Tolga Tarhan

Tolga Tarhan has a long and varied work experience. Tolga began their career in 1996 as an Information Technology Specialist II at Irvine Unified School District. In 1997, they moved to JavaNet, Inc. as a Software Engineer. In 1998, they became a Senior Software Engineer at Wazzu Corporation. In 2000, they were promoted to Director of Software Development at BasX 360 Corporation. In 2002, they joined DelTel, Inc. as VP of Technology, where they held various roles such as Lead Architect and Technical Lead for the award-winning product PBNext, and Lead Architect and Technical Lead for PropStream. In 2009, they became Chief Executive Officer at Sturdy Networks, where they provided business and technical leadership and architecture of development projects across many different fields. In 2017, they moved to Onica as Chief Technology Officer. In 2019, they joined Rackspace Technology as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President & GM, AWS Services. Most recently, in 2021, they became Chief Executive Officer at Kibsi.

Tolga Tarhan obtained their Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School between 2014 and 2015, with a field of study in Business Administration and Management, General. In addition, they obtained a Private Aircraft Pilot certification from the Federal Aviation Administration in March 2001.