Cüneyt Göktekin

Chief Technology Officer

Gatter 3 Technik GmbH · Holzwickede

Present

As Chief Technology Officer at Gatter 3 Technik GmbH, I lead the company's full technology strategy — from architecture decisions and IT infrastructure to the development of new digital products and services. My focus is on driving meaningful digital transformation: replacing legacy systems, building scalable platforms, and integrating AI-driven processes to increase operational efficiency and create new business value. Key responsibilities include overseeing technology roadmap, managing cross-functional teams, establishing data-driven decision-making processes, and aligning technology investments with long-term business goals.

Executive Director It, Procurement and Logistics

Gatter 3 Technik GmbH · Holzwickede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Director of Information Technology, Procurement and Logistics

Gatter 3 Technik GmbH · Holzwickede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Director of Information Technology

Gatter 3 Technik GmbH · Holzwickede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Vice President & Co-Founder

Scanify Inc. · New York City Metropolitan Area

Present

Scanify Inc., based in New York City, is the U.S. branch of Scanify GmbH, a German deep-tech company specializing in anti-counterfeiting and product authentication solutions. Founded in 2022, the subsidiary drives business development, customer support, and market expansion in North America. Its core product, Scanify PrintID, is a patented, invisible security feature that enables smartphone-based authentication and traceability, helping companies protect brand integrity and supply chain transparency across industries like pharmaceuticals, automotive, and healthcare.

Ceo & Founder

TrustNow GmbH · Berlin Area, Germany

Present

Founded and developed a technology company focused on digital transformation and data-driven business models. Led product development, business strategy, and strategic partnerships. Additionally responsible for structuring and securing venture capital funding, while actively supporting early-stage startups as a business angel in the areas of digital trust, identity, and secure digital infrastructures.

Managing Director & Co-Founder

Scanify GmbH · Holzwickede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Established a technology company specializing in advanced anti-counterfeiting solutions through the development of Scanify PrintID—a patented, invisible, and printable security feature that enables real-time product authentication using standard smartphones. Led the strategic direction, product innovation, and expansion into international markets, including the establishment of a U.S. subsidiary. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate AI-driven image processing and pattern recognition technologies, enhancing supply chain transparency and protecting intellectual property across industries such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and automotive.

Managing Director Lightsell Gmbh

Lightsell GmbH · Potsdam

Founded and developed a technology company focused on AI-driven talent acquisition. Lightsell GmbH offers an intelligent platform that leverages artificial intelligence to efficiently match companies with qualified candidates. The solution streamlines the recruitment process by automating key steps—from analyzing candidate profiles to pre-selection—enabling faster, data-driven, and more accurate hiring decisions at scale.

Shareholder

goldentech GmbH - Innovate. Optimize. Lead. · Berlin Metropolitan Area

Ceo & Founder

GOLDENtech GmbH · Berlin Area, Germany

Founder and shareholder of GOLDENtech, offering professional services and solutions with focus on Legal Tech. GOLDENtech developed and licensed an automation software for one of the leading law companies asserting claims for damages on behalf of around 25,000 Volkswagen buyers from Germany. Main challenges and tasks included: • Analysis of the existing mainly analog workflow process of the chancellery • Defining main bottlenecks for the “Dieselgate scandal” claims • Building a new completely digitalized, cloud-based workflow for all “Dieselgate scandal” claims • Building a team consisting of external and internal developers and professional service companies for the implementation of that workflow • In a second step: specified and implemented a complete automated lawsuit generator for all claims Sold all shares to the 50% partner and law company owner in March 2021.

Ceo & Founder

Snaptrust GmbH · Berlin Area, Germany

Founder and Chairman of Snaptrust, Snaptrust specializes in creation, recognition and authentification of printable anti-counterfeiting markers. These serializable markers are authenticable with smartphones. The Snaptrust solution does not need any adjustment costs or changes to production lines. Milestones: • Closed funding with 2,8 Million EURO. • Proved the commercial viability of Snaptrust PrintID • Granted German and US patents Snaptrust was acquired by one of Germany’s top ten label printers in June 2019.

Ceo & Founder

beyo GmbH · Berlin

Co-Founder and Chairman of beyo (VC financed), responsible for finances, sales, marketing, R&D (incl. patents), shareholder relations and recruiting. Milestones: • Developed and licensed pr100 a reading device (HW & SW) for blind and visual impaired. • Developed imaging technology for enhancing text recognition rate on images captured with smartphone cameras. • Developed WordShot in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom AG • Developed and licensed onboard OCR technology running on smartphones. beyo assets were acquired by Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN).

Software Architect, Project Lead

Daimler

Worked in the Research & Development department focused on Methods and Tools for embedded systems. Led a distributed team of 5 software developers based in India. Responsible for the development of an internal tool for requirements management, specification, and testing—used by over 200 engineers to support the integration and validation of the navigation head unit for the 2013 Mercedes-Benz S-Class (model series W/V 222).

Researcher

Freie Universität Berlin

• Developing wearable glasses incl. a high resolution camera which is able to read text • Team member in RoboCup-project (soccer playing small size robots) • Created the Konrad-Zuse-Internet-Archive, implemented “Plankalkül 2000”, reconstructed the world’s first floating point binary computer Z3