Ministry of Treasury and Finance, General Directorate of Information Technologies, Ankara, Cankaya, Turkey: Dr. Cebrail Taskin, General Manager

Company: Ministry of Treasury and Finance, General Directorate of Information Technologies, Ankara/TURKIYE
Company Description: General Directorate of Information Technologies was established in 2019. The general directorate provides services with its 390 employees. The duty of the General Directorate is to determine the IT targets, to prepare the business plans, financial plans and resource plans in accordance with the targets and policies of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance of the Republic of Turkiye.
Nomination Category: Information Technology Categories
Nomination Sub Category: IT Executive of the Year
2022 Stevie Winner Nomination Title: Dr. Cebrail TASKIN
  1. Which will you submit for this nomination, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length or a written essay of up to 650 words? Choose one:
    Essay of up to 650 words
  2. If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video:
  3. In bullet-list form (up to 150 words), provide a brief summary of up to ten (10) of the nominee's chief achievements since 1 January 2020:

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    1. 900 thousand people became members of the 1 Million Employment Project and attended free education. The project received the best project award in the category of Development Contributing to the Participation and Development of Young People in Business Life from an important education association in Turkiye.

    2. Employment guarantee was given to 80 people living in Şanlurfa at the Urfa 4.0 Summit.

    3. 21 speakers gave speeches in the Technology Days Program and a total of 6000 people listened online.

    4. A total of 76 people attended the Tuesday Chats.

    5. Thanks to Open Door Policy, 80 people had one-on-one meetings with Mr. Taşkın.

    6. Transformation Leaders, consisting of 8 people, acted as a bridge between the management team and employees by communicating with more than 300 personnel.

    7. We managed a transaction volume of 26.5 billion Turkish liras in the Integrated Public Financial Management Information System Project.

  4. If you are providing a written essay for this nomination, submit in this space an essay of up to 650 words describing the nominee's accomplishments since 1 January 2020:

    Total 641 words used.

     Dr. Cebrail Taşkın started to work as the General Manager in the General Directorate of Information Technologies at Republic of Turkiye Ministry of Treasury and Finance in 2021. As soon as he took office, he made an assessment to identify the deficiencies and needs of the institution. As a result, he determined the mission, vision and values of the General Directorate. The primary aim of his is to make the General Directorate of Information Technologies the best information technology institution/company in Turkey. With this perspective, he initiated a "Digital and Cultural Transformation" in the institution.In order to carry out this transformation effectively and efficiently, it started its work by establishing the Transformation Office. By carrying out the digital and cultural transformation simultaneously, it has implemented many applications and projects in this context.

    Digital Transformation:

    1 Million Employment Project: The 1 Million Employment Project, carried out under the ownership of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, was implemented as Turkiye's "first and only" Information Technologies sector-specific "education and employment" platform. The biggest aim of this project is to enable our citizens from all over our country to gain expertise in one or more areas by participating, to find and employ employees with the competence that employers are looking for, thus enabling both parties to work more productively.

    Incentive Support Information System Project: Citizens are provided with the opportunity to list all current support programs, view detailed information, and make a preliminary application to the support program they are interested in.

    Kamufilo Project: Maximum benefit and minimum cost are provided by accurately determining the vehicle needs in all public institutions and executing their supply from a single source effectively and efficiently.

    Integrated Public Financial Management Information System Project: It is aimed to determine the needs of public institutions in expenditure and accounting processes and to solve them as soon as possible.

    Urfa 4.0 Summit: To increase employment and to ensure sustainable development, Mr. Taşkın discovered the potential of Şanlıurfa, the province with the youngest population in Turkiye, and realized the Urfa 4.0 Summit in order to develop products and services with high added value in the field of Agriculture, Tourism, Textile and Technology.

    Great Place to Work: We have certified our employees' perceptions of corporate culture and workplace culture experience by obtaining the internationally recognized Great Place to Work Certificate from the Great Place to Work Institute.

    Cultural Transformation; Mr. Taşkın put various applications into practice, emphasizing that the transformation should be carried out not only with technical works but also with social works. In this context; has implemented the Technology Days application to contribute to the self-confidence of its personnel. Personnel who are experts in their fields became speakers at conferences broadcast live to all Ministry employees and conveyed their knowledge and experience to other employees.

    He implemented Tuesday Chats in order to increase not only the technical skills but also the social skills of his employees. Employees who have expertise in many different fields such as art, culture, sports and so on came together every Tuesday and gave speeches with the participation of his.

    He puts its employees at the center, listens to them, attaches importance to their thoughts and makes them feel valuable. He hosted them in its own office with the Open Door Policy, listened to them and solved their problems.

    It has listened to the requests and complaints of all personnel by putting into effect the Transformation Leaders Program, which acts as an ambassador between the employees and the management levels in order to improve the corporate culture.

    He initiated BTGM Garage, which will initiate technology-oriented innovative projects and support creative ideas in the field of technology.

    Mr. Taşkın wants the employees to come to work happy in the morning and return home happy in the evening so  he appointed someone as Chief Happiness Officer.

Attachments/Videos/Links:
Dr. Cebrail TASKIN
URL 1 Million Employment Project
URL GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES YOUTUBE CHANNEL