Gökşen Çavuşoğlu

VP - Enterprise Architecture | TOGAF Enterprise Architect | Executive MBA

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Defining and managing the Technology Strategy of the company based on the architectural principles and methodologies. Governing the transformation projects namely Cloud Transformation and Application Modernization. Communicating the technology strategy within IT and with business. Specialities: Digital Transformation, Application Modernization, Cloud Transformation, TOGAF, Enterprise Architecture, Architectural Thinking, Agile Methodology, SOA, Microservices, J2EE, SDLC, Open Banking, Application Design and Development, Solution Architecture

Experience

  • Akbank (11 yrs 11 mos)
    • Enterprise Architecture VP
      Dec 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

      Defining and managing the Technology Strategy of the company based on the architectural principles and methodologies. Governing and designing the transformation projects namely Cloud Transformation and Application Modernization. Communicating the technology strategy within IT and with business. Implementing the Enterprise Architecture practices and processes within Akbank Technology.

    • Product Owner. Senior Enterprise Architect
      Sep 2014 - Jan 2022 · 7 yrs 5 mos

      *Responsible from founding and applying Enterprise Architecture practices and methodologies throughout the IT organization. *Governing Enterprise Architecture framework and steering Architecture commitees with the CIO. *Creating and extending the Enterprise Architecture Platform which won the 3rd rank at IDC Award 2020 at IT Governance category *Aligning with Data Architecture, Business Architecture and Technology Architecture teams and governing the Enterprise Architecture framework. *Guiding the committe of Solution Architects and sharing the principles, Architecture Decisions with them. *Taking part in the high impact transformation projects' design decisions such as legacy applications modernization, Cloud Native Transformation and Digital Transformation *Complying with the regulations set by the Legal Authorities, Central Bank and the Internal Audit departments.

  • Credit Europe Bank N.V. (8 yrs 4 mos)
    • Lead Architect
      2010 - Aug 2014 · 4 yrs 8 mos

      *Creating architectural design and roadmaps for projects in banking channels. *Integration of external channels (such as web services, internet banking, call center, online loan applications) with legacy core banking applications written in java at SOA framework. *Leading development teams and delivering the solution within the defined time period and quality criteria.

    • Java Team Manager, Application Architect
      May 2006 - 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      *Manager of the software engineers in Credit Europe Bank. *Design and implementation of Java based projects using Object Oriented design methodologies *Integration of systems in Enterprise Architecture level using SOA framework. *Business Rule Management system implementation. *Technical lead of channels integration (Siebel CRM, Call Center, Internet Banking,Online Loan application, Experian Scoring Engine, regulatory credit bureaus) to legacy back office system.

  • Software Engineer at Akbank
    Dec 2002 - May 2006 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    *Software developer in Core Banking system transformation projects. *Development of C and C++ Projects such as gateway applications on UNIX and Windows.

  • Developer at Digiturk
    Oct 2002 - Dec 2002 · 3 mos

    Development of billing system of Digiturk written in Delphi.

  • Trainee at SAP A.G.
    Nov 2001 - Jun 2002 · 8 mos

    AIESEC traineeship in SAP A.G. Walldorf, Germany