Özkan Demir

Özkan Demir has extensive work experience in software architecture and management. Özkan is currently working as the Executive Vice President of Software Architecture, Application Platforms & Cloud, and Database at Yapı Kredi Teknoloji since June 2022. Özkan also holds the role of Software Architecture Management Vice President at the same company since November 2020.

Prior to their current position, Demir worked at Yapı Kredi from 2011 to 2020, serving as the Software Architecture Manager and Expert Technical Architect. Before that, they were an Enterprise Software Architect at Fiba Holding A.S. from 2008 to 2011, where they implemented client-side applications for Credit Europe Bank. Özkan also worked at TEB A.S. as a Software Architect in a subproject called Exchange Layer of the IDL project with BNP Paribas in 2008.

Demir's earlier experience includes working as a Software Architect at IBTECH from 2005 to 2008, where they focused on single sign-on integration and implementing an Enterprise Service Bus infrastructure. Özkan started their career as a Software Engineer at Milli Reasürans T.A.S in 2002, where they worked on a project enabling the selling of earthquake insurance policies. Additionally, they worked as a Software Programmer at 3-D Bilisim A.S. from 2000 to 2001, developing a project for call centers.

Overall, Özkan Demir has a diverse and extensive background in software architecture and management, with experience in various companies and projects spanning over two decades.

Özkan Demir has a diverse education history. In 1998, they completed their Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering with a GPA of 3.20 from Marmara University. Prior to that, from 1992 to 1998, they attended Ulubati Hasan Anatolian High School in Bursa. Recently, in 2022, they enrolled in an Executive MBA program at Koç University. In terms of additional certifications, Özkan Demir completed the Leadership Essentials Program from IMD in 2020 and the HBS Agile Transformation Program from Harvard Business School, though the specific completion months are not provided.