# Özkan Erener

> Özkan Erener is the co-founder and CEO of VeriPark, a financial-services software business founded in Turkey in 1998. An electronics engineering graduate of Boğaziçi University, he has worked on bank delivery channels, customer relationship management and international expansion. His public commentary focuses on making customer information actionable and using AI to support banking employees and customer relationships.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at VeriPark
- **Organizations:** VeriPark
- **Education:** Electronics Engineering, Boğaziçi University
- **Known for:** Co-founded VeriPark in 1998., Led VeriPark’s Gulf business and international customer development., CEO of VeriPark when it was named to the 2024 IDC FinTech Rankings Top 100.

## Career timeline

- **1988-1992** — Attended Boğaziçi University; conference biography identifies his field as electronics engineering.
- **1998** — Co-founded VeriPark with Özgür Yoğurtçu; early work included Pamukbank’s internet branch as a Microsoft Consulting Services subcontractor.
- **2007** — Met VeriPark’s first overseas customer, a Dubai bank, at a trade fair in Bahrain, according to his TÜBİSAD interview.
- **2011** — An industry conference biography lists him as general manager of VeriPark Gulf and involved in the product roadmap.
- **2015** — As CEO, discussed an Izmir development centre and an aim to roughly double overseas revenue that year.
- **2018** — Explained unified banking front ends in two Technology Record viewpoints.
- **2026** — Continues as CEO; VeriPark announced Canadian credit union work and reported his participation in Microsoft’s Inner Circle Summit.

## Achievements

- Co-founded VeriPark in 1998.
- Led VeriPark’s Gulf business and international customer development.
- CEO of VeriPark when it was named to the 2024 IDC FinTech Rankings Top 100.
- CEO of VeriPark when it received the 2025-2026 Microsoft AI Business Solutions Inner Circle award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — VeriPark’s public LinkedIn feed reported Erener’s session, Becoming the Operating Platform for SMEs, at the Qorus SME Banking Leadership Council in Dubai; a separate announcement specified October 13.
- **2026-05** — VeriPark reported that Erener and Michel Diab attended Microsoft’s 2026 Inner Circle Summit in Scottsdale.
- **2026-01** — Kootenay Savings Credit Union announced its selection of VeriPark as digital banking partner on January 21; Erener commented on modernisation and community purpose.
- **2025-12** — Published his banking outlook for 2026 in a VeriPark leadership predictions article dated December 15.

## Links

- Website: https://www.veripark.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozkanerener/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21