Sungur Zahid Erdim

Automation Architect
Summary

Turning inefficient processes into automated systems for over a decade. Maps the current state, defines the target and builds the automation that closes the gap, with speedups up to 700x in production. The tools tend to outlive the task: one became mandatory procedure for an airline department. Background in information security engineering, with hands-on work across aviation, banking, Web3 and developer tooling.

Technical Skills
Core
Python Bash Linux Docker CI / CD VBA (Word / Excel)
Speech & AI
Whisper / STT WER Benchmarking Audio Preprocessing LLM Tooling AI Agent Frameworks
Shipped w/ AI
Go Rust Dart / Flutter FastAPI
Working Knowledge
pandas NumPy PyArrow
Process
Bizagi Workflow Modeling
Domain
Blockchain / Web3 Process Automation Information Security
Experience
Independent Automation Architect Apr 2025 - Present
Remote
  • Designing and shipping open-source developer tools, AI agent infrastructure and mobile apps - architecture, requirements and delivery end to end, with AI-assisted implementation across Go, Python, Rust and Flutter
  • Founded and solo-developed SafeScribe: fully on-device transcription app with speaker diarization - audio never leaves the device; no server, no account, no telemetry. Started as a server-side Docker Compose deployment and moved on-device before launch. Whisper parameter optimization measured by word error rate; audio preprocessing chain (normalization, treble boost, noise reduction) for degraded recordings
  • Created dev-skills and dev-rules: tool-agnostic AI skill framework and behavioral guardrails for coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and others)
  • In development - dizgin: platform-native, container-free sandbox for AI coding tools - real OS isolation via macOS Seatbelt, Linux bubblewrap and Windows restricted tokens
Head of Optimization Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Seedify - Web3 Launchpad
  • Owned end-to-end optimization across multiple departments, analyzing workflows and delivering tailored automation solutions independently
  • Built Python web scraper accelerating data collection 16x, reducing monthly manual effort from 128 to 8 hours
  • Automated user-generated content moderation via custom Telegram bot
  • Integrated Google Sheets, Calendar and Slack APIs into a team coordination system, keeping all units synchronized on critical updates
Blockchain Automation Specialist to Project Manager Nov 2022 - Nov 2023
Seedify
  • Redesigned blockchain snapshot pipeline, reducing single-chain processing from 21+ hours to under 2 minutes (700x)
  • Scaled snapshot system to three blockchain networks, completing all in under 10 minutes total
Board Member & Managing Director Jan 2021 - Present
Counseling Practice
  • Founded and established the practice from the ground up, managing operations, compliance and strategic direction
Software Developer Aug 2018 - Jan 2020
EtherGem - Blockchain Project
  • Designed, operated and improved the deployment architecture for blockchain network nodes running across 250+ VPS instances - self-updating via Docker images and kept continuously live; deployment, monitoring and auto-updates driven by Docker and Bash automation
Process Improvement Specialist Apr 2017 - Apr 2018
Albaraka Turk - Participation Banking
  • Mapped current-state workflows step by step with business units and simulated them in Bizagi; automated the calculation cycle repeated throughout each process analysis - multi-hour manual work where a single mistake cost at least 30 minutes of recalculation, reduced to minutes with one-click re-run capability
Specialist & QA Delegate Aug 2014 - Mar 2017
Turkish Airlines - Catering and Inflight Products
  • Encoded the Document Management Department's editorial and layout standards (fonts, paragraph settings, heading hierarchy, numbering) into a Word/VBA tool, replacing case-by-case guidance with self-service. The department that owned the standard adopted it and made it mandatory for all quality delegates. Cut a one-hour manual pass to 20 seconds (180x)
  • Built a VBA rules engine triaging cabin passenger complaints routed to the catering department - classifying each case across dozens of compound criteria (complaint text, flight number, station and others) to the owning department, auto-populating every derivable field and ordering by date
Education
M.Sc. Information Security Engineering - Istanbul Sehir University
2017
B.B.A. Business Administration - Istanbul University
2011
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) - Scrum Alliance (2023-2025)