Capt. Ismail Aksoy

Izmir, Turkey |+905334302036
Year of Birth: 1986 | Turkish | Married
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ismailaksoy/
Cloud-native engineering leader with a focus on reliability, scalability, and security for the modern web.

I am the CTO of Maritimetrainer passionate about building features across the full stack. I have found a particular interest in working at startups and growing their offerings with maintainability and scale in mind while balancing a user-oriented mindset.

I began my career working as a deck officer in 2009. In 2012 I joined a ship management company as a training and development professional, and this stage of my career helped me focus on digitization. In 2014 I took a startup job and had been employed full-time ever since. I have individual contributor experience as well as considerable team-lead experience. As someone self-taught, I benefited from working closely with other engineers to learn and grow, and as I continue to do that, I have also developed a special passion for helping others grow.

I care about developing reliable and maintainable software. I aim to write code that is so readable that it looks boring. "Code golf" isn't my sport. I rely on community-trusted libraries to increase productivity and keep my teams from maintaining software that's not core to our business needs.

SKILLS

Technologies

  • Core Technologies: Golang*, Spring Boot, Java, Axon framework, Apache Kafka, Node.js, Python, PHP, Linux, Postgresql, MongoDB
  • Cloud Services: Linode, Digital Ocean, AWS, MS Azure
  • Software Delivery: Test Automation, Continuous Integration, Configuration Management

Management

  • Hiring, team building, organization, and budget planning
  • Software development process definition, execution, and optimization
  • Engineering management, mentorship, and career growth
  • Company strategy and product vision and management
  • Agile software development with scrum best practices
  • This year, I have Golang and blockchain development with golang in my learning journey.

EXPERIENCE

CTO

MTR Informatics, Training and Consultancy Inc., Turkey | May 2017 - Current

Developed an SaaS that has 100k US net profit in Turkish Market. Captured over 70% market share in Turkey, expanded business networks globally, and generated higher revenue through delivering company’s robust digital solutions.

  • Responsible for the engineering efforts across multiple project teams including WEB, computer vision and extended reality.
  • Functioning as a site manager to manage operations of the office.
  • Playing technical points when it comes to integrations and partnerships.
  • Hire and manage developers at the Izmir and Istanbul locations.
  • Influence development process and best practices.
  • Motivate and support team productivity, efficiency, and happiness.

Advisory Board Member

AIXR - The Academy of International Extended Reality, UK | Dec 2022 - Jan 2025

Enterprise Training and Development Advisor

Senior Software Engineer

MTR Informatics, Training and Consultancy Ltd., Turkey | Jan 2014 - May 2017

  • Build intuitive web-based applications to help organizations in the shipping industry to manage their training and development processes.
  • Led the development and integration of an onboard ship training software system that emulates all capabilities. Utilized for individual, ship, and fleet training exercises.
  • Contributed to product direction focusing on the software tools and development markets.

Founder, Freelance Developer & Consultant

Seanapse Ou, Estonia - Oct 2022 - Nov 2021

I have gained valuable insight into maintaining adequate cooperation levels with multiple SMEs on product strategy, MVP, UX, and integrations.

  • Improved customer experience by defining and delivering the digital vision, strategy, and course of action for businesses while undertaking user experience analysis and evaluation.
  • Actively involved in architecture and design of software solutions for maritime, logistic, and defense industries.
  • Aided freight forwarders with digital tools that reduced errors and increased profits on parcel shipments.

Training and Development Specialist

Besiktas Shipping Group, Turkey | May 2012 - Jan 2014

  • Ensured maximum, long-term performance, the excellence of staff by providing effective training and developing new training programs, such as online modules, interactive software, language labs, and online programs.
  • Assisted with reducing costs of lost-time injuries, observations on external audits, and inspections through seamless implementation of occupational training best practices and digitalization.

🚢 *Additional experience as **Ship's Mate** at V.Ships UK Limited, Glasgow.*

EDUCATION

Marmara University, Istanbul Turkey - MSc. Engineering Management (2013-2015)

Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir Turkey - BSc. Nautical Science (Engineering) (2005-2009)

COURSES & BOOTCAMPS

  • Ultimate Go Services,Ardan Labs (2022)
  • Ultimate Go,Ardan Labs (2022)
  • Techdegree, Full Stack JavaScript-Treehouse (2021)
  • Microservices with Domain Storytelling, Kodcu(2020)
  • CCPMP02-Project Management with PMI® Standards and PMP® Certification, IZGE(2020)
  • Spring Security OAuth, Baeldung(2020)
  • Nanodegree, Java Web Developer-Udacity (2020)
  • Techdegree, Python Web Developer-Treehouse (2019)
  • Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Bilgeadam Academy, Istanbul (2013)