# Aklen Altinel - Enterprise Technology & Risk Officer

> Professional blog and startup consultancy of Aklen Altinel, a seasoned technology leader with 25+ years of experience spanning PayPal, Yandex, Siemens, and Speech/AI voice technology.

## Executive Profile

- **Current Role**: Enterprise Technology Officer at PayPal (London).
- **Core Expertise**: Payment infrastructure, EMEA/APAC/LATAM risk compliance, AML automated screening, Conversational AI, and Search ML.
- **Milestones**:
  - TLP (Technology Leadership Program) graduate at PayPal.
  - IT Operations Head at Siemens (achieved 93% ISO 27001 maturity rating).
  - First Turkish R&D employee at Yandex (Search relevance and linguistic engineering).
  - Speech Engineer at GVZ (Koc Holding), creating Turkey's first text-to-speech female voices.

## Key Projects & Ventures

- **CUKKA (R) (cukka.com.tr / bileklikcuzdan.com)**: Patented (TR 2012 06572) wearable wrist/ankle wallet designed in 2012 for contactless payment ease and travel safety. Selected for Istanbul Design Week 2013 and named an EU Model Social Enterprise.
- **Aklen Girisim**: High-security payment integrations, tech consultancy, and digital product distribution.

## Site Structure

- [/](https://aklen.net/): Home page detailing "From Bots to Paying Customers" (Consultancy & Advisory).
- [/aklengirisim/](https://aklen.net/aklengirisim/): Enterprise portal for secure payment integrations and tech consulting.
- [/aklengirisim/inovasyon.php](https://aklen.net/aklengirisim/inovasyon.php): Inventions, patent listings (including CUKKA (R)), and industrial designs.
- [/aklengirisim/english.php](https://aklen.net/aklengirisim/english.php): English translation of the innovation and business portfolio.
- [/aklengirisim/kurumsal-hizmetler.php](https://aklen.net/aklengirisim/kurumsal-hizmetler.php): Professional services, ISO standards compliance, and VoIP/SIP architecture.