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Didem - COO/Managing Director - UK - iCEO #88872
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Didem's Profile
iCEO #88872
Position: COO/Managing Director
Nationality: UK
Experience
Didem is an AI/ Generative AI executive with 25 years background in management consulting (Capgemini, EY, and Accenture) and industry (Motorola, Microsoft, and Schneider Electric). Didem, a World Economic Forum AI Governance Alliance fellow and Forbes Tech Council member, is a passionate AI practitioner with multiple awards such as Tech Women 100 Champion and Trailblazer 50.
Major Achievements
Career Highlights: Led Generative AI opportunity scan across a 130,000 Fortune 500 company with 200 VP & SVPs across 15 functions through 60 co-creation workshops in 6 weeks. Helped identify and prioritize 200 GenAI/ AI use cases. Sized the 3-year GenAI opportunity (750M-1.3B Euros and identified investment needs (250-500m Euros). Led the creation of GenAI / AI business cases, 15-month implementation plans, and annual budget allocations for 20 functions in four weeks. Spearheaded GenAI/ AI talent transformation and planning efforts with 50 HR & Training leaders across these functions. Earlier achievements: • Supported the birth and incubation of Microsoft Business AI solutions at Microsoft Research & Product groups to incubate a multi-billion Data & AI business in three years. • Built a high-performance team and brought on 1,500 partnerships in c. 60 subsidiaries over two years. Microsoft paid out $1B to these partners in the following five years. • Spearheaded Accenture & Microsoft Humanitarian Program, rolling out a Power Virtual Agent for COVID-19 for all public sector, education, health, and non-profit clients. Our flagship implementation was with the India Ministry of Health, where we rolled the solution to 1.3 billion citizens in 10 days in April 2020. • Led Girls in AI Hackathon pilots with colleagues and volunteers from Microsoft Data & AI, Education, and Philanthropies teams and customers and partners. The program won several awards, and the program has been integrated into several Diversity in AI/ Tech programs since then.
Industry Sector Competencies
IT/Computer Hardware
Software
Deep tech (GenAI and AI)
Edtech
Media
Professional Objectives
Function: CEO, Chief AI Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Growth Officer, Chief Revenue Officer
Sector: GenerativeAI/ AI, Deep Tech, Edtech, Tech, Education
Interim Manager: Yes
Permanent Position: Yes
Operational: Yes
Availability: Full time, part time, coaching on demand
Prefered Locations: Remote & London; can relocate to US after 1-2years
Additional Professional Interests
Operational coaching on demand
Non executive director assignments
Countries Covered
Turkey
UK
USA
Operational Competencies
AI strategy (Expert)
DEI strategy (Expert)
ESG & sustainability strategy (Professional)
Technologies to market (Expert)
Business development (Expert)
Acquisition and shadow management (Professional)
New product or service launch (Expert)
Geographical expansion (Expert)
Company rescue or turnaround (Professional)
Nationality
UK
Home Country
UK
Availability
Full time
Part time
Coaching on demand
Education
MBA
Languages
English, Turkish
Management Experience
More than 15 years
Company Size
Start-up, SMB, Multinational
Interim Manager
Yes
Founder or Co-Founder
Yes
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