Salih Sarikaya

Product Manager

San Francisco, CA, United States16 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Expert in architecting AI-first systems in finance and healthcare.
  • Proven track record of driving product growth to millions of users.
  • Recognized thought leader in blockchain and data science.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Health AI leader with expertise in product management and data-driven strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementFintechData ScienceGrowthBlockchainDigital StrategyAnalyticsData JournalismWeb Development

Other Skills

AI/MLAgile MarketingApache SparkBloggingBusiness AnalyticsBusiness StrategyCloudCloud SecurityCrypto MarketsCrypto PaymentsCustomer ExperienceData AnalysisData IntegrationsDatabasesDigital Journalism

About

Fintech & Health AI Leader Driving Social Impact Computational Social Scientist: I specialize in architecting AI-first systems in highly regulated domains like finance and healthcare. Entrepreneurial product leader with a proven ability to bring startup innovation culture to Fortune 50 companies. 10+ years of experience in leading product launch, software development, data science solutions, product marketing and growth working in the mobile, digital and consumer space internationally. Being passionate about customer and growth with data, I developed analytical and creative business strategies for many products to reach from zero to millions of active users within a short period of time. Computational social scientist: Master’s in (Computational) Sociology with a thesis focused on Data Analysis and social semantics. Co-founded a startup called WhatsAround, where I worked with a small talented group to build a social platform centered around a connected mobile wallet and marketplace built on a blockchain. I led strategic products from planning to delivery. I aspire to help build and grow products people love with the help of experience from different industry verticals. Awards: •Technology Advocate: Recognized as one of the key thought leaders in tech, blockchain, and data science (CES, Onalytica, MOZ, KLOUT, Business Insider) I have spoken at several international conferences. Specialties: Financial Services - FinTech, Cloud Technologies, Data Science, Machine Learning, e-Commerce, Supply Chain, Social-Mobile Platforms, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Databases, Agile Software Development, Scrum Methodologies

Experience

16 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Walmart

Staff Product Manager - Fintech & Payments (E2E Customer Experience & AI/ML & Personalization)

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site

  • Product Lead for Directed Spend (Digital Cards, Restricted Payments, Healthy Benefits, Walmart Wellness Benefits, HSA/FSA etc.)
Product ManagementAI/MLCustomer ExperienceFinTech

Albertsons companies

Lead Product Manager, Loyalty & Rewards Payments (Omni-Channel Pricing & Promotions)

Jan 2020Jan 2021 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Managed other Sr. Product Managers. I have led the development of Omni-Channel Pricing & Promotion & Loyalty & Rewards Engine for Albertsons/Safeway as the lead pm. (eCom+2300 Stores, 80k transactions & 20 million clips per day, 98k offers per week) | enterprise pricing and promo engine | omni-channel experience | data modernization | data integrations | micro-services | APIs | Payments | Integrations | Payments & Rewards Fraud | Risk
  • Led Product Strategy for Nisum Open Source Data Frameworks: machine learning | data science | personalization | predictive analytics | fraud detection | data integrations | data migrations
  • Apache Spark | MongoDB | Kafka | Ignite | PostgreSQL | SQL | Snowflake | Azure
Product ManagementOmni-Channel PricingData IntegrationsMachine LearningData Science

Ebay

Sr. Technical Product Manager - Growth (Distributed Commerce & Loyalty - VIP)

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr · San Francisco, CA

  • I was part of founding team at the Incubation & Growth (Mobile-Social Experiences, Distributed Commerce, Loyalty, VIP Experiences) at StubHub as a consultant.
Product ManagementGrowth StrategyDistributed CommerceGrowth

Google

Product Marketing Manager, Cloud Data Platforms

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr · Mountain View, California, United States · On-site

Whatsaround

Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder - Healthy Rewards - Crypto Payments

Jan 2017Jan 2018 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • -A geo-based social health platform for outdoor activity lovers & sports fans rewarding users for their activities with crypto. Creating loyalty programs for healthier lifestyle choices.
Product ManagementBlockchainCrypto Payments

Smartereum

Co-Founder & Head of Product, Blockchain - Crypto Digital Financial Tools

Jan 2015Jan 2017 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Bloomberg for crypto markets: Blockchain, financial, software, data, and social media startup reaching out to 2M+ crypto investors monthly.
  • Smartereum delivers blockchain and crypto markets news, data, analysis, and video to the world.
  • Launched crypto to crypto exchange platform, enabling users to exchange crypto.
  • Developed crypto markets analysis tool, providing data to the cryptocurrency community.
  • Led partnerships with great fintech players: Tron, Huobi, Coinbase, Cointelegraph, DreamPay, AiChain, NuCypher, Xeepin, Bitcoin Private
BlockchainCrypto MarketsData AnalysisFinTech

Digital review

4 roles

Head of Digital Platforms & CTO

Promoted

Jan 2013Jan 2015 · 2 yrs

  • I have created and managed a team of developers, editors, social media experts, designers, sales and marketing experts.
  • We have reached 5.5 million monthly active users with the new product launch just within 6 months in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment. Focusing on delivering business objectives, I have developed analytical and creative strategies. I gained broad executive experience in helping scale a fast-growing business.
  • Instead of using a current ad management system I have managed a new product and increased the ad revenue by more than 3X.
Digital StrategyTeam ManagementProduct LaunchProduct Management

Trends & Analytics Lead

Promoted

Jan 2011Jan 2013 · 2 yrs

  • I have managed social media, seo, trends & analytics team.
  • Developed and executed a digital strategy to reach from 500K to 5M+ audience on social channels balancing multiple work-streams and priorities.
  • Developed a digital transformation strategy to be implemented by more than 1000+ employees and different departments across the world within the company. Increased branding reaching out to different segments of society with creating very influential new niche platforms.
  • Developed a new comment plugin to collect data from social channels collaborating with the team of engineers, designers, and editors. Increased user interaction by more than 2X.
Social Media ManagementDigital StrategyAnalytics

Tech Blogger / Data Journalist

Promoted

Jan 2010Jan 2011 · 1 yr

  • Recognized as one of the best tech influencer names of USA at CES.
Data JournalismTech Blogging

Full Stack Engineer

Jan 2009Jan 2010 · 1 yr

  • As a part-time developer, I was responsible for web development and customizing add-ons and plugins using PHP, HTML, CSS, and MySQL.
Web DevelopmentPHPMySQL

Education

Istanbul University

Master's degree — Social Policy and Public Health

Jan 2010Present

Istanbul University

Master's degree — Computational Sociology & Data

Jan 2012Present

The Wharton School

Executive Education — Fintech

Jan 2018Present

Uludag University

BA — ELT (Linguistics & NLP)

Jan 2006Jan 2009

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