User:Utku Öziz

I've been reading Wikipedia since 2004. I actively started contributing in January 2018.I speak Turkish and Greek as my mother tongue. I can speak English, German, Spanish & French and bits of Arabic. I lived and worked in Munich, Germany for 4 years before coming to Ireland. I have a Master's Degree in Management & Technology from the Technical University of Munich. I pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering with Dual Diploma Program from Istanbul Technical University and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. I lived and worked in Edwardsville, Illinois, USA for 2,5 years. As an undergraduate student, I lived in Istanbul, Türkiye for 3 years.

About me
Since the time of my youth, I have always been fascinated by technology, driven by a keen interest for technology and problem-solving. I watched more Discovery Channel than cartoon channels during my childhood and therefore got introduced to web and computers very early on. I wanted to develop a broad set of abilities that would allow me to be more efficient with my work and enable me to apply my education to real life situations; instead of being a specialist that only has technical skills, I have a desire to see the big picture. Furthermore, I developed a key interest in communicating with people from all ages, gender, ethnic and economic backgrounds at a very early age. Hailing from Ephesus-Selçuk, Türkiye, I spent childhood summers selling our homemade food/handcrafted products to tourists. I learned to respect and to feel empathy at an early age not only with my parents but also with many of our relatives, neighbours, family friends and people with different socio-economic backgrounds. To excel at my duties to my family and my never-ending interest to communicate with peoples of the world, I learned and mastered English, German, Greek and Spanish, French languages, and I am continuing with Arabic.