Oguzhan (Oz) Yayla-Applied AI Consultant
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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.
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.
Consulting Engineer
Universal Music Group
- Designed and implemented Universal Music’s Netflix-like live concert application data infrastructure.
Consulting Data Engineer
Get Safe (Coya Insurance)
- Designed and implemented an insurance automated claim and payout pipeline.
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.
Consulting Data Engineer
Takeaway.com
- Hired a team of data engineers and redesigned and implemented the global data infrastructure.
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.
Big Data Engineer
Treatwell UK
Software Engineer
Delivery Hero
Software Engineer
Ideal Wealth Management
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Experienced in Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Cosmetics, Banking and Finance, Media and Entertainment, and Insurance.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Research and Development, Business Intelligence, and 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
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Education
Istanbul Bilgi University
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science · Computer Science · İstanbul, Turkey
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Oguzhan is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Oguzhan speaks the following languages: Turkish (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).
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.
Based on recent experience, Oguzhan would be well-suited for roles such as: Applied AI Consultant, Consulting Engineer, Consulting Data Engineer.
Oguzhan's most recent position is Applied AI Consultant at Bertelsmann SE & Co. (Smart Agency).
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.
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.
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.
Oguzhan has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Insurance, and Advertising.
Oguzhan has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Research and Development.
Oguzhan holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Istanbul Bilgi University.
The availability of Oguzhan needs to be confirmed.
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