İpek Sahra Özgüler
Istanbul, Turkey
Ipek Sahra Ozguler graduated from the Istanbul University, Turkey with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and from Middle East Technical University, Turkey with an MSc degree in Software Management. As a project manager, she has more than 13 years of experience in various areas such as portfolio management, program management, project management, software management, business analysis. She became a certified PMP in 2012 and a certified SCRUM Master in 2014.
She has gained broader insights in a variety of projects across manufacturing, defence, FMCG (Cola Cola), insurance (Euler Hermes), audit (Deloitte), telecommunication, aviation and finance sectors. In addition, she has been working as an international correspondent for the PM World Journal since 2014.
Ipek is the creator and editor of the highly acclaimed book, The Perspective of Women Project Management Professionals, interviews with leading female PM experts and professionals around the world. The book was published in March 2020 and is available here.
İpek is based in Isanbul, Turkey and can be contacted at ipeksahra@gmail.com. Her portfolio is published at the http://ipeksahra.strikingly.com/.
Articles and Papers
- Interview with Rich Maltzman and Jim Stewart, Authors of Great Meetings Build Great Teams: A Guide for Project Leaders and Agilists - Interview - Özgüler - March 2024
- Advancing Project Management in Rebuilding American Infrastructure, Interview with Gary Scharf, Leader, North America Client Engagement, PMI - Interview - Özgüler - March 2023
- How To Have a Business Continuity Management System (ISO 22301) using PMI Methodology, Interview with Hakan Kantas - Interview - Özgüler - February 2023
- The Global Project Management Talent Gap, Interview with Dave Garrett, PMI - Interview - Özgüler - October 2022
- Global Megatrends Reveal Greatest Challenges for Society & Project Professionals, Interview with Joe Cahill, PMI - Interview - Özgüler - May 2022
- PM Trends for 2022, Interview with Dave Garrett, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, PMI - Interview - Özgüler - March 2022
- The Great Resignation in the USA and Big Reveals for PM Professionals from PMI’s 2021 Survey, Interview with Mike DePrisco, Interim President & CEO, PMI - Interview - Özgüler - February 2022
- Interview with Ben Breen, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Global Head of Construction, PMI - Interview - Özgüler - December 2021
- Interview with Brantlee Underhill, Managing Director, North America, PMI - Interview - Özgüler - October 2021
- Digital Transformation – Sustainable Supply Chain (Insights Series – 2) - Report - Özgüler - September 2021
- Digital Transformation (Insights Series) - Report - Özgüler - August 2021
- PMO Summit – June 2021 (Project Management Update from Istanbul) - Report - Özgüler - July 2021
- Interview with Joe Cahill, Chief Customer Officer, PMI - Interview - Özgüler - July 2021
- After PMI Zimbabwe Virtual Annual Project Management Symposium 2021: Projectizing Zimbabwe! Leveraging Project Management for Economic Growth - Report - Özgüler - June 2021
- After PMXPO: New World. New Challenges. New Solutions. - Report - Özgüler - April 2021
- Interview with Sierra Hampton- Simmons - Interview - Özgüler - April 2021
- After 2nd World Project Management Forum (WPMF) Virtual Meet - Report - Özgüler - January 2021
- How to Develop End-to-End Benefits Realization Process - Second Edition - Özgüler - September 2020
- Project Management After Covid-19: Insights from 11 Project Management Leaders from Around the World (Insights Report) - Report - Özgüler - May 2020
- Project Business Foundation: Interview with Oliver Lehmann & Martin Berneburg, Leaders of new PBF, Germany - Interview - Özgüler, Lehmann - May 2020
- Interview with Roberto Toledo, PMI Board of Directors - Interview - Özgüler - April 2020
- After Davos 2020: Interview with Ricardo Viana Vargas - Interview - Özgüler - March 2020
- Interviewee with Tony Appleby, Chair, Board of Directors, Project Management Institute (PMI) - Interview - Özgüler - February 2020
- Interview with Andy Kaufman, Award-winning Project Management & Leadership Keynote Speaker, Author & Coach - Interview - Özgüler - January 2020
- Interview with Teresa (Terri) Knudson, 2019 PMI Board of Directors - Interview - Özgüler - December 2019
- Interview with Nurdan Ozdemir, Executive Coach - Report - Özgüler - November 2019
- The Outspeed Start-up Project: Interview with Mustafa Tulu, President, PMI Turkey Chapter - Report - Özgüler - October 2019
- Interview with Randall T. (Randy) Black, Chair, 2019 PMI Board of Directors - Interview - Özgüler - June 2019
- AFTER DYNAMICS 2019: Conference summary, Interview with Zeynep Selen and Turkish Antarctic Expedition - Report - Özgüler - May 2019
- AFTER UPMK 2019: AFTER the National Project Management Professionals Conference 2019, Interview, Awards and Winners in Istanbul - Report - Özgüler - May 2019
- AFTER 2018: PMI Turkey Chapter, Istanbul Project Management Association (IPYD), Turkish Professional Project Managers’ Institute (TPYME) (Report from Istanbul) - Report - Özgüler - December 2018
- After PM Summit 2018 Ankara (Report from Turkey) - Reports - Özgüler - July 2018
- Interview with Caterina La Tona, Chair, PMI Board of Directors - Interviews - Özgüler - May 2018
- After 2018 UPMK National Project Management Conference (Project Management Report from Istanbul) - Reports - Özgüler - May 2018
- Interview with Jesus Martinez-Almela, IPMA President - Interviews - Özgüler - March 2018
- Interview with Rich Maltzman, Co-Founder of EarthPM - Interviews - Özgüler, Maltzman - March 2018
- Interview with Cecil White, Director, Project Management Institute - Interviews - Özgüler - February 2018
- Interview with Süleyman Çavuşoğlu, President, PMI Turkey Chapter - Interviews - Özgüler - February 2018
- After 2017: Project Management Update from Istanbul - Reports - Özgüler - December 2017
- Interview with Oliver Lehmann, Author of Situational Project Management - Interviews - Özgüler, Lehmann - November 2017
- Interview with Raji Sivaraman and Michal Raczka, principals of AgilityDiscoveries - Interviews - Özgüler, Sivaraman - September 2017
- Interview with Steve DelGrosso - Interviews - Özgüler - July 2017
- Interview with Mustafa Hafızoğlu - Interviews - Özgüler - July 2017
- Interview with Kevin Ciccotti, Project Leadership Coach - Interviews - Özgüler - June 2017
- Interview with Jennifer Young Baker - Interviews - Özgüler - June 2017
- Interview with Dave Harbath - Interviews - Özgüler - June 2017
- Interview with Nedret Orbay, Co-Chair of TPYME - Interviews - Özgüler - May 2017
- Interview with Simon Buehring - Interviews - Özgüler - May 2017
- Interview with Mark Dickson, PMI Chair - Interviews - Özgüler - February 2017
- Interview with Paolo Pulcini, Microsoft Area Solution Sales Lead, Modern Workplace, Middle East and Africa - Interviews - Özgüler - November 2016
- Interview with Nejat Murat Erkan - Interviews - Özgüler - October 2016
- Interview with Nukhet Hayriye Akinci Gokaltay - Interviews - Özgüler - September 2016
- Interview with Olfa Hamdi - Interviews - Özgüler - July 2016
- After “Dynamics 2016 International Project Management Congress”, the speakers explain their points of view - Reports - Özgüler - June 2016
- The Impact of Personal Characteristics on Project Management - Second Editions - Özgüler, Yılmaz - June 2016
- Interview with Semih Bilgen - Interviews - Özgüler - May 2016
- Interviews with PMI Turkey Chapter President Ismail Kurtoglu, IPYD President Behice Torun and UPYE Founder & Board Member Levent Sumer - Reports - Özgüler - April 2016
- Interview with Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez - Interview - Özgüler, Nieto-Rodriguez - December 2015
- Interview with PMI Turkey Chapter President Metin Ornek (Project Management update from Istanbul) - Reports - Özgüler - October 2015
- The Way of Establishment of the Organization’s Project Management Process - Second Editions - Özgüler - August 2015
- DYNAMICS 2015, PMI Turkey, National Professional Project Managers Conference, and upcoming Innovations & New Trends in Turkish Construction Industry Conference - Reports - Özgüler - May 2015
- Project Management Update from Istanbul - Reports - Özgüler - March 2015
- Project Management update from Istanbul - Reports - Özgüler - February 2015
- How to Sail from the Present to the Future - Commentaries - Özgüler - October 2014
- Is the Project Management Office the Conductor of an Organization - Commentaries - Özgüler - August 2014
- How Strategic Thinking is Forced based on PMO - Commentaries - Özgüler - July 2014
