Tendu Yogurtcu
CTO, Syncsort

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Tendü Yoğurtçu is the chief technology officer at Syncsort, where she directs the company’s technology strategy and innovation and leads all product research and development programs. Tendü has 20+ years of software industry experience, including extensive big data and Hadoop industry knowledge. Previously, Tendü was Syncsort’s general manager of big data, where she led the global software business for data integration, Hadoop, and the cloud, including sales, marketing, engineering, and support, and held several engineering management roles where she directed the development of ETL, sort, and application modernization products for Syncsort’s data integration business. She was also an adjunct faculty member in the Computer Science Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. Tendü is a dedicated advocate for STEM education for women and diversity. She holds a PhD in computer science from Stevens Institute of Technology in NJ, a master’s degree in industrial engineering, and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Bosphorus University, Istanbul.