Technology Leader and IT & Digital Transformation

Led the integrated IT, information systems, and digital transformation agenda across factory and corporate operations serving 800 users, six locations, and approximately 2,500 endpoints. Managed infrastructure, enterprise applications, service management, cybersecurity, and process digitalization while owning an approximately €2M annual IT and transformation budget.

Designed a three-layer transformation operating model comprising executive steering, a Digital Transformation Office, and a 32-person ambassador network. Led the SIRI assessment and created a five-year roadmap with more than 40 initiatives across BI, paperless operations, predictive maintenance, ITSM, IT/OT, cybersecurity, AI MES, and cloud resilience.

Improved AI-supported sales forecasting by 20%, identified approximately 1.5% annual company-level cost-saving potential through RPA, BPM, and AI MES initiatives, and increased measurable SLA coverage to 95%. Deployed XDR, SOC, and CTI capabilities and led ISO 27001 governance and TISAX AL3 gap-analysis activities.

Founded and led a software, SaaS, and cybersecurity company focused on digital management systems, ISO compliance workflows, and enterprise process digitalization.

Commercialized ISOMS, a compliance SaaS platform for risk, audit, document, incident, and compliance management. Scaled the platform to 12 customers and approximately 1,800 users across Türkiye and Romania, generating approximately €35,000 ARR through annual SaaS contracts.

Defined product positioning for ISO 27001, ISO 22301, TISAX, and DORA workflows. Led the product roadmap, requirements analysis, customer onboarding, demonstrations, feedback collection, adoption activities, and cybersecurity service packaging.

Managed enterprise software and digital product roadmaps, translating customer, market, and operational needs into prioritized investments and delivery plans.

Led product discovery, process analysis, business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog prioritization, sprint planning, and stakeholder validation. Coordinated UX, engineering, sales, and leadership teams around product value, releases, KPIs, demos, and customer adoption.

Applied Agile and Scrum feedback cycles to improve digital products, workflows, service quality, and customer outcomes. Produced decision materials covering roadmap priorities, risks, opportunities, delivery status, and product performance.

Defined product vision, strategy, backlog priorities, and sprint scope for enterprise software products serving business users and operational processes.

Converted business requirements into BRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria, sprint priorities, and release-validation outputs for development teams. Led stakeholder validation, sprint-review inputs, and release-acceptance activities.

Established KPI and reporting routines that gave management visibility into product progress, risks, user adoption, and improvement opportunities.

Led end-to-end software development projects for automotive and manufacturing processes, including process analysis, solution design, development, integration, deployment, and post-go-live support.

Built business applications, workflow solutions, and internal system integrations that reduced manual work and improved information flow and process visibility across manufacturing and corporate functions.

Translated business requirements into technical specifications, application architecture, database structures, and deployable software solutions. Directed technical documentation, testing, user acceptance, and release-management activities.