Haluk (Max) Bilge☆☆12K+☆23M+☆☆

Current

• Founder, President at BermudaPen Ltd
• Founder, CEO at Turvest Capital Management LLC
• Owner, President at Timenet Inc

• Owner, President at MISS Organization Advertising, Tourism, Media Services Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd.
• Owner, President at ECOS Telekom AS / Istanbul
• Owner, President at ASNET Internet Data Processing Services Ltd / Istanbul

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Past

• President at Marshall Media Inc
• Founding Partner & GM at RAN Tourism Transport Textile Ltd.
• Owner, President at TAN Construction Machinery Ltd.

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Education

• Bosphorus University (Bogaziçi Üniversitesi)
• University of Brighton (Brighton Polytechnic)
• University of Westminster (Central London Polytechnic)

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Connections

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Haluk (Max) Bilge☆☆12K+☆23M+☆☆’s Summary

Haluk (Max) Bilge LION 12.000+/23.000,000+
410+ Cities
98+ Countries
35+ years IT
25+ years International Trade
20+ years C level management
15+ years Telecom and Troubleshooting
20+ business media articles
3+ business magazine cover pages

Was writing in business publications periodically through 1997
Consultant in Shanghai and Istanbul. Large amount of time spent and invested in China and Far East and understand a lot about the peoples and their cultures.

Especially if the EXPECTATIONS are HIGH and TIME is SHORT, then you found me, and preferable if based in Los Angeles

Traveled, did business and have contacts (Alphabetical)
=In Africa (21)
Algeria, Cameron, Chad, Congo, Dem. Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia

=In Asia (31)
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China (37cities), Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan (6 Cities), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia (14 cities), Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uzbekistan

=In Europe (43)
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, N. Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican, Wales

=In America (3)
Canada, Mexico, USA (Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, etc. 26 Cities)

NEED START-UP CAPITAL Like to talk to Angels, VC and PE People for several projects in hand

Non-Profit-To build a Specialized Foundation University and Foundation Hospital in Turkey

Business Projects
1-A Special Payphone Project
2-Very large scale WebTV Project

Haluk (Max) Bilge☆☆12K+☆23M+☆☆’s Specialties:

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Done business in 7 Languages.
English, Turkish Bilingual
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Russian Understanding level

Strong relations in State companies in Turkey, China and several other countries.
Travelled, did business and have contacts in 98+ Countries

Haluk (Max) Bilge☆☆12K+☆23M+☆☆’s Experience

• Founder, President

  BermudaPen Ltd

  (Construction industry)

  December 2008 — Present (1 year )

  Started as a modest International Trade, Import and Export Company with 1 million USD sales target on its first 12 months of operation, has updated its 2009 targets to 7 million USD and 2010 targets to 12 million USD.
  
  Started with marketing all types of PVC and Aluminum Windows and Doors, Bullet Proof Aluminum Garage doors, Construction materials. Now added food, terra-cotta stoneware, pottery, decorative products, Stainless Steel Construction Materials, Fiberglass Boats upto 20 ft. and Wine.
  
  Also extending markets to USA, Bermuda, Nigeria, South Africa, China, Pakistan, Korea and Japan.
  
  Our target for 2016 sales target to 100 Million USD.

• Founder, CEO

  Turvest Capital Management LLC

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  Investment Banking - Private Equity and Private Investment Counseling
  Just Formed and looking for all kinds of inquiries..

• Owner, President

  Timenet Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

  USA CONTACT OFFICES:
  Denver - Los Angeles
  
  TURKEY CONTACT OFFICES:
  Istanbul - Ankara - Izmir - Antalya - Adana - Bursa
  
  CHINA CONTACTS:
  Shenzhen - Dongguan - Guangzhou - Shunde - Shantou - Hangzhou - Ningbo Shanghai - Beijing - Xiamen - Quindao - Jinan - Chongqing - Nanning

• Owner, President

  MISS Organization Advertising, Tourism, Media Services Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd.

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)

  May 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)

  Start up company, managed 15 employees.
  Representing Hawaiian Tropic International and American Dream Girl Beauty Pageants.
  Organized Turkey Preliminaries.
  Also representing some US HDTV Companies.

• Owner, President

  ECOS Telekom AS / Istanbul

  (Telecommunications industry)

  May 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)

  Start up company, managed 10 employees.
  Succeeded in gaining distributorship of Nact, Clarent (Verso) and NSGData companies in Turkey.
  Marketing their products to 55 licenced and 100 gray market operators.
  Have excellent relationships with the Turkish Telecom, Cellphone Operators and Military.

• Owner, President

  ASNET Internet Data Processing Services Ltd / Istanbul

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1995 — Present (14 years 4 months)

  Start up company, managed 10 employees.
  Sold internet time, internet packages, gave internet consultancy, sold web pages and designed web pages and web applications.
  Signed aggreements with US Telecom companies for Call Termination, VoIP. Performance highlights:
  * Opened the first Cyber Cafe in Turkey. Then turned it into a small Italian Spaghetti House.

Additional Information

Haluk (Max) Bilge☆☆12K+☆23M+☆☆’s Interests:

Management Training Courses NCR Sales Skills Certificate, Sales Skills Course, 1985 NCR Management Skills Certificate, Management Skills Course, 1986 Interests Entrepreneurship, Yoga, Sailing, Small Bore Rifle Shooting, Swimming, Tennis, Telecommunications, Air Transport, Fencing, Indoor Activities, Extreme Sports, Reading, New Technologies, New Ventures, Soccer, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Internet, Software, International travel, Tourism, CHINA, Outdoor Activities, Gourmet Cooking, Military, Business Development, Construction, Pageants, Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Bioenergy, Biodiesel Lived in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing. I am an expert on China and in doing business in China with extensive experience Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.

Haluk (Max) Bilge☆☆12K+☆23M+☆☆’s Groups:

BUMED (Bogazici University Alumni Association) Founding Member since 1984
Istanbul Hunters and Shooters Club (Istanbul Avcilik ve Aticilik Klubu) Member since 1976
University of Brighton Graduate Association Member since 2007
Turkish Shooting & Hunting Federation 1976 Licenced Shooter
25 Yrds Small Bore University Champion University of Westminster (Central London Polytechnic) 1975
25 Yrds Small Bore 5th in NSRA London Region 1975
25 Yrds Small Bore 6th in NSRA UK 1975
25 Yrds Small Bore 25th in NSRA Commonwealth Meetings 1976
12 NSRA Chevron Badges
2 NSRA A Class Sniper Badges
50 Mt Small Bore 5th in Turkey Championship 1977

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