Born in Germany in 1977, he graduated from Istanbul University Sociology, Yeditepe MBA and ITU Musicology and Music Theory PhD programs. He worked in customer services, marketing-sales and human resources at Yapı Kredi, Aria, Avea, Türk Telekom and Tofaş. In his 20 years of professional life, he took leadership roles in call center, process development, audit, organization design, budget management, compensation, training, HR strategies, HR IT program management, experience design, gamification, agility consultancy for 15 years. In 2018, Tofaş Academy, which he most recently led, won the title of the first world winner from Turkey in the ATD BEST list, the world's most prestigious corporate university award. The agility and training-development projects he led were crowned with nearly 40 international awards. In 2019, Alimdar was named Chief Learning Officer of the Year by Stevie for Great Employers.