Yunus Kocaoglu

Yunus Kocaoglu

Software Engineer

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  • About me

    CTO@Pavo & CEO@Overtech

  • Education

    • Boğaziçi University

      1993 - 1997
      Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Computer Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Computer Enginnering Club

    • Beykent Üniversitesi

      2009 - 2010
      Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management, General
  • Experience

    • Artsoft Yazılım

      Jul 1997 - Jul 1999
      Software Engineer

      Software development for Istanbul municipal corporations (IETT, Kiptas, Istanbul Hali etc.).Experience with PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, Cast, Power Designer tools, SYBASE and Microsoft SQL Server.

    • Vodafone

      Jan 2001 - Oct 2003
      Software Engineer

      IVR programming, Content management software development, Web and WAP applications development with JAVA and Microsoft .net.

    • Ziraat Teknoloji

      Nov 2003 - Nov 2011

      Reported to CIO and managed 400 IT employees under 2 directories (Application Development, Infrastructure and Operations) and 2 departments (PMO, Service Desk).Increased productivity by transforming software development methodology from Waterfall to Agile (Scrum Framework). This was the first agile team in Turkey, and is still the biggest with more than 30 scrum teams. Set up the data warehouse of Ziraat with Teradata and combined Ziraat Finance Group's data into one platform. Managed 20 developers (core banking, alternative distributions channels, content management and data warehouse infra teams). Set up HP Service Manager, HP Project and Portfolio Management and HP Quality Test Professional tools. Invented the Virtual Teller Machine (VTM), a bank branch with no employees in it. Set up SAP Business Objects reporting platform for Ziraat Bank and developed numerous critical reports on it. Developed smart Software Lifecycle Management Tools. Managed 6 database administrators for below large systems: Ziraat Bank core banking database (Oracle), Ziraat Bank reporting database (Oracle), Ziraat Bank ATM and credit cards database (SQL), Ziraat Bank internet banking database (SQL). Ziraat Bank internet banking project (a first for Ziraat). Core banking database migration project.

      • EVP

        Aug 2010 - Nov 2011
      • Application Infrastructure Manager

        Jul 2006 - Aug 2010
      • Database Administration Manager

        Jun 2005 - Jul 2006
      • R&D Engineer

        Nov 2003 - Jun 2005
    • T.C. ZIRAAT BANKASI A.S.

      Nov 2011 - Sept 2014
      CIO

      Reported to CEO and managed Ziraat Bank’s IT Departments as well as Ziraat Technology Company, which is responsible for IT services of all Ziraat Finance Group entities: Ziraat Bank, Ziraat Insurance, Ziraat Life Insurance, Ziraat Leasing, Ziraat Securities, Ziraat Asset Management, and International Subsidiaries or Branches in 15 countries.

    • Overtech Information Technologies

      Dec 2014 - now
      Founding Partner and CEO

      CEO of Overtech developing below products:OverBPM - Business Process Management SuiteOverPOS - Android POS Software - Visa&Mastercard&Troy certifiedOverTPOS - BKM Techpos Software on Android POS devicesOverPay - Payment Instutions Software - GIB certifiedOverED - E-Document Solutions-E-Invoice, E-Archvie, E-Ticket, E-SMM, E-MM etc.OverStore - Retail Stores Management Software

    • National Bank of Abu Dhabi

      Oct 2015 - Feb 2016
      Executive Consultant

      I have assessed all banking applications of NBAD for their datacenter migration project that is managed by EMC.

    • Emirates NBD

      Jan 2016 - Mar 2016
      Executive Consultant

      I have assessed all banking applications of Emirates National Bank of Dubai and Network International compnay for their datacenter migration project that is managed by EMC.

    • Pavo Finansal Teknoloji Çözümleri

      Oct 2019 - now
      CTO@Pavo

      Being one of the Turkey's industry pioneers in new generation payment systems, PAVO aims to produce end-to-end solutions by expanding its business partnerships and end-users with its Operator Institution (İşletici Kuruluş), Private Integrator (Özel Entegratör) and BKM Techpos licenses.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Oracle Certified Professional

      Oracle
      Sept 2006
    • Microsoft Certified Professional

      Microsoft
      Jul 1998
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Yunus Kocaoglu
      Best IT Governance Project of the Year IDC Turkey Apr 2014
    • Awarded to Yunus Kocaoglu
      CIO of the Year CIO Magazine Turkey Dec 2013
    • Awarded to Yunus Kocaoglu
      “Best in Class” Online Banking Interactive Media Awards Sep 2013