Abdulaziz Akyol is a technology entrepreneur and information technology executive based in Istanbul, Türkiye. He is the founder and general manager of CX Teknoloji (est. 2021, GTÜ Technopark, Gebze) and was Head of Information Technology at Civil Mağazacılık A.Ş. from 2012 to 2021. He brings 20+ years of enterprise IT experience to AI, computer-vision and IoT projects.
CX Teknoloji (2021–)
CX Teknoloji turns existing IP cameras into real-time decision systems. Video is decoded on GPU, objects are detected and tracked, and a spatial-temporal rule engine converts what it sees into events and metrics — no new hardware, ONVIF cameras and a GPU server suffice; no face recognition, processing is anonymous and KVKK/GDPR-aligned. The company offers 23 ready solutions in five categories: retail analytics (EscherSense: people counting, heat maps, queue and conversion), occupational safety (İSG / KKD: helmet/vest detection, fall detection, forklift–pedestrian proximity) and manufacturing & logistics (PPA / MES: machine downtime, OEE, warehouse safety), with up to 96% field accuracy and 8–16 cameras per server. Customers include City Lojistik, Emilio, Suwen, Saat & Saat, Turkcell, Gallery Crystal.
Abdulaziz leads product, engineering and sales, and set the company's privacy-by-design standard.
Civil Mağazacılık (2012–2021)
For nine years he was responsible for the entire corporate IT landscape of a Turkish children's apparel retailer with hundreds of stores: network and e-mail infrastructure, data centers and disaster-recovery sites, ERP (Nebim V3) and business-intelligence systems, information-security policy, help desk and technical support, and IT governance. He led the Microsoft Azure migration, the HPE SimpliVity hyperconverged infrastructure project, the Nebim V3 data warehouse & BI project and the fastPay contactless mobile payment integration, all published as customer success stories by Microsoft, HPE and Nebim.
Education
- Sakarya University – M.Sc. in Computer Engineering, Institute of Natural Sciences (2017)
- Anadolu University – Associate degree in Public Relations (2016); Faculty of Business Administration (2009)
- Mersin University – Computer Technology and Programming (2006)
Certifications
COBIT 5, ITIL and PMP in IT governance and project management; Cisco CCNP and CCNA in networking; Microsoft MCSD, MCITP, MCP and Hyper-V virtualization specialist; plus VMware vSphere, HPE 3PAR, Veeam, FortiGate, Power BI and SQL Server training.
All certifications (22)
- 2020 – COBIT 5 (Cobit5)
- 2019 – Leadership Development Programme (İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi)
- 2019 – FortiGate Security and FortiGate Infrastructure (Netsys Bilişim Hizmetleri)
- 2018 – Analyzer Data with POWER BI (Mayasoft Bilgi Sistemleri)
- 2017 – Database Programming with SQL Server 2016 (BT Akademi)
- 2017 – SQL Server 2014 Performance Tuning and Optimisation (BT Akademi)
- 2017 – VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (HP- Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
- 2016 – Managing HPE 3PARStoreServ2 (HP- Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
- 2016 – VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale (HP- Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
- 2016 – Managing HPE 3PARStorageServ1 (HP- Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
- 2016 – Veeam Sales Profestonel (VMSP) (Veeam)
- 2016 – Veeam Tecnica Sales Professional (VMTSP) (Veeam)
- 2015 – MCSD Microsoft Certified Solution Developers (Bilişim Eğitim Merkezi- Microsoft Sertifikasyon programları)
- 2014 – Microsoft Certified Specialist (Microsoft)
- 2014 – CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) (Bilişim Eğitim Kurumları)
- 2014 – server virtualization with windows server hyper-v and system center specialist (Microsoft)
- 2013 – MCITP The Microsoft Certified IT Professional (Bilişim Eğitim Kurumları)
- 2013 – CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) (Bilişim Eğitim Kurumları)
- 2012 – Hardware and Network Specialist (Bilişim Eğitim Kurumları)
- 2012 – Nebim Winner Specialist Certificate (Nebim)
- 2012 – Microsoft Certified Professionel (Microsoft)
- 2011 – MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint,Outlook) (Gazi Üniversitesi)
Awards & recognition
- CIO 2021 Ödülleri – CIO Türkiye, 2021
- Teknoloji Kaptanları 2019 – BThaber – Bilişim Zirvesi'19, 2019
- CIO 2019 – CIO Türkiye, 2019
- Fortinet Türkiye – Fortinet, 2019
Writing
He writes (in Turkish) field notes on computer vision, edge AI, IoT integration and privacy-compliant video analytics, as well as on digital transformation and IT management, and publishes technical notes on HTML5, PowerShell, VBScript, Microsoft SQL Server, Active Directory and HP switch configuration. See the English articles and the Turkish blog.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Abdulaziz Akyol?
Abdulaziz Akyol is a technology entrepreneur and IT executive based in Istanbul, Türkiye. He is the founder and general manager of CX Teknoloji (founded 2021 at GTÜ Technopark, Gebze), which builds AI, computer-vision and IoT solutions on existing cameras. From 2012 to 2021 he was Head of Information Technology at Civil Mağazacılık A.Ş. He holds COBIT 5, ITIL, PMP and Cisco CCNP certifications.
What is CX Teknoloji?
CX Teknoloji is a Turkish AI and computer-vision company founded by Abdulaziz Akyol in 2021. It turns existing IP cameras into real-time decision systems: GPU-based detection and tracking with a rule engine that produces events and metrics, without new hardware and without face recognition (privacy-by-design, KVKK/GDPR-aligned). Solutions cover retail analytics (EscherSense), occupational safety (İSG / KKD) and manufacturing & logistics (PPA / MES). Customers include City Lojistik, Emilio, Suwen, Saat & Saat, Turkcell, Gallery Crystal. Website: https://cxteknoloji.com
What is Abdulaziz Akyol known for?
Building production computer-vision and IoT systems for retail, logistics, manufacturing and workplace safety in Türkiye; and, earlier, leading digital transformation at Civil Mağazacılık — the Microsoft Azure migration, the HPE SimpliVity hyperconverged infrastructure project, the Nebim V3 data warehouse and BI project and the fastPay mobile payment integration, published as customer success stories by Microsoft, HPE and Nebim. He was recognised at the CIO 2019 and CIO 2021 awards and as a "Teknoloji Kaptanı" (Technology Captain) at BThaber Bilişim Zirvesi 2019.
How can I contact Abdulaziz Akyol?
Email info@abdulazizakyol.com, LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/abdulazizakyol or X @akyol_abdulaziz. Company: https://cxteknoloji.com
This page is also available in Turkish.