BIODATA
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Name: Kaan
Soyak
Born inAnkara,
Turkey
on November 25,
1961
Residence:
New York,
USA
Contact:
kaan@soyak.net
SUMMARY:
Widely experienced
businessman with a specific education and
extensive training in political
science,
international relations, international law and
public service in
Turkeys
government owned pipeline transportation company,
to find an affordable and cost effective way of
energy transportation along with energy
security.
EDUCATION AND
QUALIFICATIONS
*Bsc, Political Science and
Public Administration, Middle East
Technical
University
in Ankara,
Turkey.
Specialized in International Law
and
Government. Thesis on the Armenian-Turkish
relations, Iraq-Iran war, and role of the United
Nations.
*Co-Chair of the International
Service Division of the Rotary Club of
New
York (Host club of
America
and the United Nations) and one of the founding
members of the first Rotaract Club in
Turkey
in 1982.
*Co-Founder and Co-Chairman
of the Turkish-Armenian
Business Development Council (TABDC) in 1997
and Co-Chairman and Co-Founder of the
US-Turkish-Armenian
Business Council and the
Turkish-Armenian Business Council in European
Union in
Brussels
.
* Presently working on
inter-faith relations among different religious
institutions and promoting US-Turkish-Iraqi
Kurdish economic relations and facilitating
relations between
Armenia
and
Turkey.
Also involved in numerous NGO activities including
The
World Water Organization and the World
Energy Forum (in partnership with the United
Nations and the World Bank), along with
International Fraternity
organizations.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
*Rock and Jazz Producer, Turkish
Ankara Guide, Turkish Police Radio
Station and
Turkeys
Government owned Radio and TV (TRT). Sponsored
several Jazz albums with guest musicians from
Russia,
Armenia,
Turkey
and
USA.
*Export
manager of the Arkas Shipping of
Istanbul
and represented
East German State Fleet,
Italian State Fleet in
Turkey.
*Arranged the first Chrome ore
exports worldwide fromTurkey
and
established the transportation system for
Chrome ore trading.
*One of the first
non-Soviet businessmen in
Russia
just before the
collapse of the
Soviet
Union and
established the first Joint-Venture
between
Russian
Federation and
Turkey.
*Represented
government owned Russian Shipping Register System
in
Turkey
and
Mediterranean to
approve all types of ship repair and ship building
on
behalf of The Russian Government.
*Co-Founder of the
Repair-Operate-Transfer system in ship repair
industry. Repaired The Ukrainian State Fleet in
Turkey
and then operated between US and Black Sea to transport humanitarian aid
cargoes from United
States to
Central
Asia and
Caucasus.
*Initiated and arranged the
first safe transportation system for the US
Government sponsored humanitarian aid cargoes
from
U.S.
to
Russia
and Central
Asia
and
Caucasus.
*Introduced
insurance system and off-shore management to the
Russian
ship owners and Russian Business
Communities after the collapse of the
Soviet
Union.
*Facilitated the
political relations between
Russia
and
Turkey
and established the first Public Diplomacy
Projects between two countries during the
1980s.
*Established 5 Turkish-Russian ship
owning and ship management
Joint-Ventures in
Turkey,
*Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Alyans Transportation
and Logistics
in Turkey, which exclusively
transports all items of the Turkish Army,
Turkish Petroleum, and Turkish
State Railways internationally.
*Co-Founder and President
and CEO of Trusa
Consulting Services in
USA
which exclusively represents several
US
based security firms on biometrics, pipeline
security, tracking, secure data transferring,
secure surveillance systems, in the
Middle East and
Turkey
and the
Caucasus.
*Provides political
consultancy to public and private enterprises.
* Co-Founder of the
build-operate-transfer concept for the pipeline
security projects and presently working on
implementing the first pilot project in the
Middle
East.
*Presently developing the
Water Security concept.
*Advisor to the General
Manager of the General Directorate of Agricultural
Enterprises of
Turkey.
*Advisor to The President
of the Eastern
Mediterranean
University of
Famagusta,
Cyprus.
Played a leading role in getting charter certificates
for the two Rotary Clubs in
Cyprus
after they waited for 25 years.
*Advisor to the Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Turkey for
international relations.
Attended many international
conferences regarding
Russia
,
Caucasus,
Cyprus
,
Armenia
,
Turkey
,
Iraq
and
USA
as a speaker.
*Co-Organized the first
international regional Rotary
Peace Conference in
Ankara
in 2005 where more than 400 Rotarians came
together from
Turkey,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Georgia
and
USA.
*Received
numerous awards from the Rotary Club Organization
in
Turkey
for peace
efforts contributions.
