Summary
Mustafa Arikan is a seasoned IT professional and technology leader based in Austria with a career spanning IBM mainframes, model-based development and industrial engineering since the 1980s. He currently serves as CTO of ModelCVS Informationstechnologie GmbH (since 2015) and as IT Fachkraft Experte at UNIQA IT Services (since 2024), integrating strategic leadership with hands-on programming and project management. A hallmark of his work is that many systems he built decades ago are still running today, reflecting deep reliability and sustained value. His technical repertoire covers IBM z/OS, CICS, IMS, DB2, FORTRAN, COBOL, and CA Gen/AllFusion/Cleverpath for model-based development, plus OO techniques and Java in delivery roles. He has led IT transformation and productivity tool projects across Austria, Turkey, the UK, and Germany, including large-scale insurance IT environments. He holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Boğaziçi University and studied mathematics/computer science at TU Wien, blending rigorous analytical modeling with pragmatic software delivery.
10 years of coding experience
40 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
Economics, English Preparatory School, Economics, English Preparatory School at Middle East Technical University
Lycée Diploma, Lycée Diploma at Istanbul Erkek Lisesi
BSc, Industrial Engineering, BSc, Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University
English, German, türkish