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The Self-Reinforcing Career Loop

One career. One loop. 25 years building every stage of the customer journey.

From speech AI to global payments leadership — and back to AI. Swipe to explore the loop.

Aklen Altınel award ceremony presentation
Representing Turkey's Innovation in EU Programs
Istanbul Design Week program page
Featured in Istanbul Design Week Program
CUKKA Wallet on Yandex Market search results
CUKKA Wallet Commercial Launch
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
Loop ∞
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KOÇ HOLDİNG
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CUKKA
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PayPal
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