Our Team

EVREN AY

CEO & Founder

Evren has been a veteran of the translation industry for over 20 years.

OYTUN TEZ

CTO & Co-Founder

Translation studies scholar with a thesis on machine translation -- overall technologist and obsessed with smart, seamless translation flows

Bio Blog Posts

PAM SELDON

Project Manager

Pam is a wizard of looking at large datasets and deriving meaningful actions from them. As a community/project manager and client liaison at MotaWord, Pam ensures timely creation and delivery of projects and all vendor/client related matters.

KAAN DEMIREL

Senior Software Engineer

Kaan is an aspiring software engineer, responsible for translating ideas into ones and zeros.

Blog Posts

ALI CAGATAY UCAR

Senior Software Engineer

Cagatay is an enthusiastic software developer who thinks the developers are the wizards of today's modern world.

Blog Posts

RIDVAN TANIK

Senior Software Engineer

Ridvan is a strong engineering professional focused on agile software engineering.He is bringing his expertise in critical financial systems and real-time processes.

Blog Posts

KEREM ONEN

Head of Global Sales

Kerem has previously owned and operated a translation agency in Paris and is the person behind MotaWord’s success in France.

Blog Posts

ELIF AY

Business Development

Elif is a seasoned sales person having worked at promoting international trade shows globally and serving many marquis clients.

GIRK CAKMAK

BD Director - Healthcare

Girk is in the business of improving patient experience through technology and joined MotaWord to help healthcare providers have access to accurate translation service on demand.

Blog Posts

OMER BISIREN

Community Manager

Having begun his career as a translator, Ömer brings unbridled enthusiasm to all projects at all times. He is a great team player and always looks for ways to improve himself and elevate others.

Blog Posts

ALP KARDES

Community Manager

Being a tech savvy, Alp always looks for ways to improve and enhance his translation skills. His attention to detail assists him in surmounting challenging tasks and his impeccable work ethics brings another perspective to the team.

Blog Posts

OGUZHAN OZTURK

Junior External Relations Specialist

Oğuzhan is essentially a translator. He brings his experience and discipline to the table to contribute to the business as effectively as possible.

Blog Posts

Nate Sayer

Account Executive

Nate is an energetic and passionate sales rep who loves to utilize his experience to help companies grow organically by assisting with process improvement to help organizations achieve their goals.

Blog Posts

RENAE WILLIAMS

Content Writer

Renae is a UX Writer and Content Creator. She has a Master’s in Creative Writing and six years of experience in content. Understanding the audience/user is the first step in Renae’s process.

Blog Posts

Irem Kocaslan

Community Manager

Being a passionate translator at heart, Irem is dedicated to reflecting her love for languages onto projects. She is a strong-minded team-mate who will challenge the status quo for the greater good.

LUISA FERNANDO CANO

Community Manager

Luisa is a native Spanish-speaker who loves learning, detailed organization, and cool pencil holders. She firmly believes there is always room for improvement and is happy to remind others, and herself, about it.

Blog Posts

OUR NOTABLE LINGUISTS

OLIA COTEY

Russian Translator

Olia is a US-based Russian translator and she is also the first winner of the MotaWord social media prize.

MARIA GRACIA ZAVARSE

Spanish Translator

Experienced in all tasks behind the linguist desk: translation, subtitling, proofreading, copywriting, DTP-ing. Maga is a 100 project certificate holder.