Ilker Cetinkaya
Art Automotive Advisory at Moto Efendi
Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolIlker Cetinkaya is a multidisciplinary leader blending 15 years of software engineering and tech advisory experience with a deep passion for contemporary art and automotive culture. He has led engineering teams and product-scale initiatives across Europe—from Head of Engineering roles at ottonova to principal and architect positions at FlixBus and AutoScout24—while founding a long-running tech advisory practice. An active open-source contributor, Ilker has improved cross-platform .NET tooling and Mono code generation, and contributed to well-known projects like Paket and FAKE, reflecting strong DevOps and test automation chops. He invests in and curates intercultural projects that promote men's mental wellbeing and extraordinary automotive experiences such as grand tours, rallies and concours. Based in Germany, he is transitioning his focus toward Art Automotive Advisory, aiming to fuse cultural programming with automotive innovation. Notably, his background combines hands-on backend and testing work with modern leadership and agile coaching, making him equally effective in code, teams and creative ventures.
15 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Technical University of Munich
Github Skills (30)
unit-testing10
nuget10
filesystem10
testing10
net10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
bash10
cross-platform10
asp-net10
automation10
code-generation10
tdd10
mocking10
dotnet-core10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
TestableIO/System.IO.Abstractions
Sep 2014 - Sep 2014
Just like System.Web.Abstractions, but for System.IO. Yay for testable IO access!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:12 commits in 3 days
Contributions summary:Ilker primarily focused on improving the testability and cross-platform compatibility of the `system.io.abstractions` library. They refactored code, removed unnecessary dependencies, and added features to support different operating systems, specifically Windows and Unix-like systems. Their contributions included modifications to the testing helper classes, enhancing the library's ability to work with various file system paths, and adapting tests to different OS path conventions. They also worked on Mono compatibility.
fsdotnettestingsystem-ioio
fsprojects/Paket
Sep 2014 - Jun 2015
A dependency manager for .NET with support for NuGet packages and Git repositories.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ilker primarily focused on improving the installation process and compatibility of the project. They developed a Linux installation script using bash, streamlining the deployment process. Furthermore, the user enhanced the system's compatibility with NuGet by adding fallback mechanisms and negotiating the correct content types for API requests. These changes show a strong understanding of build processes, and dependency management.
repositoriesdotnetfsharpmonopackage-manager
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