My military high school education helped me to develop an understanding of discipline at a young age, to experience friendship and team spirit at a high level, and to develop my leadership and communication skills. In my 15-year professional military career, I have faced many challenges and these experiences have helped me to develop my ability to make effective decisions even under intense stress and pressure, to adapt quickly to changing situations and conditions, and to find practical and effective solutions to challenging and complex problems. Now it is time to bring these valuable experiences to civilian life.

As a former soldier, I am actually not far from the world of design. My past experiences and the disciplined approach I gained in the military enabled me to approach problems from a different perspective. As a product designer, I strive to understand the needs of users and provide solutions that are truly meaningful for them. I would also like to underline that I am always open to learning and improving in the design world.

Turkish Armed Forces

As of June 2022, I passed certain stages and became one of the UX school students within Userspots. During the 10-month UX School training, I received **Design Thinking, UX Research, UX Design, Figma, UI Design, Advanced UX** courses, respectively, and delivered a project for each training and successfully completed the UX school.

I developed my skills in these tools by carrying out the entire training process and projects in **Miro** and **Figma.**

[`The School of UX`](https://res.cloudinary.com/read-cv/image/upload/c_limit,h_2048,w_2048/v1/1/profileItems/iEpl4txgnUQSyDxCeSsJNTowEXr2/DjPvcSCpSNAN8oyzura0/f5489c16-6edf-4138-b457-25809fe4b741.png?_a=ATO2BAA0)

Userspots UX School Learner

Product Designer

I have successfully completed the 8-month The School of UX Program. During this program, I completed the course in Design Thinking, UX Research, UX Design, Figma, UI Design and Advanced UX courses and passed the exam successfully.

THE SCHOOL OF UX

I successfully completed Istanbul University Sociology Department in 4 years.

I am a senior student at Anadolu University International Relations (English). My education still continues.

I successfully completed NCOs High School and Petty Officer Vocational School within the Gülhane Military Medical Academy.

For 15 years, I have been involved in administrative and operational activities in various staff and duties of the Turkish Armed Forces.
While providing management and logistic support to the dispatch and administration of the unit in administrative activities, I took an active role in military operations as a team commander and unit team medical specialist in operational activities.

Among the units I have served, there are important units of the TAF such as Commando Units, Search and Rescue, Special Forces.
-6 years Emergency Medicine Specialist and Team Commander in Commando Units
-1 year Health Specialist in Search and Rescue units 
-1 year Health Specialist at the Special Forces Command
-7 years Supply, Administrative Affairs and Health Section Chief

Master Sergeant

UI & UX Designer

After successfully completing Userspots UX SCHOOL, I did my internship as UI / UX Designer in Userspots Un teams. During the internship, I experienced significantly all parts of the project such as meeting with the client, presentation, research, expert and project analysis, UI kit creation and UI design.

During the internship period at Userspots;
I worked as a UI/UX Designer in the GreenX ATP project. Within the scope of the project, I made the end-to-end analysis of the project, customer interviews, menu and user flow, and new designs of mobile and desktop screens.

I worked as UI Designer in Metro fast application. Within the scope of the project, I realized the profile, search and basket screens of Metro Fast according to the new design rules.

I prepared a Design Thinking Facilation Kit on Miro for the Arçelik Garage Innovation Boosters team. This kit contains all the necessary information and documents for Design Thinking training.

UI / UX Designer Learner & Intern

I provide video content production, street, jewelery, digital product and food photography services to various institutions and organizations in Istanbul. And also we are travel couple with my wife and we share our travel experiences via seyahatimgeldi.com.

Ali Ömer Düğme

2023