Erhan Eren

Erhan Eren joined FanWide’s Board of Directors in 2019 as an at-large member representing FanWide’s investors, as he participated in FanWide’s round in 2017. Erhan has over a decade of experience in corporate leadership, technology management, business development and marketing for both Fortune 500 Corporation and Startups. He has experience in building and managing large teams and budgets as well as developing and executing go-to-market strategies for young startups. He created and executed go-to-market strategy for an AI startup and grew the revenue during the worst downturn in the oil and gas industry. Erhan’s team identified $300M organic growth and $500M merger opportunity to grow market share by 50% for Fortune 500 Oil and Gas Company. He built and led a team of 20 direct and dotted line trade show managers and marketing communication specialists in 9 global regions and managed a $15M budget.

He is passionate about bringing together highly intelligent people with a diversity of thought and expertise around a shared vision of creating products that solve practical business challenges. He is currently working on an AI business assistant providing instant market insights and personalized market analysis for VC firms and sales executives at fast-growing companies. Erhan has also invested in startups involved in IoT smart home, VR and AI - two of them broke Texas Kickstarter record. He is a VP of Cardinal Pitch Club, Elite Startup Venture Club founded by Stanford Alumni.

Erhan has an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and BSc in Aeronautical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.