About
Emre Ozen previously worked at Palantir and serves as co-founder and CTO at Draftwise, focusing on data-intensive applications and enterprise software.
Founder/CTO at DraftwiseYC S20
Intro paths
YC
Emre went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Emre can intro founders to Draftwise's investors below.
Draftwise's investors · 4
Co-founders at Draftwise
JD
James DingFounder/CEO
OY
Ozan YaltiFounder/CSO
Experience
- DraftwiseChief Operating Officercurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- DraftwiseChief Technology Officercurrent2020 — presentNew York, United States
- Palantir TechnologiesEnterprise Technical BD Lead2016 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2015Mountain View, California
- Deutsche BankVice President2009 — 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
- InSITEEngineering Fellow2013 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- Barclays Investment BankAnalyst2008 — 2009New York City Metropolitan Area
- Lehman BrothersStructured Products (FX)2007 — 2008New York City
- DellGeorgetown Campus Representative2006 — 2007Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- CitiCorporate Banking2006Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
- HSBCTelecommunications2005Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
Skills & more
Generative AI1Amazon Web Services (AWS)9Google Cloud Platform (GCP)1Trading Systems19C++15VBA10Java8Python5Databases5Android1SQL3Node.js1
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HTML5Apache Spark StreamingJavaScriptInformation SecurityLarge Language Models (LLM)Cloud ComputingTradingSwapsFX OptionsProgrammingData MiningSoftware DevelopmentLanguages English · Turkish
- Series 7 — FINRA
- Series 63 — FINRA
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Emre Ozen?
- Emre Ozen previously worked at Palantir and serves as co-founder and CTO at Draftwise, focusing on data-intensive applications and enterprise software.
- Where does Emre Ozen work?
- Emre Ozen is Founder/CTO of Draftwise.
- What companies did Emre Ozen found?
- Emre Ozen founded Draftwise.
- Where did Emre Ozen go to school?
- Emre Ozen studied at Y Combinator; Columbia University (Master’s Degree, Computer Science / Software Systems); Georgetown University (B.S., Computer Science).
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