Kivanc Ipekar

IT Manager at Commencis

Kivanc Ipekar is an experienced IT professional with a robust background in IT management, strategy development, and governance, spanning over two decades. Currently serving as IT Manager at Commencis since March 2018, Kivanc oversees IT strategy implementation, budget management, and employee development, while ensuring information security and efficient service delivery. Previously, Kivanc held the position of Head of IT MEA at Monitise MEA and IT Manager at TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd., where responsibilities included managing IT departments, incident coordination, vendor management, and overseeing complex system migrations. Kivanc's career began as a Helpdesk Engineer and progressed through various roles including network and system engineering, establishing a strong foundation with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Galatasaray University.

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Commencis

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Commencis is an award-winning technology company helping leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by its big data, analytics and cloud products. Putting digital at the core, the company transforms businesses to thrive and stay relevant in a demanding digital world. Commencis enables its clients to design and build digital experiences,create stronger and more meaningful relationships with their customers, and bring agility and scalability with cloud solutions. The products and solutions of Commencis are used by leading brands in financial services, insurance, airlines and retail in more than 20 countries. With more than 200 employees in its offices in London, Istanbul and Berlin, Commencis helps its clients around the globe to commence their next evolution and pave the way for a thriving digital society. Commencis was founded by the team of Pozitron which was acquired by London-based Monitise in 2014, making it one of the largest Turkish enterprise software acquisitions to its date. In a later research, Pozitron was also named one of the four most influential companies with the greatest network effect in the Turkish startup ecosystem.After the acquisition Pozitron continued its operations as Monitise MEA, a mobile-minded digital technology leader in the region. After a while, Monitise was acquired by the fintech giant Fiserv, the co-founders of Pozitron established their new tech company Commencis to help leading brands grow and scale in digital.


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İstanbul, Turkey

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201-500

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