Berkan has worked in cement industry for 14 years. After graduating in Mining Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU), he obtained M.Sc. degree in Cement Engineering from METU. He has a thesis study and articles about cement grinding technologies(*). He also completed his MBA degree from Izmir University of Economics. His career began at Denizli Cement Plant in 2007, and held different positions as Engineer, Chief, Production Manager and Cement Plant Manager. Since the beginning of 2018, he became Performance & Program Manager in OYAK Cement. He has been working on performance evaluation, efficiency improvement, planning & programming of industrial operations, process management, innovation and R&D, new technology and investment analyses, data science, industrial AI adaptations and industrial digitalization projects.