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Meral Sahin

Cloud, Data & AI Solutions Architect | Certified AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Professional | Tech Strategist | CTO

United Kingdom
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Updated 8 months ago

17+

Years Experience

14

Roles

34

Skills

6

Education

About

I am an energetic and entrepreneurial Technology Leader and Chief Architect with 15+ years industry experience creating data-driven solutions globally and leading cross-functional geographically distributed teams. I am passionate about building collaborative team environments and healthy interactions to advance technology that has positive impact on people's lives. I am 16 times cloud certified across AWS, Microsoft, Google and Databricks, and have a proven track record of designing and delivering scalable, high performance, secure, sustainable and cost-optimum solutions. Customer-focused, I thrive at helping grow businesses by actively seeking out strategic opportunities, creating new products and services, and improving processes while owning the end-to-end technology. I enjoy public speaking and learning new things and I am confident to advocate for and influence in developing and adopting innovative best practices. Lived and worked in North America, Europe and Asia; I am an international citizen and I like meeting new people and experiencing different cultures. All opinions are my own.

Experience (14 roles)

Marks and Spencer

Data & AI Architect

Current

Marks and Spencer

May 2025 - Present · 3 mos·London Area, United Kingdom
Devoteam I Google Cloud Partner

Senior Cloud, Data & AI/ML Customer Engineer | Technical Account Manager | Interim CTO

Devoteam I Google Cloud Partner

Jan 2025 - May 2025 · 5 mos·London Area, United Kingdom

Skills: Cloud-Native Architecture · Presales · Technical Account Strategy · Google Cloud Platform (GCP) · Product Development · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Agentic AI · Data Analytics · Cloud Infrastructure · C-Level · Solution Architecture · Retail · Snowflake · Business Intelligence (BI) · Data...

PwC

Senior Manager, Principal Multi-Cloud Solutions Architect & Head of E2E Enterprise Architecture

PwC

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs·Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Skills: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) · Oracle Cloud · Financial Services · Cloud-Native Architecture · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Enterprise Architecture · Data Monetization · Energy Industry · Cloud Infrastructure · C-Level · Internet of Things (IoT) · Solution Architecture · Automotive · Teleco...

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Education (6)

UCL

UCL

2014 - 2015

Grade: Distinction, Dean's List Activities and societies: UCLU Tech Society, UCL Student Society of Women Engineers Dissertation Subject: Development of Amazon Web Services for Expedia Apps Design Project: British Library Big Data Experiment App

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

2012 - 2014

Grade: 4.0/4.0 Activities and societies: Society of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Thesis Subject: Real-time Supply Chain Management for Lean Construction using Cloud Computing & RFID

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

2007 - 2012

Grade: Cum Laude, Dean's List Activities and societies: Society of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Senior Design Project: General Mills Plant-wide Process Improvement and Design

Skills (34)

Cloud-Native ArchitectureLeadershipFinTechData MonetizationBusiness Intelligence (BI)Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureStrategyTechnical Account StrategySolution ArchitectureRetailAgentic AIDigital TransformationDatabasesData WarehousingC-LevelGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Microsoft AzureCustomer SuccessTelco IndustryGoogle CloudCloudSnowflakeAzureAWSOracle CloudMySQLJavaPythonCloudCloudAWSAzureGoogle Cloud
Certifications (16)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect

Google

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

Microsoft

Databricks Fundamentals

Databricks

AWS Certified Database - Specialty

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty

Microsoft

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

Microsoft

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Security - Specialty

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Database Engineer

Google

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals

Microsoft

AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder - Specialty

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Publications (2)

The British Library Big Data Experiment: Experimental Interfaces, Experimental Teaching

Digital Humanities · Jun 29, 2015

A Simulation Case Study on Supply Chain Management of a Construction Firm Adopting Cloud Computing and RFID

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering · Aug 15, 2017

Languages (4)
French(Elementary proficiency)English(Full professional proficiency)German(Elementary proficiency)Turkish(Native or bilingual proficiency)
Honors & Awards (4)

Dean's List

Issued by Dean of SIUE School of Engineering · May 2012

Associated with Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Cum Laude Honor

Issued by SIUE School of Engineering · May 2012

Associated with Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Dean's List

Issued by Dean of UCL Engineering · Sep 2015

Associated with UCL

Distinction Award

Issued by UCL Engineering · Sep 2015

Associated with UCL

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Meral Sahin's current role?
Meral Sahin is currently working as Data & AI Architect at Marks and Spencer.
Where did Meral Sahin study?
Meral Sahin studied Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at UCL. They have 6 education entries on their profile.
What skills does Meral Sahin have?
Meral Sahin's top skills include Cloud-Native Architecture, Leadership, FinTech, Data Monetization, Business Intelligence (BI). They have 34 skills listed on their profile.
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Meral Sahin is based in United Kingdom.

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