The SparkUs Team
Meet our leadership team and board
Our Team
Hello, I'm Zeynep! I graduated from Yeditepe University with a degree in Business Administration and started my career with a one-year internship in human resources. I have been working as a Customer Success Lead at Sparkus for over three years. My role involves closely collaborating with customers to ensure the success and continuity of projects. I take on a leadership role in various projects to maximize customer satisfaction and contribute to the company's goals. My interests include business, human resources, and customer success strategies.
Ozlem Sarioglu began her professional career as a consultant at PwC, where she advised financial institutions on their global structuring and gained coaching experience as a manager. Ozlem has been selected by the International Coach Federation (ICF) as one of the six honourees of the Young Leader Award in 2019 to carry coaching into the future. In 2021, she became one of the official members of Forbes Coaches Council. Having the PCC credential from the ICF, she has more than 1500 hours of coaching experience. She is also a volunteer in the Development team of EMCC Global.
After completing a Master of Design at the Domus Academy, Dani Benreytan started his career as a design management consultant, where he helped companies to build their brands. At SparkUs, Dani spearheaded the concept of turning traditional coaching into a gamified online coaching platform. By transforming what used to be a face-to-face service to a self-serving gamified digital coaching tool, SparkUs was able to reduce costs drastically and expand coaching services to masses.
Meriç Arslan holds a degree in Sociology from Marmara University, which she obtained in 2011. She began her professional journey as a Recruitment Consultant at a renowned global company, concurrently completing a Human Resources Management program at Istanbul Technical University. Her career trajectory then led her to roles in Sales and Project Management at Zomato, a prominent global food-tech company. Since 2018, Meriç has been serving as the Chief Product Officer at Sparkus. Furthering her professional development, she has also undertaken extensive training in web design, coding, and leadership skills.
Following his graduation from Sabancı University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, Ender Subasi started his professional journey as an IT consultant at E&Y Turkey. During his tenure, he acquired valuable expertise in project management and client relationship development. Currently serving as an Account Executive at SparkUs, Ender is responsible for new customer acquisition and account management with maintaining high standards of client engagement.
The Board
Before becoming a body psychotherapy practitioner, Vivi started as an entrepreneur and a career coach. As a coach, she helped people attune to their potential and take initiative for a career, aligned with their “Presenceu”.Now, incorporating her training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Core Energetics into her “Cultivating Presence” practice, she enables her clients to self-actualize. She helps them become resilient, achieve fulfilment and presence-based leadership through centeredness practices.
Gurkan Sarioglu, BSc EE, PCC. Gurkan is specialized in business and leadership coaching with a background of thirty-seven years of corporate life experience in ICT sector gained in Turkish Telekom, IBM Turkey, STFA Group, Ericsson Turkey and Turkcell. He is now serving on the ICF Independent Review Board since Apr. 2016. He led the 2018 ICF Ethics Code Review Team. He served as an ICF Turkish Chapter leader (2010 –2012) and as a founding member of the EMEA Regional Advisory Board (2014 – 2016).
Yusuf was born in 1954 in Istanbul. He graduated from Galatasaray High School and ITU Faculty of Electricity. He entered the computer business in the 1980s and brought Commodore computers to Turkey. Yusuf built the first domestic assembly computers in Turkey. In the 1990s, he became the managing partner of the largest computer parts distributor company in Europe. After this distributor company was sold, he set up a factory on plastics with the same business partners, which was also sold to a European company. Currently, he is an angel investor for high tech companies like SparkUs.