Strategy & Market Growth
Analyse markets, customers and competition to shape offerings, position your brand and design effective go-to-market strategies.
Controlling · Operations · Strategy
Turning numbers into decisions.
I’m Atilla Kerim Demir, M.Sc. Industrial Engineering (FAU), a bilingual (DE/TR), KPI-driven consultant with experience from CARIAD (VW Group) and SME/start-up projects, turning strategic business goals into measurable results – from M&A due diligence to go-to-market execution.
Skills & Languages
Core Skills
Excel & Power BI — modeling, pivots, dashboards
Controlling & FP&A — budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis
Process automation — VBA, macros & workflow design
Web (HTML/CSS/JS) — lightweight tools & landing pages
CAD (Creo, CATIA) — technical documentation & product data
PowerPoint & executive presentations — design and deliver concise, board-ready presentations.
KPI & reporting design — scorecards, performance dashboards, management reports
Data analysis & visualization — data cleaning, ad-hoc analysis, clear charts & stories
Project management & PMO — roadmaps, milestones, risk & status tracking
Documentation & playbooks — process guides, SOPs, templates for scaling teams
Languages
German — Native (C2)
Turkish — Native (C2)
English — Fluent (C1)
French — Basic (A2)
Chinese — Beginner (A1)
Resume
Financial Controlling Specialist · CARIAD
Product controlling for automotive software development & quality.
Operations Consultant · OUYA Engineering
M&A advisory and support in financial & operational due diligence (buy-side) in the automotive sector.
Company Building · Fintech-Startup
Pre-seed start-up CTO.
M.Sc. Industrial Engineering & Management · FAU
Major in mechanical engineering & management. Master thesis on external succession in family firms (2022).
B.Sc. Industrial Engineering · FAU
Major in mechanical engineering. Bachelor thesis at AUDI AG (Controlling) on steel sheet component costing (2019).
Expertise
Finance & Performance Management
Build budgeting and reporting structures, run financial analyses and define KPI frameworks to steer profitable, data-driven decisions.
Organization, Networking & Company Building
Design lean structures, enable effective collaboration and set up scalable organisations and ecosystems for fast, sustainable growth.
Portfolio
TWAICE
Providing several pricing models for different products. (2020)
OUYA Engineering
Market analysis & company presentation (2020); later operations & M&A advisory (2021).
Kuzey Tedarik
Web design & company building. (2021)
Fintech-Startup
Helping build a start-up from pre-seed phase as member of the board (CTO). (2021)
FAU – Chair of Management
Project thesis on search funds (2021); master thesis on family firm succession (2022).
AUDI AG
Bachelor thesis in the controlling department. (2019)