Alper Semerci

Alper
Semerci.

Chief Technology Officer @ Proteams | AI & Platform Engineering

Alper Semerci, CTO at Proteams

ALPER
SEMERCI

2008-Present

Istanbul, Turkiye

About

Technology leadership with measurable business impact.

I am a technology leader with 18+ years of software engineering experience and a strong focus on artificial intelligence. At Proteams, I lead hypercare-enabled platform development for Fortune 500 clients including Microsoft, AstraZeneca, and Novo Nordisk.

My work combines deep AI knowledge with cloud-native architecture to deliver production-grade systems in recognition, geospatial analytics, recommendation engines, and intelligent automation.

18+Years in software engineering
6,000+Vetted senior professionals supported
50-80%Cost savings vs traditional vendors
250M+Daily transactions processed at scale
Profile

Hands-on engineering, strategic product direction.

I lead with a practical approach: technical depth, clear product thinking, and reliable delivery. My focus is building systems that scale globally while staying deterministic, trustworthy, and operationally sound.

Key domains: AI engineering, cloud-native systems, enterprise architecture, and flexible workforce platforms.

Case Studies

Selected systems, decisions, and production lessons.

Evidence-backed accounts of applied AI work, written from public information while keeping confidential client and implementation details protected.

01 · Enterprise AI

Reliable AI search for regulated knowledge.

Structuring fragmented enterprise sources for semantic retrieval, grounded responses, and human verification.

RAG · Knowledge graphs · AI governance

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02 · Consumer AI

AI-powered media discovery at global scale.

Making personal cloud archives searchable through face, object, and location intelligence.

Computer vision · Geospatial search · Lifebox

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Writing

Practical perspectives on enterprise AI and engineering leadership.

GitHub projects LinkedIn profile

Experience

Jan 2025 - Present

Chief Technology Officer, Proteams

Leading platform strategy and engineering execution for enterprise freelancer team management.

Aug 2019 - Jan 2025

Software Engineering Manager, Proteams

Scaled delivery, architecture, and platform quality for global enterprise workforce operations.

Nov 2014 - Aug 2019

Senior Software Developer, Turkcell Technology

Built high-scale features for Lifebox and Curio including face recognition and geospatial analytics.

Jan 2010 - Nov 2014

Software Developer, Turkcell Technology

Implemented core CRM subscription and lifecycle processes for 34M+ users.

Jul 2008 - Jan 2010

Software Engineer, Nortel Netas

Delivered PSTN service features in CS2K digital telecom switching systems.