Osman Arda
Group Head Of Technology Architecture & Agile Solutions at KoçSistem
Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolOsman Arda is a seasoned technology leader with over 15 years in IT and 11 years in senior engineering and architecture roles, currently serving as Group Head of Technology Architecture & Agile Solutions at KoçSistem. He has progressed from hands-on development to strategic leadership across telecom and travel retail, shaping software engineering, global IT and agile delivery at Setur and KoçSistem. Osman blends deep technical understanding with business-facing IT partnership, having led engineering for tourism operations, duty-free retail and enterprise service management. He is experienced in driving architecture, governance and team enablement to turn complex operational needs into resilient, scalable solutions. Based in Istanbul, he pairs dual academic backgrounds in Information Systems Engineering and Computer Science with a pragmatic approach to modernization. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic strategist who still values the craft of coding and continuous improvement behind organizational change.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Information Systems Engineering, BS, Information Systems Engineering at İstanbul Teknik ÜniversitesiBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Binghamton University
Turkish, EnglishGithub contributions (4)
setur/assessment-backend-net
Jan 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:2 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year
setur/assessment-backend-java
May 2024 - May 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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