Jan 2017 – Mar 2024 · 7 yrs 2 mos · Stockholm, Sweden

• Appjobs.com introduces job seekers to gig work by matching them with the gig platforms that fit their location and preferences. As a co-founder, I took over product development of Appjobs.com and brought it to its maturity until late 2022. I also took part in actively raising 8-figure funding in Euros across several rounds.
• During my time at Appjobs, I also managed the full product cycle of several other products that we strategically retired. Some of these were data extraction solutions, b2b high volume rapid-recruitment solutions for gig platforms.

Feb 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 1 mo · Malta

• Protipster is a multi-lingual lead generator to sports betting operators. Protipster's product includes a tipping competition engine and a gamification module with an internal rewards currency and shop feature. Protipster is available in 11 domains/languages and it's continuing to expand its global reach since 2015.

Jul 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 8 mos · Katowice, Silesian District, Poland

• Baytekin Media was used as an incubator to develop and test our own ideas for 10 years. We did external development and consulting to fund these additional developments. Baytekin Media gave birth to Protipster and Appjobs as well as a few now-defunct apps and websites that we were proud to have developed. Right now it owns and operates Protipster websites and apps.

Jul 2013 – Nov 2023 · 10 yrs 4 mos

• Futbolarena.com is one of the leading Turkish sports media portals since 2014. With a monthly reach of 2m+ website users and 1m+ social media followers, Futbolarena.com specialises on editorial and video content with thousands of unique articles, videos and live streams produced each month. It is widest reaching social media brand in football vertical for Turkish language speakers.
• Apart from being its name-father, first investor and having literally designed its logo, I also acted as a business advisor for many years to my good friend Cagdas who continues owning and operating it.

Jan 2013 – Jul 2013 · 6 mos

• Had a short spell at Perform Group after the full acquisition of GSM as product manager of Soccerway.com in direct-to-consumer (d2c) department.

Jan 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Managed the world's largest soccer data platform (Soccerway) and increased B2C revenues x3 in less than a year. Helped GSM increase its product portfolio of data feeds, hosted products and widgets and launched Scoresway to showcase 13+ sports that we were able to collect and sell data at the time. My time at GSM was during the earn-out phase of the company following the acquisition by Perform Group so I paid attention to both commercial success and product development.
• As a side track and after Perform acquisition of GSM, set up the Goal.com and GSM development office in Katowice, Poland and assisted the recruitment of new Polish Goal.com development team. I was responsible for creating and managing the local company/setup until handing it over to the new GM.

Oct 2008 – Aug 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Rball was a real-time sports information company with 1200 freelancers around the globe and it was one of the first of its kind. I structured the operations department upon joining fully in 2008 (following the full acquisition of LiveCom365), increased product volume 175% in 12 months, client-base increased 6 times as a direct result, designed products for new sports (basketball and tennis) and B2C options, managed several internal projects e.g. professional online training portal for external employees (a.k.a. Rball Academy), and entire operations for 2 years, participated in sales agreements and marketing exhibitions. Business was eventually acquired by Perform Group at €120m price-tag shortly after I left.

Jan 2008 – Sep 2008 · 8 mos

• Joined partly after the acquisition of LiveCom365 as an advisor and consultant while transitioning LiveCom365 to Runningball. Helped improve the quality by optimising operational process, restructuring the department logic and improving data collection practice, support workflow and the payment structures.

Apr 2007 – Sep 2008 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Founded and managed one of the first a real-time football information companies in the world. Sourced, trained and organised 500+ scouts in 17 different countries when there were no social media platforms and smartphones. Made over 600k GBP turnover in 1.5 years with less than 1k GBP starting capital and no external funding. Worked with various Asian and European bookmaker clients. Eventually acquired by Runningball Sports Information GmbH in 2008. Traded under the brand name LiveCom365.

Aug 2006 – May 2007 · 9 mos

• Established and managed the affiliate and commercial partners. Assisted the fraud team by monitoring deposits, withdrawals and bets.