Piruze Sabuncu

Partner

2020

Member of the ADB's Advisory Group on Digital Technology for Development

2019

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

2020 - 2023

Kodluyoruz is an award-winning, first tech-focused youth workforce development organization in Turkey to create pathways to social and economic opportunity for driven but unemployed/underemployed youth. It is the Global Winner of the Ashoka & HSBC Future Skills Challenge in 2020, and was selected among top three most promising social startups in Europe by PwC Social Impact Lab.

Venture Partner * Part time

2020 - 2020

Focused on fintech startups serving the needs of the next billion digital consumers and businesses in global emerging markets.

Head of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong

2015 - 2020

Engagement Manager

2013 - 2015

* Created a set of outside in digital analytics tools for companies in retail, banking, travel and media to asses digital improvement opportunities and come up with a set of actions * Helped a major media conglomerate in Turkey recraft its digital strategy * Created a new online video service concept and started media and infrastructure negotiations in South East Asia for a major telecom company * Ran investment analysis for emerging market opportunities in the education, healthcare and mobile payment spaces for a large telecom company in South East Asia and India. Looked into acquisition targets. Helped create the investment portfolio strategy and run the due diligence effort / negotiations * Launched new talent sourcing processes and employee value proposition for a Japanese social gaming company in SF * Ran a projection model and had specific aspiration conversations with different offices and practices on women recruiting and representation

Associate

2011 - 2013

* Modeled and analyzed a global survey to understand changing consumer behavior across digital experiences, which was presented in Technonomy 2011 conference and published in McKinsey Quarterly * Changed an enterprise software company's go to market strategy, sales org * Wrote a comprehensive proposal on behalf of a large hospital chain to receive Healthcare Innovation Challenge fund by reducing healthcare costs while improving healthcare quality * Launched new processes and metrics system for a national physician’s network to improve their revenue cycle management * Helped an impact investing organization form its India strategy and investment thesis

Co-founder

2010 - 2011

* Created an IOS app that uses social networks and game dynamics to drive healthier, happier lives through creating, tracking and sharing goals * Recruited and managed a team of engineer and designers in SF, NY and Turkey

Student

2008 - 2011

Summer Consultant

2009 - 2009

Corporate Strategy Associate

2009 - 2009

Focused on mobile money and payments