# Hilmi Turan

> Hilmi Turan is an Istanbul-born RF engineer and the founder, president and CEO of Sema Wireless, a Dallas-Fort Worth company that designs and installs emergency-responder and cellular distributed antenna systems nationwide. After early engineering roles at Motorola, Ericsson, CTS and other wireless companies, he launched Sema Wireless in 2013. He has since said his team has designed, installed and integrated more than 500 emergency-responder radio coverage systems, and he also owns DAS-component supplier Armut, LLC.

- **Role:** President and CEO at Sema Wireless
- **Organizations:** Sema Wireless, Armut, LLC, Motorola Mobility, Ericsson, CTS, CommScope, AT&T, Safer Buildings Coalition
- **From:** Istanbul, Turkey
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Istanbul Technical University
- **Known for:** Founded Sema Wireless in April 2013., Built a 26-year career in the wireless industry by 2024-2025 procurement records., Reported designing, installing and integrating more than 500 emergency-responder radio coverage systems with the Sema Wireless team.

## Career timeline

- **1976** — Born on February 9 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- **1998** — Completed a BSEE at Istanbul Technical University and began working in wireless engineering; a public career directory places him at Motorola from September 1998.
- **2003** — Began specializing in indoor and outdoor distributed antenna systems.
- **2004-2008** — Worked as an engineer at Ericsson, according to a public career directory.
- **2008-2013** — Worked as an engineer at CTS; his own biography also names CommScope and AT&T among his senior and principal RF design employers before founding Sema Wireless.
- **2013** — Founded Sema Wireless in April to focus on indoor public-safety and cellular distributed antenna systems.
- **2018** — Celebrated Sema Wireless's first completed Houston emergency-responder radio system project from permitting through final approval.
- **2025** — Reported earning NICET certification as an emergency-responder radio coverage engineer after working on more than 500 systems.
- **2026** — Publicly introduced his ownership of Armut, LLC, which supplies passive DAS components to Sema Wireless and other integrators nationwide.

## Achievements

- Founded Sema Wireless in April 2013.
- Built a 26-year career in the wireless industry by 2024-2025 procurement records.
- Reported designing, installing and integrating more than 500 emergency-responder radio coverage systems with the Sema Wireless team.
- Earned NICET certification as an emergency-responder radio coverage engineer.
- Developed Sema Wireless as a turnkey integrator serving public-safety and cellular DAS projects nationwide.
- Became an owner of Armut, LLC, a supplier of passive DAS components.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Disclosed that he also owns Armut, LLC and said he would share product highlights, technical tips and inventory updates for DAS integrators.
- **2026-04** — Argued that annual ERCES inspection enforcement remains inconsistent and warned that five or six years without inspection can turn preventable component issues into costly repairs.
- **2026-03** — Used a failed-and-passed DAQ test to call for radio-coverage testing that reflects how firefighters carry radios during real emergencies.

## Links

- Website: https://semawireless.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilmi-turan-233a906

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Last updated: 2026-09-22