Istanbul, Türkiye
Regional Lead Architect at Cisco, partnering with large, publicly listed Service Provider organizations across the Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Turkey to drive strategic technology transformation aligned with business objectives. I work closely with senior technical and business leaders to translate complex network and digital challenges into measurable outcomes, including operational efficiency, performance optimisation, and readiness for AI-driven innovation. I lead end-to-end customer engagements, from strategic planning through execution, serving as a trusted advisor throughout the transformation lifecycle. With a strong consultative approach and deep Service Provider industry experience, I help customers maximise return on investment, reduce transformation risk, and enable sustainable, long-term value creation. My career focus is evolving toward client executive and business-oriented leadership roles centred on strategic account ownership and customer growth.
As a Lead Architect, I work exclusively with large Service Provider clients in Middle East, Africa and Turkey region those publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), helping them drive strategic technology adoption and network transformation at scale. My role focuses on aligning Cisco’s solutions with each organization’s business goals, enabling operational efficiency, performance optimization, and readiness for AI-driven innovation. I lead full lifecycle engagements from architecture and planning through execution while serving as a trusted advisor to senior technical and business stakeholders. By combining deep industry knowledge with a consultative approach, I help these high-profile customers maximize the return on their infrastructure investments and achieve meaningful business outcomes.
As a Technical Solutions Architect within Global Solutions Engineering organization, I provided strategic leadership in shaping and delivering complex, high-value customer engagements across Datacenter, Enterprise Networking, and Service Provider technologies. I partnered with global account teams and engineering leaders to define technical vision, guide solution strategy, and ensure alignment with customers’ digital transformation goals. By orchestrating cross-functional collaboration and driving innovation through customer proof-of-concept initiatives, I consistently enabled measurable business outcomes and strengthened strategic partnerships. My leadership and execution directly contributed to the successful closure of over $250M USD in global deals, reinforcing Cisco’s reputation for technical excellence and customer-centric innovation on a worldwide scale.
- Performed Customer Advocacy for service providers. - Earned CCIE Service Provider Certification (#58305) - Cisco Live 2019 presenter - EVPN Deployment with Segment Routing session. - Cisco Live 2019 Meet the Expert panellist.
- I was responsible for Nokia 7x50 IP/MPLS product line (7750, 7450, 7950, 7705). - Provided Tier 2 remote technical support for IP/MPLS networks with 7 x 24 basis. - Focused on service provider customers from EMEA region. - For outages, identified the impact and interfered customer network by covering SLA. - Interfaced with all levels of technical representatives both internal and external.
- I was responsible for IMS networks design and consultancy. - Driven the tests in Bell Labs. - Developed an end to end validation strategy and planning by including all 3rd Party inputs. - Reviewed and assessed the customer network design effectively by ensuring design integrity. - Integrated and verified inter-operability of products and subsystems from multiple vendors.