Sinan Ata

Sinan Ata has over 19 years of experience in the software industry. Sinan began their career in 2002 as a Junior R&D Technician at Kont Information Technologies. In 2004, they founded and managed the official Turkish community for Joomla, developing a community of over 60,000 active web admins. From 2007 to 2015, they worked as a Marketing Manager for Self Employed, working with top-tier brands such as Loreal, Yves Saint Laurent, GNC, Mazda, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Godiva. In 2015, they joined Crossover for Work as a Country General Manager, responsible for local operations in Turkey, Brazil, Ukraine, Pakistan, Egypt, and the Middle East region. In 2020, they became the VP of Talent Acquisition at BairesDev, leading a team of 250 under Sourcing (Talent Marketing), Talent Support, Recruitment, and Staffing functions. Most recently, in 2021, they founded Exceptionly, a unique remote software talent company leveraging its unique big data set of 2 million hands-on tested software engineers from 175 countries.

Sinan Ata obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Anadolu University between 2004 and 2008.