Cetin Karakus has two decades of experience in designing and building large scale software systems.

Over the last decade, he has worked on design and development of complex derivatives pricing and risk management systems in leading global investment banks and commodity trading houses. Prior to that, he has worked on various large scale systems ranging from VOIP stacks to ERP systems.

In his current role, he has been leading the efforts to build a state-of-the-art Big Data analytics platform through the joint efforts of multiple engineering teams. He works at an intersection of data, analytics and trading with the constantly shifting ground that is global energy markets.

Cetin has a degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and enjoys thinking and reading on various fields of humanities in his ever diminishing spare time.