Ertuğrul H.

CTO | Fintech & Crypto Exchange Technology Leader | Blockchain, Scalable Systems, Software Engineering

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

I am a technology leader with deep experience in software engineering, fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency exchange platforms. My interest in technology started at the age of 11 with a Commodore 64, and that early curiosity evolved into a career focused on building secure, scalable, and high-performance technology systems. Throughout my career, I have led engineering organizations of 40–60 people and managed large-scale platforms serving millions of users, including systems with 6M+ registered members and 100K concurrent online users. My work has focused on scalable architecture, system performance, platform reliability, complex migrations, and the delivery of mission-critical financial technology products. My core strengths include technology strategy, engineering leadership, scalable system architecture, performance optimization, software development management, infrastructure modernization, migration planning, and cross-functional execution. I enjoy building strong engineering teams, solving complex technical problems, and turning business objectives into reliable, secure, and scalable technology platforms.

Experience

  • Chief Technology Officer at Private Company
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • CTO at ICRYPEX Crypto Exchange
    Jan 2022 - Dec 2024 · 3 yrs

  • Software Development Manager at BtcTurk
    Nov 2017 - Oct 2021 · 4 yrs

    Launched in 2013, BTCTurk is a centralized exchange based in Istanbul, Turkey. It claims to be Turkey’s first and the world’s fourth cryptocurrency exchange platform. Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Technologies https://www.btcturk.com https://pro.btcturk.com

  • Software Team Leader at Eventegg
    Aug 2015 - Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    It is a company that started off to help each business or academic event attendee find an international event and have sufficient information about them. We also happily assist them in every phase of an event as well as offering networking opportunities.

  • Senior Software Engineer at Turkcell Global Bilgi
    Nov 2014 - Aug 2015 · 10 mos

    Turkcell is a converged telecommunication and technology services provider, founded and headquartered in Turkey. I worked within software development teams and we developed a lot of big telecommunication projects on Turkcell.