# James Arslan — Experience

Progressive leadership across engineering, infrastructure, and creative-technical roles — delivered across Sweden, Germany, and Türkiye.

## Tagd — CTO *(current)*
**Dec 2025 – Present · Stockholm, Sweden · Full-time · Remote**
Skills: Team Leadership, Platform Engineering, AI Systems, React, TypeScript, DevOps
- Architecting a microservice platform on cloud infrastructure with event-driven messaging and relational database persistence.
- Built an AI-powered document analysis pipeline for intelligent document processing and automated data extraction.
- Designed multi-tenant authentication and authorization with organization-scoped permissions and secure API patterns.
- Leading the full DevOps lifecycle: CI/CD pipelines, automated database migrations, multi-environment deployments, and production monitoring.

**Impact**
- Platform serves multiple enterprise clients with high availability and scalable contract management.
- AI-driven document processing significantly reduced manual data entry through automated extraction.
- Introduced multi-agent development workflows enabling parallel feature development across services.

## Alexum AB — Chief Technology Officer
**Apr 2022 – Nov 2025 (3 yrs 7 mos) · Stockholm, Sweden · Full-time · On-site**
Skills: Azure, ERP Platform, DevOps Leadership, AI Systems
- Architected and delivered the Alexum One ERP platform covering finance, logistics, workforce planning, and analytics.
- Designed Azure landing zones, Terraform stacks, and GitHub Actions pipelines powering zero-downtime releases.
- Built a security fabric with BankID login, custom JWT permissions, and role-based access across micro frontends.
- Led multidisciplinary squads (dev, data, design) with outcome-oriented roadmaps and executive reporting.

**Impact**
- Cut onboarding time for new clients by 40% through opinionated CLI tooling and infrastructure templates.
- Launched an SMS engagement portal handling thousands of monthly conversations with real-time monitoring.
- Introduced AI augmentation for internal operations, reducing manual reconciliation work by 35%.

## Gewerbestromwechsel — Director of Information Technology
**Jul 2020 – Jan 2021 (7 mos) · Germany · Full-time**
- Owned enterprise infrastructure modernisation and cybersecurity posture across energy trading operations.
- Implemented data integrations and automation between partners, CRMs, and internal analytics tooling.
- Managed distributed engineering and vendor teams to align delivery with rapid market expansion.

## Forest Hill Türkiye — Director of Information Technology
**Jan 2020 – Jul 2020 (7 mos) · Türkiye · Full-time**
- Led digital transformation programmes across property management and customer engagement.
- Introduced agile delivery, DevOps practices, and observability to distributed product teams.
- Delivered analytics pipelines and dashboards for executive decision making.

## Oluşum Dijital Baskı Teknolojiler — Senior Graphic Designer
**Jan 2019 – Apr 2019 (4 mos) · Türkiye**
- Steered creative direction for national campaigns with end-to-end production workflows.
- Introduced reusable design systems that increased delivery throughput for high-volume print.

## Türmatsan — Graphic Designer
**Mar 2017 – Aug 2017 (6 mos)**
- Created marketing collateral aligned with industrial manufacturing sales strategies.
- Collaborated closely with stakeholders to iterate on design language and execution.

## Mikron Web Tasarım ve Yazılım Hizmetleri Antalya — Web Developer
**Jan 2017 – Mar 2017 (3 mos) · Türkiye**
- Developed responsive web experiences and bespoke WordPress solutions for SME clients.
- Implemented SEO, analytics, and automation integrations to improve lead conversion.

## Markalize Bykanber — Graphic Web Designer
**Jan 2010 – Feb 2012 (2 yrs 2 mos) · Konya, Türkiye**
- Blended design and engineering to craft interactive brand experiences and marketing assets.
- Managed the complete delivery lifecycle from discovery to launch and optimisation.

## Education & continuous learning
- **Professional Development** — Continuous learning across Cloud, AI, and Product Leadership. Multiple accredited programmes and certifications completed 2020–2024.

### Certifications (LinkedIn skill assessments, verified)
Software Project Management · DevOps · Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps) · Node.js · React.js · JavaScript · HTML · CSS · Git · WordPress · Microsoft Excel · PHP

### Representative courses
- Unreal Engine Blueprint Game Development (2024, Online Program)
- Facebook / Instagram Marketing Mastery (2022, Course Envy Academy)
- Full Stack Web Development (2022, Professional Bootcamp)
- Ultimate Google Ads Masterclass (2022, Online Program)

### Languages
- Turkish — Native or bilingual proficiency
- English — Native or bilingual proficiency
- Swedish — Limited working proficiency

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