Oğuzhan Karahan

Technology Executive · İstanbul

Oğuzhan Karahan

Co-Founder & CTO, Abra Partners Holding

Enterprise architect building payment, core banking and AI platforms that serve millions of users across Türkiye, the UK, MENA and global markets.

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About

Oğuzhan Karahan is a technology executive with over a decade of experience building and scaling platforms in banking, payments, logistics and artificial intelligence. He began his career in 2014 and has served as engineer, architect, team lead and CTO in companies in Türkiye and abroad.

At Softtech, the software arm of İşbank, he delivered the first humanoid robot deployed in Turkish bank branches and led the AI team whose NLP model powers Maxi, the country's largest banking assistant. He went on to lead technology at PackUpp and Hybrone, building a fast-delivery platform and a global IoT platform.

He co-founded Abra Partners Holding in 2022 and has led it as CTO since 2025. He also serves as Enterprise Architect at DgPays and Technology Solution Partner at Dogma Alares, focusing on payments, core banking, insurance, e-commerce and agentic AI.

Focus Areas

01

Payments & Core Banking

Wallets, loyalty, open banking and end-to-end digital banking transformation.

02

Agentic AI

LLM platforms, conversational systems, AgentOps and LLMOps in regulated environments.

03

Enterprise Architecture

Microservices, infrastructure as code and multi-cloud on AWS and GCP.

04

Connected Platforms

IoT, real-time and event-driven systems operating at global scale.

Experience

  • 2025 — PresentCo-Founder & CTOAbra Partners Holding
  • 2025 — PresentTechnology Solution PartnerDogma Alares
  • 2025 — PresentEnterprise ArchitectDgPays
  • 2022 — PresentBoard Member & CTOPackUpp Technology & Delivery
  • 2021 — 2025CTOHybrone
  • 2021 — 2022Software ArchitectHypernetlabs
  • 2019 — 2021Software Architect & Team LeadSofttech
  • 2017 — 2019Software DeveloperAdesso Türkiye
  • 2015 — 2017Team LeadTerralabs Innovative Solutions
  • 2014 — 2015Mobile Software DeveloperLeonardo Travel

Selected Work

2026 · TAVOS

PrimeClass Operations Platform

Airport services infrastructure transformation with real-time queueing and AI-based customer service management.

90 locations in 19 countries
2025 · Emlak Katılım

Digital Banking Transformation

Service model, mobile banking and microservice transformation with KYC and KYB on a core banking foundation.

Participation bank, end to end
2024 · DgPays

Wallet & Loyalty Platform

Wallet, core banking, loyalty and open banking platform used by companies in banking, investment and energy across Türkiye and MENA.

Live in Türkiye and MENA
2023 · Aginies

Enterprise AI Platform

LLM, agent, voice and vision platform for designing and running AI scenarios, with AgentOps and LLMOps built in.

GPT, speech, text and vision
2022 · Hybrone

IoT Platform

Single platform for managing smart devices and composing interaction scenarios over WebSockets, signal processing and streaming pipelines.

Thousands of devices, global reach
2021 · PackUpp

Fast Delivery Platform

Route optimization and planning engine with infrastructure as code, operating in Türkiye and the UK.

50+ clients · 1M+ deliveries a year
2020 · Softtech

Conversational AI for Maxi

NLP model behind Türkiye's largest banking assistant, serving banking, investment, insurance and HR use cases.

Outperformed all benchmarked models
2019 · İşbank

Humanoid Robot Pepper

First humanoid robot deployed in Turkish bank branches, combining STT, NLP, TTS and computer vision.

First in Türkiye
2018 · İşbank

Biometric Signature

Biometric and mobile signature infrastructure rolled out across bank branches.

Branch-wide rollout

Teaching & Education

Lectured on Algorithms, Mobile Development and Artificial Intelligence at university level.

  • M.Sc. Computer Engineeringİstanbul Aydın University
    2020
  • B.A. Business AdministrationAnadolu University
    2016
  • B.Sc. Computer Engineeringİnönü University
    2015