Barbaros Gunay

CSA Manager, Turkey at Microsoft

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Highly qualified team manager who possesses outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with over 30 years of software development, architecture, management and support experience in the multinational organizations. Strong people focus, likes challenge, implementation of new initiatives, coaching people, professional skills development and teamwork. Specialties: People development, building new initiatives, business development.

Experience

  • Microsoft (22 yrs 6 mos)
    • CSA Manager, Turkey
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      Leading, managing and developing a team of Cloud Solution Architects (CSA)s in all technical solution areas to drive digital transformation through tech intensity at scale for our enterprise customers. The team manages comprehensive Azure platform customer relationships from initial architectural planning through implementation and ongoing production operations.

    • CSAM Manager / Kurumsal Müşteri Lideri
      Jul 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      I lead an incredible team of CSAMs to bring digital transformation to the most important Turkish enterprise customers. Focus on the three Microsoft clouds (Azure, MW and BizApps).

    • CSA Manager, Turkey
      May 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Leading, managing and developing a team of Cloud Solution Architects (CSA)s in all technical solution areas to drive digital transformation through tech intensity at scale for our enterprise customers. My team owns the Azure infrastructure customer engagements, including architecture design, implementation, and production.

  • Senior Consulting Engineer at Cadence Design Systems
    Oct 2000 - Jan 2003 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Bluetooth stack design & development (C/C++), main focus on profiles Systems design using Telelogic SDL Suite 4th generation wireless networks R&D activities Steering group member in MobileVCE representing Cadence/Tality (http://mobilevce.co.uk/) with the focus of Intelligent Agents Delivered a speech in Bluetooth Developers Conference in San Francisco in 2001 representing Cadence/Tality

  • Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
    Sep 1997 - Oct 2000 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Technical Management of customer environment, problem management, relationship management, satisfaction management mainly for financial sector customers use SQL Server in their core business as a mission critical product

  • Freelance, Project based software development & support at Various
    Sep 1990 - Oct 1997 · 7 yrs 2 mos

    Software support (UNIX, XENIX, Netware, Windows, dBase/ISAM-Jet/Clipper, Symantec's Q&A , various Applications, Verifone Devices) Software development (Tourism, Finance, Legal, Production) using various development environments, programming languages and database products (mainly Informix-4GL, dbase/Clipper, Microsoft ISAM, Symantec Q&A, Microsoft Access, Dallas Semiconductor Button memories, Verifone TCL , Micros POS) Communications & networking support (RS232 and Ethernet networks)