Head of Software · Supplementler

I build and grow technology teams, and make sure they look in the same direction as the business.

A journey of more than 25 years: it started with writing code and continued at the head of technology teams in three companies. Today I lead the software organization behind Supplementler, Vitaminler and Fitmoda.

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25+

years in technology and software

companies as technology leader

disciplines brought together in one team

brands, one platform, one team

How I lead

Small, capable teams that own their work.

Competence first

Not headcount, but people who are strong in their own field. That is the bar for both hiring and growth.

ii.

A written process everyone knows

Everyone knows the same way when a piece of work counts as "done". Predictability instead of surprises.

iii.

At the same table as product

The software team is not an order-taker; it is a partner that decides with product what ships.

iv.

A shared language

Talking about business and technology in the same terms; shaping the architecture around the business domain.

Journey

Three companies, three different scales, a team built in each.

2015 — 2018

pttAVM

Developer → Tech Lead → CTO

I joined as a developer and went on to lead the team. Together we turned a 3–4 person team building a single product into a 10-person team running and growing five.

3 → 10people 1 → 5products

pttAVM · HGS · HGS Kurumsal · Ready2Sale · TurkishSouq

2018 — 2022

StockMount

CTO

Technology ownership of a SaaS platform that runs product, order, shipping and invoicing flows for marketplace sellers, with a team of six.

→Becoming the e-commerce integration partner of the QNB Dijital Köprü Project

→Taking a new product to beta that lets Turkish manufacturers sell on international marketplaces

2022 — present

Supplementler

Head of Software

The platform behind Supplementler, Vitaminler and Fitmoda, and a software organization spanning backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps and QA.

20+people at its peak; today a lean team of 10

When I started

Today

A small team without clear roles and responsibilities

A team working hand in hand with product

A roadmap that had been waiting for a long time

Delivery speed many times higher

Infrastructure and application layers dependent on outside vendors

All technology owned in-house; no outside dependency is a necessity

An unsettled development process

Measurable costs; critical issues that disrupted the customer experience are a thing of the past

Before that: developer and early CTO roles. The foundation of being a leader who knows the code.

Broad expertise

From engineering to operations, from security to regulation: every layer of a technology organization.

Organization

Team structure, hiring, performance, process standards.

Product and business

E-commerce, payments, marketplaces; tying technology to business goals.

Infrastructure and operations

Release management, observability, databases and continuity.

Security and compliance

Application security, attack prevention, GDPR.

Education

METU, M.Sc. Software Management (2020)
ITU, B.Sc. Environmental Engineering (2004)

Languages

Turkish, English (advanced), German (beginner)

Let's talk about building, growing or reshaping a team.

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