Halil Cicibas

Chief Product & Technology Officer at Hipposoft & Ofix (2021-09 – Present)

Defined and owned company-level product vision and strategy across 6 SaaS products (HRplan, CVscanr, Ezpense, LoopB, Operio, NoteSour), setting short, mid, and long-term roadmaps aligned with business OKRs and revenue targets.
Built and scaled a domain-based product organization from scratch, established Product and Design function, recruited and led PMs, POs, and UI/UX Designers across multiple cross-functional squads.
Led annual and quarterly product planning processes; presented roadmap updates, KPI performance, and strategic priorities to executive leadership and board stakeholders.
Drove data-informed prioritization leveraging predictive ML models for churn prediction and revenue forecasting, converting behavioral data into actionable growth strategies.
Defined and monitored key product KPIs (conversion, retention, revenue impact, feature adoption) and established company-wide experimentation strategy including A/B testing frameworks and feature validation pipelines.
Engineered cloud-native infrastructure (Azure, Kubernetes) supporting $60M+ e-commerce scale while reducing infrastructure costs by 30%, demonstrating strong technical depth alongside product leadership.
Established R&D team and Technopark office; secured $60K TUBITAK grant and optimized payroll costs by 25% through strategic headcount and location planning.
Ensured 100% GDPR/KVKK compliance and strengthened information security governance across all platforms.

Lead Product Manager at Hipposoft & Ofix (2020-06 – 2021-09)

Established the Product and Design function from zero: defined discovery processes, sprint cadences, and delivery standards across engineering and design teams.
Drove a 50% increase in conversion rates and 40% boost in team productivity by orchestrating go-to-market launches with tightly coordinated cross-functional squads.
Leveraged automation to optimize warehouse workflows, reducing operational errors by 80% and cutting infrastructure costs by 30%.
Centralized distributed warehouse systems into a unified platform, significantly improving end-to-end process tracking efficiency.

Senior IT Project Manager at Turkish Naval Forces HQ (2016-07 – 2020-05)

Led a $10M+ mission-critical infrastructure portfolio encompassing digital transformation, enterprise networking, and modern data center initiatives.
Established and governed the full corporate SDLC for defense applications, ensuring high-quality delivery and compliance with strict security standards.
Managed multi-disciplinary teams and strategic partnerships with global vendors: Microsoft, Oracle, Dell-EMC, HP, IBM.
Delivered complex, regulated projects on-time and on-budget using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

IT Engineer at Turkish Naval Forces HQ (2011-08 – 2016-07)

Managed diverse IT infrastructure from Microsoft, Sun-Oracle, Dell-IBM, HP, Hitachi, EMC, and Lenovo; supported enterprise-grade systems continuity.

Research Assistant & Full Stack Developer at Turkish Naval Academy (2009-08 – 2011-08)

Built a 10K+ LOC UAV path-planning simulation environment in Java as part of a government-funded defense project.
Published academic articles on UAV simulation and information systems adoption.

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