ABOUT

Turning possibility into real-world impact.

I’m Selahattin Köksal — a product, technology and transformation executive and author. I’m focused on turning emerging possibilities into useful products, meaningful businesses and better everyday experiences.

Selahattin Köksal being filmed during an interview
MY JOURNEY

A path shaped by products, technology and people.

The titles have changed over the years — from engineering and customer support to product management, marketing, technology and transformation — but the recurring theme has not: understanding people, navigating complexity and turning ideas into useful outcomes.

A builder by instinct.

My background in engineering taught me to look at systems, causes and trade-offs. Product management added the discipline of making choices across portfolios; marketing added the customer, positioning and commercial lens. Over time, that way of thinking expanded into businesses, organizations and digital ecosystems.

Making technology useful.

I’m most interested in technology when it becomes almost invisible — when AI, software and connected products simply make an experience easier, more intuitive or more valuable.

Leading change.

Transformation is rarely a technology problem alone. It is about choices, people, incentives, operating models and the discipline to move from strategy to execution.

Writing about what comes next.

Writing gives me a different way to explore the same questions I encounter professionally: how technology changes us, what progress should feel like and what kind of future we want to build.

WHAT I BRING TO COMPLEX SITUATIONS

Clarity when the path is unclear.

When the path is unclear, I focus on bringing structure to complexity — framing the real problem, separating facts from assumptions and helping teams move forward without losing momentum.

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Managing uncertainty

I focus on what is known, what is assumed and what needs to be decided now — while keeping options open where certainty is not yet possible.

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Solving the real problem

I look beyond the visible symptom to identify the constraint that actually matters, then turn complexity into choices people can act on.

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Resilience through adaptation

I stay steady when conditions change, adjust course without losing momentum and use setbacks to build stronger systems.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Where my work tends to meet.

Not a keyword list, but the recurring domains in which I’ve spent the most time building, learning and leading.

Product Management & StrategyMarketing & Brand StrategyArtificial IntelligenceIoT & Connected ProductsDigital TransformationConsumer TechnologyBusiness TransformationInnovation
SELECTED EXPERIENCE

Selected experience.

A few chapters that give context to how my work has evolved across product, marketing, technology and transformation.

2025 — present

Marketing Director · Cylinda AB

Product management, marketing, commercial and digital transformation in the Swedish home-appliance market.

2018 — 2025

IoT, AI, Sustainability & Strategy · Vestel

Connected products, product management, digital services, AI, partnerships and strategic transformation across international markets.

2013 — 2023

Product Management Leadership · Vestel

Portfolio strategy, product roadmaps, investments, go-to-market choices and cross-functional product leadership across major home-appliance categories.

Former Board

Board Director · Home Connectivity Alliance

Industry collaboration around interoperability, connected-home standards and a more open consumer ecosystem.

Earlier

Customer support & manufacturing

Customer support leadership and hands-on manufacturing experience that shaped a practical, customer-first view of products and operations.

EDUCATION & LANGUAGES

Roots that keep me curious.

MBA · Dokuz Eylül University

BSc Mechanical Engineering · Sakarya University

Languages: Turkish (native) · English (fluent)