Emre Sendenel

Hi, I'm

Emre Sendenel

Project Manager with product thinking.

I lead complex projects across IT, automotive and public sector, and I build digital products alongside my project work.

Emre Sendenel at his desk with a coffee
Based in Düsseldorf · Open to Germany & Netherlands
Certified project manager
Certified project managerPMP®
Project delivery
Project delivery15+ years
Delivery and ownership
Delivery and ownershipProject + Product

What I do

Projects delivered. Products built.

I'm a certified Project Manager (PMP) with a background in Industrial Engineering and a postgraduate degree in Marketing Management.

I've led cross-functional teams at CONET Services GmbH and Doğuş Automotive, managed large-scale public sector IT projects in Germany, and delivered digital products from concept to launch.

  • Project delivery

    Full lifecycle, PMO, stakeholders, risk and budget. Public sector and automotive.

    Projects
  • Product thinking

    Seven years of product ownership for VW Turkey's digital and ERP initiatives.

    Configurator
  • Building products

    An indie side project, ROUTN, built with an AI-assisted workflow alongside my project work.

    ROUTN

Career

Experience

Full experience
Career history
2022 – now CONET Services GmbHProject Manager · public-sector IT consulting and delivery
2010 – 2017 Doğuş Automotive (VW Turkey)Product Manager / Project Manager · digital and ERP initiatives
Ongoing Side projectsROUTN (indie, coming to iPhone) and writing about AI-assisted work

Credentials

PMP® · ITIL® 4 Foundation · PSM I

Languages

Turkish (native), English (C1), German (B2)

Education

Industrial Engineering · postgraduate Marketing Management

Selected work

Projects I have delivered

All projects
Public sector CONET Services GmbH Confidential client

Bonn · Jun 2022 – Dec 2024

Government IT infrastructure

Role
Project Manager, PMO
Contribution
Data center build-out and full-service operations
Outcome
Completed December 2024
Project details for Government IT infrastructure
Automotive · Digital product Doğuş Automotive

For Volkswagen AG · May 2016 – Apr 2017

VW Car Configurator (iHDCC)

Role
Key Account / Project Manager
Contribution
VW AG and Doğuş interface for the Turkish launch
Outcome
Taken from planning to go-live
Project details for VW Car Configurator (iHDCC)
ROUTN

My indie side project · Coming to iPhone

Open ROUTN. Know what to do today.

Kettlebell strength training, optional runs and a daily step goal in one routine.

Selected features

  • Kettlebell sessions of 15, 20 or 30 minutes
  • Coffee Run: pick a distance and a nearby café, get a route
  • Daily Move step goal, read from Apple Health
  • No account and no tracking; data stays on the iPhone

I build ROUTN alongside my project work with an AI-assisted workflow: I set the requirements and the quality bar, coding agents implement, and I review and test every change.

App Store
App StoreComing soon
iOS 17+
iOS 17+iPhone
My role
My roleIndie builder
ROUTN workout screen with today's kettlebell session ROUTN home screen with the weekly schedule and daily step count ROUTN Coffee Run screen listing nearby cafés on a map

Writing

Latest articles

All articles

What's on

Published: How I Actually Use AI to Build Products

Building: ROUTN, coming to iPhone

Updated

Let's work together

Open to project management roles, PMO consulting, and collaborations.