Tansu Yegen
Area Vice President in Dubai&Istanbul
After completing his high school education at the German High School, he graduated from Boğazici University with a B.S. in Electronics Engineering in 1989.
Mr. Yegen started his professional career in 1991 at Digital Equipment. Between 1994 and 1998, he worked as the Marketing and Sales Manager at Hewlett Packard.In 1998, he was transferred to Microsoft Turkey, where he worked for seven years as the Deputy General Manager. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Yegen served as the General Manager of Apple Turkey.
From 2007 to 2011, he held several positions at the largest mobile operator in Turkey, including CEO of Turkcell Ukraine and Germany and Board Member of Turkcell Belarus. Mr. Yegen joined IBM in 2011 as the Country General Manager for IBM Global Business Services, followed by his position in 2013 as VP for Mobile Business in Samsung Electronics.
In 2018, he joined UiPathand and worked as the Vice President of Europe, in charge of more than 120 countries.
As of October 2023, he has kept the position of Area Vice President for Central Europe, East Europe, and CIS at Amplitude, the leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products.
- In 2008, he was selected as the most successful CEO in Europe by Stevie Awards
- In 2019, he received an award from the President's office of Ukrainefor solving the street children problem in Ukraine (Video below)
- In 2021 Mr. Yegen’s book “Shine your career and business with 40 tools” was selected as the Best Human Resources and Career Book of The Year
- In 2022, he is named among the Top 10 Influential Businesspersons to Watch In the Middle East in 2023 by Entrepreneur Magazine (click here)