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Egemen Eres, Lead Startup Mentor

Egemen Eres

Lead Startup Mentor·KAUST TAQADAM

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Business Information Systems

Work experience

Total years of experience: 7 years, 10 months

Lead Startup Mentor

October 2024 - Present

KAUST TAQADAM

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia •Hybrid

October 2024 - Present

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services

Startup Mentor and Expert in Residence

June 2023 - Present

Independent

Dubai, United Arab Emirates •Hybrid

June 2023 - Present

Parallel to building, I mentor founders across the region's leading accelerators, advising teams including Sylus AI, Thunder, Cohire, Rewa Rent, OpenSponsor, and Rizq Finance.
Company industry:
Management Consulting

Lead Expert in Residence, S3

June 2023 - Present

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa)

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

June 2023 - Present

- Lead EIR for the S3 scale program; recognized with the Sheraa S3 Mentor Award.
- Guide early-stage teams from idea validation and MVP through go-to-market; 10+ founders have raised successfully.
Company industry:
Non-profit Organization

Senior Product Lead (Contractor)

July 2022 - Present

Independent

Dubai, United Arab Emirates •Hybrid

July 2022 - Present

Independent contractor for product leadership across the GCC. I embed with startups and venture studios, own the roadmap, design and build the AI and agentic workflows, and ship product end to end.
Company industry:
Management Consulting

Product Team Lead

July 2025 - January 2026

Watermelon Ecosystem

Dubai, United Arab Emirates •Hybrid

July 2025 - January 2026

- Designed and built AI-powered, agentic workflows for CRM and finance, wiring automated loan tracking into Zoho CRM and external financial APIs to replace manual reconciliation and cut 50K+ USD in operating cost.
- Stood up the product and engineering function from scratch for an F&B marketplace spanning supply management and embedded credit financing, leading 5 direct reports across product, engineering, and operations.
Company industry:
Internet & E-commerce

Senior Product Lead

August 2023 - January 2025

Spring Studios

Manama, Bahrain

August 2023 - January 2025

- Launched and spun out three fintech products 0-to-1 at a MENA venture studio: OpenSponsor (AI-based sponsorship management), Influent (creator financing via open banking), and Cohire (referral-first hiring).
- Drove each product from concept through MVP and go-to-market, running discovery, defining the roadmap, and shaping positioning and pricing for launch.
- Designed and ran the Launchpad program, sourcing and screening 60+ founders across two cohorts to build the studio's venture pipeline.
Company industry:
Venture Capital & Private Equity

Head of Product

July 2022 - August 2023

WeBuild Ventures

Dubai, United Arab Emirates •Hybrid

July 2022 - August 2023

- Took sallis.io from idea to 200K+ USD revenue in six months, through to acquisition by Strive Consultants.
- Alongside the founding team, owned product vision and strategy from Day 0 across portfolio startups.
- Set product direction and established the discovery-to-delivery process that let new ventures ship fast.
Company industry:
Venture Capital & Private Equity

Technical Product Manager

August 2021 - July 2022

Papara

Istanbul, Türkiye

August 2021 - July 2022

- Owned the B2B commercial accounts and merchant domain end to end for one of Turkey's largest digital wallets.
- Launched Checkout, QR Checkout, and Merchant Gift Card from scratch, onboarding 30+ B2B clients across gaming and e-commerce and opening a new payment-facilitation revenue line.
- Partnered with engineering and compliance to define requirements, integration flows, and merchant onboarding for new payment products.
Company industry:
Financial Services

Digital Product Specialist

January 2021 - August 2021

Nestlé

Istanbul, Türkiye

January 2021 - August 2021

- Product Owner for Ne'App, a B2C and B2B loyalty app built 0-to-1, owning the backlog and release cycle.
- Grew Ne'App past 3M downloads across Google Play and the App Store, partnering with marketing and engineering on loyalty and engagement features.
Company industry:
FMCG

IT Business Analyst

April 2019 - January 2021

Unilever

Istanbul, Türkiye

April 2019 - January 2021

- Led a datalake project delivering a single customer view with marketing automation across 60, 000 outlets.
- Rolled out a B2B e-commerce marketplace on SAP Hybris, translating business requirements into technical specs and coordinating delivery across vendors and internal teams.
Company industry:
FMCG

Project Engineer

September 2018 - May 2019

Tepe Home

Ankara, Türkiye

September 2018 - May 2019

- Developed an optimization module that cut indirect labor cost by 7%.
- Partnered with operations to model demand and rebalance scheduling.
Company industry:
Industrial Production

Education

Bogazici University

January 2020

January 2020

Master's degree, Business Information Systems

Türkiye

University of Southern Denmark

January 2018

January 2018

Master's degree, Project Management

Denmark

Bilkent University

January 2014

January 2014

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering

Türkiye

Skills

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

Intermediate

FINANCE

Intermediate

LANGUAGE MODEL

Intermediate

LEADERSHIP

Intermediate

OPERATIONS

Intermediate

PRODUCT DESIGN

Intermediate

PRODUCT LEADERSHIP

Intermediate

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

RECONCILIATION

Intermediate

WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

Languages

English

Beginner

Turkish

Beginner

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Python for Data Science Al and Development
Card Issuance and Payment Systems Governance
Enterprise Age Management
Product Led Growth
Project Management Professional (PMP?)