Tansel Tiknaz

Director of Engineering

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia22 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 15 years of engineering leadership experience.
Expert in scaling high-growth fintech organizations.
Passionate about building impactful engineering cultures.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with a strong focus on engineering leadership and digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipEngineering ManagementSoftware As A Service (saas)Digital Technology

Other Skills

LeadershipScrumChange ManagementStrategyContinuous Integration (CI)Continuous Delivery (CD)Solution ArchitectureEngineering LeadershipTechnology StrategyCloud Architecture (AWS)Team Building & MentoringSoftware DevelopmentUser Experience (UX)Web DevelopmentAgile Methodologies

About

I build engineering and technology teams that solve real problems for real businesses. Over 15 years, I've led engineering organizations from early-stage through scale-focused on delivery, impact, and sustainable growth. My work has spanned fintech, nonprofit tech, health and education platforms, helping teams ship products that matter to hundreds of thousands of users. I care about: - Technology that creates genuine value, financial access, business tools, social impact - Engineering cultures where people do their best work - Architecture that's practical, and scales - Helping other leaders grow Specialties: Tech leadership, strategic business growth, digital transformation, innovation, lean/agile, Web, CRM, Salesforce, integration solutions, consumer insight and behaviour, marketing technology, governance, coaching/mentoring, business analysis, team and project management

Experience

22 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Zeller

Engineering Director

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · On-site

Responsible for the technical execution and people management of multiple squads. I lead and coach passionate cross-skilled engineers, establishing a strong team culture around the successful delivery of elegant products.

Digital TechnologyLeadershipScrumChange ManagementStrategyContinuous Integration (CI)+4

Private

Technical Consulting

Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 · 4 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Digital TechnologySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Scrum

Inclusiv education

Head of Product and Technology

Oct 2020 – Aug 2021 · 10 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

Digital TechnologySoftware as a Service (SaaS)ScrumChange ManagementContinuous Integration (CI)Continuous Delivery (CD)+1

Oxfam australia

3 roles

Head of Technology

Promoted

Nov 2018 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Melbourne Area

Delivering strategic digital technology initiatives, implementing emerging technology solutions, leading & driving innovation and product development with cross-functional agile delivery teams.

Digital TechnologySoftware as a Service (SaaS)ScrumChange ManagementContinuous Integration (CI)Continuous Delivery (CD)+1

Software Development Manager

Sep 2015 – Nov 2018 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Greater Melbourne Area

Lead, plan and coordinate all activities related to the design, development and implementation of Oxfam's online, web and middleware application systems.

Digital TechnologyScrumContinuous Integration (CI)Continuous Delivery (CD)Engineering Management

Technical Lead

Apr 2010 – Sep 2015 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Greater Melbourne Area

Planned, lead and contributed to the development of Oxfam Australia & Unwrapped websites, Trailwalker & MyOxfam P2P fundraising platforms, web applications and all digital initiatives with a team of developers in an Agile environment.
Web application development using MVC PHP, JQuery, MSSQL, MySQL, SOAP Web services. Maintained, built and supported all public facing applications used for P2P, fundraising, ecommerce and community development.

Digital TechnologyScrumContinuous Integration (CI)