Bertan B.

Founder

Poland19 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of multiple successful startups in the sports data sector.
  • Expert in building scalable solutions for the gig economy.
  • Proven track record in fundraising and product development.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in the iGaming and sports data industries with expertise in product management and operations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentOperations Management

Other Skills

BettingBusiness PlanningData platform managementDigital MarketingE-commerceEntrepreneurshipFundraisingGamblingGamificationGamingLead generationManagementMarketing ManagementMarketing StrategyNew Business Development

About

I enjoy building scalable digital solutions with international teams. People always come first because people with the right culture build both the right team and the right solutions. Focus areas: sports data, igaming, gig economy, future of work Contact me if you have a digital project in mind or if you need specific advice on product development, startups or building culture at early stage.

Experience

Appjobs work

Co-founder and COO

Sep 2022Mar 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · Sweden · Remote

  • Appjobs Work provides gig workers a fully automated fleet-partner solution that comes as a mobile app. It is payroll, performance management and salary-advance in a single package.
  • As a co-founder, I was responsible for creating a gig-economy specific payroll, performance management and salary-advance package under the brand name Appjobs Work in less than 1 year. We reached 1000+ monthly paying customers in our test market Poland and had preparations to expand to neighbouring Sweden, Czechia, Slovakia and Romania before strategic acquisition discussions stopped further development. Appjobs Work received 7-figure funding in Euros and I took active part in fundraising activities as a co-founder.
Payroll managementPerformance managementProduct developmentProduct ManagementBusiness Development

Appjobs global

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Jan 2017Mar 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.
Product developmentFundraisingProject managementProduct ManagementBusiness Development

Protipster

Founder & Director

Feb 2015Present · 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.
Lead generationGamificationProduct developmentProduct ManagementBusiness Strategy

Baytekin media ltd.

Owner

Jul 2013Present · 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.

Futbolarena

Co-founder and business advisor

Jul 2013Nov 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.

Perform

Product Manager

Jan 2013Jul 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.

Global sports media

Product Director

Jan 2011Dec 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.
Product managementRevenue growthData platform managementProduct ManagementBusiness Strategy

Runningball

2 roles

Operations Manager

Promoted

Oct 2008Aug 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.
Operations managementProduct developmentSales agreementsOperations ManagementProduct Management

Quality Assurance Director

Jan 2008Sep 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.

Professional sports information ab

Founder and Managing Director

Apr 2007Sep 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.
Real-time data managementTeam managementOperations ManagementProduct Management

Supporterbet

Fraud and Affiliate Manager

Aug 2006May 2007 · 9 mos

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

Education

Istanbul Technical University

Bsc — Electrical engineering (emphasis on automatic control)

Jan 2001Jan 2005

Kocaeli Anadolu Lisesi

High School Diploma

Jan 1993Jan 1999

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