Sedat Akyurek

Sedat Akyurek has a strong background in engineering and leadership roles. Sedat is currently the Vice President of Engineering at TopView since 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Head of Research and Development at Meridian Capital Group from 2022 to 2023. From 2020 to 2022, Sedat worked as the Director of Product Engineering at Smart Energy Water.

Before joining Smart Energy Water, Sedat held the position of Director, Global Head of Technology for Liquidity Management Services at Trade and Treasury Services in Citi from 2012 to 2020. Sedat led the Global Liquidity Management Services Technology organization within the company and played a key role in managing and growing the multi-billion dollar business.

In 2011, Sedat was the Vice President of Product Development at Adaptivity, Inc., where they led the creation, development, and support of the company's products. These products included Planning Studio, Design Studio, Visualization Studio, and Cloud Accelerator, which aimed to assess, plan, design, and govern data centers, IT application portfolios, and cloud enablement.

From 2003 to 2011, Sedat worked as the Director of Software Development at Unisys Corporation, leading the Application Services organization for their Global Financial Services Solutions. Sedat managed a global team of over 100 people and oversaw the development and deployment of various solutions in different development centers.

Before their time at Unisys Corporation, Sedat held the position of Director of Software Development at Firepond from 2000 to 2002. Sedat focused on the development of Firepond's eServicePerformer product, which offered web-based eCRM applications with multiple channels.

Sedat began their career at IBM in 1994 as an Advisory Software Engineer. Sedat led a team of engineers and worked on improving the performance of network and data communication components of IBM's UNIX operating system, AIX.

Sedat Akyurek's work experiences demonstrate their expertise in engineering and technology leadership roles across various industries, including finance, energy, and software development.

Sedat Akyurek's education history includes a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Computer Science from Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi / Middle East Technical University. Sedat also pursued further education at the University of Maryland, where they obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science. Additionally, Sedat completed a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Maryland. Unfortunately, specific start and end years for each degree are not provided.