Oguzhan Yayla - Applied AI Consultant

Q: Where is Oguzhan based?

Oguzhan is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Oguzhan speak?

Oguzhan speaks the following languages: Turkish (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate) .

Q: How many years of experience does Oguzhan have?

Oguzhan has at least 12 years of experience. During this time, Oguzhan has worked in at least 6 different roles and for 10 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months . Note that Oguzhan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Oguzhan's latest experience?

Oguzhan's most recent position is Applied AI Consultant at Bertelsmann SE & Co. (Smart Agency) .

Q: What companies has Oguzhan worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Oguzhan has worked for Bertelsmann SE & Co. (Smart Agency) , Peers Solutions GmbH , Universal Music Group , Get Safe (Coya Insurance) , and Lucidminds AI .

Q: Which industries is Oguzhan most experienced in?

Oguzhan is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Food and Beverage , and Banking and Finance . Oguzhan also has some experience in Cosmetics , Media and Entertainment , and Insurance .

Q: Which business areas is Oguzhan most experienced in?

Oguzhan is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Research and Development . Oguzhan also has some experience in Business Intelligence and Operations .

Q: Which industries has Oguzhan worked in recently?

Oguzhan has recently worked in industries like Information Technology , Insurance , and Advertising .

Q: Which business areas has Oguzhan worked in recently?

Oguzhan has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Research and Development .

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Berlin, Germany

Experience

Oct 2024 - Jun 2025

9 months

Applied AI Consultant

Bertelsmann SE & Co. (Smart Agency)

Built and deployed agentic digitization tools (LLM website generator and social content) for Mittelstand brands.
Re-architected AWS infrastructure, added observability and guardrails; owned end-to-end delivery and handover.
Set up editor accept-rate, p95 latency, and guardrail catch-rate checks.

Sep 2024 - Feb 2025

6 months

Applied AI Consultant

Peers Solutions GmbH

Built core skills and upskilling LLM fine-tuned on German taxonomy.
Integrated the model into the product and trained the team.

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

7 months

Consulting Engineer

Universal Music Group

Designed and implemented Universal Music’s Netflix-like live concert application data infrastructure.

Nov 2020 - Oct 2021

1 year

Consulting Data Engineer

Get Safe (Coya Insurance)

Designed and implemented an insurance automated claim and payout pipeline.

Sep 2018 - Jan 2024

5 years 5 months

Co-Founder & CTO

Lucidminds AI

R&D collective turned venture studio; shipped 0→1 products with a 12-person team.
Developed LLM-powered tools using OpenAI API, tool use/agents, RAG, and GraphRAG.
Led flagship projects: GUS/TreesAI – an agent-based modeling framework (open source) including pilots and fundraising; Dataville – compute-to-data privacy platform including pilots, prototypes, and fundraising.
Utilized Python, SQL, big data technologies (Spark, Kafka, Airflow), CI/CD and DevOps workflows, vector databases and embeddings, human-in-the-loop evaluations, ABM and simulations.

Mar 2018 - Apr 2019

1 year 2 months

Consulting Data Engineer

Takeaway.com

Hired a team of data engineers and redesigned and implemented the global data infrastructure.

May 2017 - Dec 2017

8 months

Consulting Data Engineer

upday for Samsung

Designed and implemented big data infrastructure, analysis, and reporting for the News app with over 1 million monthly active users.

Oct 2014 - May 2016

1 year 8 months

London, United Kingdom

Big Data Engineer

Treatwell UK

Oct 2012 - Jan 2014

1 year 4 months

Berlin, Germany

Software Engineer

Delivery Hero

Aug 2010 - Apr 2012

1 year 9 months

Singapore

Software Engineer

Ideal Wealth Management

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Cosmetics, Banking and Finance, Media and Entertainment, and Insurance.

Information Technology

Food and Beverage

Cosmetics

Banking and Finance

Media and Entertainment

Insurance

Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Research and Development, Business Intelligence, and Operations.

Information Technology

Product Development

Research and Development

Business Intelligence

Operations

Summary

I build research infrastructure and socio-technical AI systems. Co-founded Lucidminds AI (2018–24), an R&D collective turned venture studio shipping 0→1 products.

Recent work: LACE (self-organizing research companion) and an agentic digitization platform for a major European media group (Bertelsmann SE). Earlier: GUS/TreesAI (ABM framework OSS) and Dataville (compute-to-data privacy).

Skills

Building Production Systems, Data Pipelines, Research Tools
Agent Architectures And Tool Orchestration (Planning, Guardrails, Observability)
Retrieval/embeddings And Knowledge-graph Extraction
Rapid Prototyping And Iteration
Privacy-aware Architecture (Compute-to-data Design)
Productization And End-to-end Delivery In Enterprise Contexts
Python, Sql
Llms (Openai Api, Tool-use/agents, Rag, Graphrag)
Abm And Simulations
Human-in-the-loop Evaluations
Vector Databases, Embeddings
Big Data: Spark, Kafka, Airflow
Ci/cd, Devops Workflows

Languages

Turkish

Native

English

Advanced

German

Intermediate

Education

Oct 2008 - Jun 2012

Istanbul Bilgi University

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science · Computer Science · İstanbul, Turkey

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 10

Experience in Information Technology 6 y

Avg length 1 y 5 m

Longest experience 5 y 4 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore)

Primary country United Kingdom

Expertise

Recent roles Applied AI Consultant, Consulting Engineer, Consulting Data Engineer

Main industries Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Cosmetics

Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Research and Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Profile

Created

September 2025

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Where is Oguzhan based?

Oguzhan is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Oguzhan speak?

Oguzhan speaks the following languages: Turkish (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).

How many years of experience does Oguzhan have?

Oguzhan has at least 12 years of experience. During this time, Oguzhan has worked in at least 6 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months. Note that Oguzhan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Oguzhan be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Oguzhan would be well-suited for roles such as: Applied AI Consultant, Consulting Engineer, Consulting Data Engineer.

What is Oguzhan's latest experience?

Oguzhan's most recent position is Applied AI Consultant at Bertelsmann SE & Co. (Smart Agency).

What companies has Oguzhan worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Oguzhan has worked for Bertelsmann SE & Co. (Smart Agency), Peers Solutions GmbH, Universal Music Group, Get Safe (Coya Insurance), and Lucidminds AI.

Which industries is Oguzhan most experienced in?

Oguzhan is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Food and Beverage, and Banking and Finance. Oguzhan also has some experience in Cosmetics, Media and Entertainment, and Insurance.

Which business areas is Oguzhan most experienced in?

Oguzhan is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Research and Development. Oguzhan also has some experience in Business Intelligence and Operations.

Which industries has Oguzhan worked in recently?

Oguzhan has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Insurance, and Advertising.

Which business areas has Oguzhan worked in recently?

Oguzhan has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Research and Development.

What is Oguzhan's education?

Oguzhan holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Istanbul Bilgi University.

What is the availability of Oguzhan?

Oguzhan is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Oguzhan?

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