Selim Onat
Product Manager Squad Lead at Volkswagen Financial Services
Hamburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolSelim Onat is a product-focused data leader and former cognitive neuroscience researcher with 11 years of experience building ML-driven products and research programs in industry and academia. Currently a Product Manager Squad Lead at Volkswagen Financial Services, he oversees computer-vision damage recognition and pricing models while coordinating a €1.5M/year research partnership with a university research center. He combines deep expertise in statistical modeling and ML with a track record of publishing in high-impact journals (Nature Neuroscience, eLife) and translating cognitive-science insights into production-grade data products. Known for leading cross-functional teams, defining roadmaps, and keeping stakeholders aligned, he has shipped dynamic pricing and repair-cost solutions in mobility contexts. Fluent in both research rigor and product delivery, he brings an uncommon ability to bridge human-centered scientific insight with large-scale engineering execution.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Cognitive Science, Master's degree Cognitive Science at Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityBachelor's degree Biology General, Bachelor's degree Biology General at Université de Rennes IMaitrise Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, Maitrise Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology at Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience at Universität OsnabrückDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Ruhr University BochumNeuroInformatics, NeuroInformatics at ETH Zürich
English, French, Turkish, German
Github Skills (94)
systems-biology10
philips-hue9
toolbox9
cosmology9
lightbox9
neuroscience9
hue8
rgb8
hikvision8
python8
apache-spark8
raspberry8
profanity8
lifecycle8
image8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
selimonat/FPSA_FearGen
Sep 2015 - Mar 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 129 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 6 months
figuresanalyses
selimonat/Realtime_GPS_Logger
Dec 2019 - Apr 2022
Log and visualization geographic coordinates of your mobile phone in real-time.
Contributions:31 commits, 32 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
dockergrafanamqttraspberry-pi
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