Experience

Most Recent Role

Data Labeler / AI Trainer — TELUS International

📅 07/2025 – 01/2026 📍 Poland, Remote

Working in the AI training space gave me firsthand exposure to how large language models are built and evaluated. My role sat at the intersection of data quality and machine learning pipeline efficiency — a perspective that directly shapes how I think about project delivery and quality assurance today.

  • Annotated and classified large-scale datasets maintaining 90%+ accuracy across 100+ records daily
  • Reduced annotation error rates by approximately 15% through structured QA feedback cycles
  • Identified systematic inconsistencies in datasets and submitted improvement reports that directly impacted model precision
  • Gained hands-on understanding of prompt evaluation, AI output quality assessment, and dataset bias detection
  • Managed personal productivity within a fully async, multilingual remote team environment
What I learned: How AI models fail — and what good training data actually looks like at scale.

Career Development and Certification Period

📅 04/2023 – 07/2025 📍 Poland

Rather than jumping into the first available role, I made a deliberate decision to invest in structured learning — building a foundation in project management that I could apply immediately and credibly. This period was not a gap; it was a strategy.

  • Completed multiple professional certifications across project management, Agile methodologies, and AI/ML
  • Enrolled in MSc IT in Business programme at WSB Merito Bydgoszcz, focusing on IT project delivery
  • Studied Jira, MS Project, Confluence, and Trello through real project simulations and coursework
  • Developed a strong theoretical and practical base in risk management, sprint planning, and stakeholder communication
What I learned: Certifications open doors — but understanding why frameworks exist is what makes you effective in the room.

Pre-Accountant (Junior Accountant) — MSN Group Sp. z o.o.

📅 10/2022 – 04/2023 📍 Warsaw, Poland

This role was my first deep dive into process improvement within a business environment. Working across administrative and financial workflows, I quickly realized that most inefficiencies are not technical problems — they are communication and documentation problems.

  • Led process improvement initiatives across invoicing and admin workflows, reducing document processing time by approximately 20%
  • Managed employment contracts and legal compliance documentation for a team of 30+ employees
  • Collected and analyzed operational metrics to support cost reduction, contributing to a 10% decrease in administrative overhead
  • Served as an informal bridge between Polish, English, and Turkish-speaking team members — providing translation and cultural context during client onboarding
  • Introduced lightweight tracking systems for document status that reduced follow-up emails and bottlenecks
What I learned: Process improvement does not require a project manager title — it requires the habit of asking "why does this take so long?"

Sales Representative — TUNC Real Estate

📅 03/2020 – 09/2022 📍 Mersin, Turkey

Real estate sales taught me stakeholder management before I knew the term. Every transaction involved multiple parties with conflicting priorities — buyers, sellers, legal teams, banks — and my job was to keep everyone aligned and moving toward a close.

  • Managed a portfolio of 50+ active clients, consistently achieving monthly sales targets through consultative selling
  • Increased client engagement and repeat business by approximately 25% through targeted, research-driven sales strategies
  • Coordinated across legal, finance, and operations teams to ensure seamless service delivery
  • Handled complex negotiations under time pressure, balancing client expectations with legal and financial constraints
  • Built long-term client relationships that generated referrals — reducing cold outreach over time
What I learned: Stakeholder management is the core skill in both sales and project management — the context changes, the challenge does not.

Sales Representative — ISBIR Akdeniz Optic

📅 07/2018 – 01/2020 📍 Mersin, Turkey

Eighteen consecutive months of hitting or exceeding targets in a technical product environment. This role sharpened my ability to translate complex product specifications into clear client value — a skill I now apply when communicating project progress to non-technical stakeholders.

  • Met or exceeded monthly sales targets for 18 consecutive months
  • Adapted sales strategies based on market trend analysis, contributing to year-on-year revenue growth
  • Built deep technical product knowledge to advise clients accurately and build trust
  • Maintained high client satisfaction and retention through consistent follow-up and honest communication
What I learned: People buy from people they trust — and trust is built through consistency, not charisma.

Biology Teacher — UZAY VIP Kisisel Gelisim Kursu

📅 09/2017 – 06/2018 📍 Mersin, Turkey

Teaching is the most underrated leadership experience. Managing a classroom of 20 to 30 students with different learning speeds, motivations, and backgrounds is — in many ways — similar to managing a cross-functional project team.

  • Designed and delivered biology lessons that improved class average exam scores by 18%
  • Developed individualized learning plans for underperforming students, producing measurable improvement within one semester
  • Collaborated on interdisciplinary projects and maintained clear communication with parents and school administration
  • Learned to adjust communication style, pacing, and expectations based on individual needs — a habit I carry into every team environment
What I learned: The best project managers, like the best teachers, know when to explain and when to simply get out of the way.
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