The Self-Reinforcing Career Loop
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25 years at Siemens, Yandex & PayPal - ask me anything before you write the check.
2000 – 2002
GVZ Speech Tech · Koç Holding
Conversational AI & Automation
Fast 50
Deloitte recognized. Multi-award winning speech AI for banking IVR. Acquired by Unifonic.
2003 – 2008
Siemens Business Services
Global Contact Center Operations
2,000+
FTE managed. ISO certs & ITIL modernization won EU business for global brands.
2008 – 2011
Siemens Enterprise Communications
Enterprise Comms Infrastructure Sales
€8M+
Revenue. Sold critical comms to health, energy, finance & defense sectors.
2012 – 2013
CUKKA · Founded
Patented Wearable Payments Wallet
8,000+
Units sold. Patent TR 2012 06572. eBay, Amazon, HP corporate. +60% margin.
2013 – 2014
Yandex Turkey
Search Engine & ML Analytics
9%
Market share captured from Google in Turkey. SERP customization & ML ranking.
2014 – 2019
PayPal · Turkey / MENA / CIS
Payments Growth & Sales Engineering
$40M/yr
Regional revenue. Prepaid cards relaunch +60% YoY. Airline & bank partnerships.
2019 – 2026
PayPal · Global Leadership
Sovereign Tech & Enterprise Operations
12+
Markets. Led compliance, data sovereignty, risk ops. 1 of 10 for elite Technology Leadership Program.
2026 → Now
Portfolio Times · AI & Automation
AI in Personal Finance & Trading Education
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Advisory & Private Equity Consulting
I provide strategic, on-demand expert consultations for Private Equity (PE) funds, Venture Capital (VC) firms, and Strategy Consultants, helping guide high-stakes investment due diligence, post-merger integrations, and market entry decisions.
Corporate Restructurings & Carve-outs: First-hand operational technology management and migrations through major restructurings (including Siemens Business Services carve-in to SIS, Gores JV/Unify, Atos acquisition, and Nokia Siemens Networks).
Fintech Compliance & Licensing: Managing data localization, AML sanction screening, and country-specific compliance frameworks during platform spin-offs and expansions (PayPal-eBay separation, local BDDK licensing, and Luxembourg CSSF Cloud regulations).
Operational Spin-offs & MBOs: Managing technical infrastructure, service desk consolidation, and customer operations delivery during division carve-outs and buyouts (such as the management buyout of Siemens Turkey services into ECtech).
Primary Research & Tech Audits: Actionable expert briefings for strategy consultancies and hedge funds regarding payment architectures, cloud security (VoC), crypto/blockchain bridges, and platform operations.
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