Raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Merih holds a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University and he now pursues an MA degree in Economics. He practiced Management Consulting prior to joining Schneider Electric as a part of Drives University program in 2013. The program aims to create experts worldwide in motion, drives and industrial automation by providing training and field experience and in Germany, Austria and France. Upon finishing this program, he joined the Sales Front Office in Turkey where he worked with various customers in the field as Product Application Engineer and developed drives business and launched new offers in Turkey as Drives Product Manager. Since late 2016, he is part of Drives Activity as Global Offer Manager for Altivar Process range.