Deniz Uysal

• CTO leading the global technology function, reporting to the CEO, with €10M+ annual budget; accountable for platform strategy, engineering execution (DE/RO/PL/IN), investment governance, and risk controls. • Built and led a 50+ FTE global engineering organization with <5% attrition and 98% on-time delivery. • Partnered with C-level stakeholders and ran regular steering committees to align roadmap, priorities, funding, and delivery commitments across markets. • Reduced platform run costs by 22% through portfolio rationalization, FinOps guardrails, and vendor governance. • Consolidated 100+ MarTech templates into a single cloud-native reference architecture adopted across markets. • Cut release cycles from 12 weeks to 10 days by standardizing delivery governance and engineering practices across markets. • Re-platformed the global collaboration suite; improved uptime to 99.99% and reduced license and run cost by ~€250k/year. • Built a GenAI Factory delivering ~€1M annual savings and 4× faster turnaround via reusable patterns, governance, and measurable adoption. • Achieved TISAX Level 3 through security-by-design controls, evidence automation, and clear risk ownership.

• Progressed through increasing leadership scope (Senior Associate Technology → Manager Technology → Senior Manager Technology → Engineering Lead) within DACH Technology Leadership. • Directed global digital transformation programs (€30M+), owning end-to-end delivery from discovery and architecture to launch, stabilization, and managed service operations. • Led globally distributed, cross-functional delivery organizations (typically 50+ professionals, up to ~100) across five countries; established governance, quality gates, and predictable delivery at scale. • Architected and scaled enterprise content and digital experience platforms serving ~462M hits/month, supporting 1,300+ editors and 14+ TB of content across ~100 countries. • Led complex pre-sales and delivery planning (pitches, estimation, partner coordination) and aligned scope, roadmap, cadence, and investment priorities with senior client stakeholders through regular steering committees. • Selected clients (Publicis Sapient): Siemens, Vodafone, DHL, Daimler/Mercedes-Benz, Deutsche Telekom.

• Delivered enterprise application and integration solutions on the Microsoft stack within Avanade (Accenture + Microsoft). • Served as technical lead on enterprise delivery projects, owning architecture definition and solution design from requirements through implementation. • Designed and built collaboration and content management solutions for clients in financial services and industrial sectors. • Led small cross-functional teams and coordinated with client stakeholders to ensure scalable, maintainable, and production-ready deliveries. • Established engineering standards and hands-on delivery practices to improve quality and reduce rework across project teams.

• Delivered enterprise software solutions as a senior consultant/developer, taking ownership from initial requirements to go-live and operational handover. • Built integration components and business applications for mid-to-large enterprise clients, working directly with business and IT stakeholders. • Led technical workstreams within project teams, setting implementation standards, reviewing solutions, and ensuring delivery quality. • Improved reliability and maintainability by modernizing legacy components and introducing structured testing and release practices. • Supported production operations after launch, resolving issues and delivering incremental enhancements to improve stability.

• Delivered customer-facing and back-office software modules for enterprise clients, contributing to stable production releases and operations. • Built integration interfaces between business applications and core systems to improve data consistency and operational robustness. • Worked closely with analysts and client stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical technical designs and deliverables. • Improved maintainability and stability by refactoring existing components and applying structured testing and release discipline. • Supported go-live and early-life operations, troubleshooting incidents and reducing recurring issues through targeted fixes.

• Developed and maintained software components supporting telecom platform operations, contributing to stable production services used at scale. • Implemented new functionality and system-to-system integrations across internal platforms, improving operational consistency. • Collaborated with operations, network/IT, and business teams to turn requirements into reliable deliverables. • Supported releases and production operations, diagnosing incidents and delivering fixes to improve service stability. • Documented solutions and contributed to shared engineering standards to improve maintainability and reduce rework.