Peyman Pouryekta
CEO & Co-Founder
Experience
CEO & Co-Founder
House of Creative Entrepreneurship
Built and launched spin-offs while establishing core company departments with a partner
Planned a future design/IT lab to function as a company builder
Focused on IT, product development, and research to drive innovation
CEO & Co-Founder
Neural Jam
Developed an interactive e-learning solution from scratch
Grew the team to 13 employees in six months
Led IT and operational development across all company areas
Chief Technology Officer
Spectrm
Led and scaled the engineering team, aligning the tech vision with product goals
Managed the product roadmap from a technical perspective and controlled the full engineering budget
Positioned Spectrm as a prominent employer brand in the Berlin tech scene
Cohort Member
BE3, Entrepreneur First
- Participated in ideation, customer development, market analysis, business modeling, team building, and startup pitching
CEO & Founder
Pouryekta UG
Advising and supporting startups and corporates, acting as an advisor or interim manager (e.g., Interim CTO)
Expertise in IT strategy, scalable architectures, HR processes, and cross-functional team building with a focus on sustainable company culture
Helping clients identify weaknesses, design solutions, and drive growth
Clients include acatech (Mission KI), sevdesk, Bechtle (GAIA-X), Moody’s (realXdata), KUGU Home, Concular, and others
Chief Technology Officer
Hum Systems GmbH
Defined company vision and IT strategy with the CEO
Built and scaled cross-functional squads inspired by Spotify's model
Launched big data and data mining projects while optimizing the tech stack (Java, AWS, Spring, vert.x, MongoDB)
Director of Engineering
MRI Software (Leverton GmbH, spin-off from DFKI)
Directed IT strategy, resource planning, and process optimization while managing 26 engineers
Scaled the company from 10 to 90 employees, opening offices in London and New York
Transitioned teams from waterfall to agile and upgraded the tech stack (Java, AWS, React, Kubernetes)
Software Engineer/Deputy CTO
Massineboecker GmbH
Coordinated international teams (India and USA) and established a local team
Assumed all responsibilities of the former CTO
Technology stack: Java, Scala, AWS, Spring, Play, Akka, Angular, PostgreSQL
Assistant to the CTO/Deputy CTO
Massinescheffer GmbH
Managed a remote development team and worked on psychographic systems, encryption, and scaling
Technology stack: Java, Scala, AWS, Hadoop, MongoDB
Consultant/Developer
FHCON GmbH
Designed, developed, and maintained software systems for digital asset management
Technology stack: Java, Spring, ElasticSearch
Digital Media Design/Software Developer
Mark5 GmbH
- Developed software for media production and designed websites and digital media
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Experienced in Information Technology, Professional Services, Real Estate, Media and Entertainment, and Education.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Human Resources, Strategy, Project Management, and Research and Development.
Skills
- Psychology: Neuroips, Visual Questionnaire (Viq), Comprofiles
- Methods: Scrum, Kanban, Holacracy
- Mentoring: Certified Mentor - The Mentoring Club
Languages
Education
FOM - University of Applied Sciences for Economics & Management
Master of Arts Management (IT Management) · Management (IT Management) · Essen, Germany
FOM - University of Applied Sciences for Economics & Management
Bachelor of Science Media and Web Computer Science · Media and Web Computer Science · Essen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
The Supervisory Board - Supervisory Board Activities in Law and Practice
ESMT BERLIN - EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
The Supervisory Board - Financial and Audit Competence
ESMT BERLIN - EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Certified Mentor - The Mentoring Club
The Mentoring Club
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