Operational architect · a founder who codes

Build, structure, secure —
then code what automates it.

At the crossroads of three cultures — operational, regulatory, technological — I design systems that are compliant from their very architecture, and then I automate them. On both sides of the France-Turkey bridge.

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Mehmet TUZCU
OperationalBuild, structure, finance and run a company
RegulatoryQualiopi, RGE, GDPR/KVKK — inspections and audits passed
TechnologicalCustom full-stack & AI, or the right off-the-shelf tool

About

From operations to code: a bicultural builder

Bicultural France-Turkey, bilingual. This dual culture is an asset: a bridge between two economic, regulatory and institutional ecosystems.

A path forged in the field. From administrative assistant to Managing Director of a construction SME (2017-2023): up to 30 people managed and full financial management, from quote to accounting close.

Then transformation consulting, full-stack development and founding an EdTech startup. Self-taught, I designed and coded the first version of Reflektif solo, and today I develop it with Mikail Lekesiz, president of our Turkish sister company Reflektif Bilişim — product & technology partner. Hence a rare ability: to bring together business need, compliance and technology in a single movement.

I position myself as a co-builder, not a service provider: I don't work to bill, but to transform.

Expertise

Three cultures, one guiding principle: Compliance by Design

My profile bridges three domains that are rarely found in a single person. It is this cross-disciplinary reach that makes it possible to speak simultaneously with business leadership, compliance, engineering and strategic decision-making.

Operational

Company leadership & management. Running SMEs (up to 30 people), finance, accounting, HR, strategy, economic modeling and restructuring. Mastery forged in operations, not in theory.

  • Create & structure a company (FR · TR)
  • Steer growth & finance
  • Oversee accounting

Regulatory

Institutional compliance. Qualiopi (France's mandatory quality certification for training providers), RGE (Qualibat) (official French label qualifying firms for energy-renovation work), QualiRépar (France's official repair label), CPF/OPCO (France's vocational-training funding schemes), GDPR (France) and KVKK (Turkey), DPIA, employment law, engineering of public funding and professional certification (RNCP/RS, France Compétences (France's national professional-certification authority)). I build frameworks that are clean, credible and auditable before administrations and auditors — inspections and audits passed successfully.

  • Get through a URSSAF / tax inspection
  • Secure compliance (Qualiopi · GDPR)
  • Assemble RGE / Qualibat applications

Technological

Software development & AI. TypeScript/React full-stack, tRPC, PostgreSQL/Supabase, generative AI (Vertex AI/Gemini), RAG & embeddings, no-code/low-code automation, CI/CD, application security. Designer and full-stack developer of my digital work — I built the first versions alone, and I now develop Reflektif with Mikail Lekesiz, president of our Turkish sister company —, from design to production. I don't reinvent everything: I also integrate the best tools on the market (Google Workspace, Pennylane…) when they meet the need — the right technology in the right place.

  • Code the platform that automates
  • Automate business processes
  • Integrate market tools (Google Workspace, Pennylane…)

The guiding principle — Compliance by Design

I design systems that are compliant from their very architecture, not patched after the fact. Compliance is not a constraint bolted on at the end: it is a property of the system, instrumented in the code. Every automation I deploy must be defensible, auditable and useful — transposable to any regulated context.

Work

Complete systems, designed and delivered

Not slides. Each piece of work illustrates the meeting of the three cultures.

Flagship project

Reflektif

AI-powered EdTech career guidance platform, France + Turkey.

An AI-augmented career guidance SaaS platform, natively bilingual French/Turkish, originally designed and coded solo and now developed with Mikail Lekesiz — president of our Turkish sister company Reflektif Bilişim (Istanbul), product & technology partner —, in active production since February 2026 and hosted in Europe (Frankfurt). I own its product design, technical architecture and pedagogical direction. The engine combines psychometrics (3 tests, 110 questions: RIASEC, Big Five, Values) and generative AI; the proprietary SmartMatch algorithm matches the user's profile against a catalogue of 928 occupations. A complete journey in production: tests, AI debriefs, document analysis, diagnostic report, occupation exploration, counselor portal with human validation and real-time messaging — with a B2B white-label cohort-management module.

Verified benchmarks: ≈167 000 lines of TypeScript/TSX, 71 PostgreSQL tables all protected by Row-Level Security, GDPR/KVKK compliance instrumented in the code.

reflektif.net →
Compliance by Design

Bilan-Easy

AI SaaS software for skills assessments.

Designed and developed for a Qualiopi-certified center, deployed to production, bilingual FR/TR. A conversational AI coach structures the journey across the three regulatory phases of the skills assessment and automates post-assessment follow-up at 3 and 6 months, in accordance with the Labor Code. Features: automated RIASEC analysis, PDF summaries, consultant dashboard, package management, Qualiopi satisfaction survey and full GDPR management. Designed from the outset to meet Qualiopi requirements.

Consulting & transformation

Construction, training & compliance

Audit, restructuring and compliance work for companies.

Independent consulting assignments in the Alsatian construction sector: financial and organizational audit, turnaround plans, deployment of management tools, compliance work and team training. At Netz Informatique (IT services company + Qualiopi training center), a transformation assignment as interim management: steering quality and Qualiopi compliance, digital transformation (automation, learner portal), and AI applied to training.

Portfolio

Web work

Sites and platforms delivered.

A portfolio of websites and web platforms (OzArt, Megalife Istanbul, Local Essence, mehmettuzcu.fr). For an Istanbul real-estate developer, a premium sales platform in 8 languages built from a simple PDF catalogue, with an international targeting strategy and a conversion funnel — drawing directly on the dual France-Turkey culture. Local Essence is a multi-tenant SaaS platform for local directories (12 active geographic areas).

Method

From business need to a compliant, automated tool

I don't paste a solution onto a problem. I follow a step-by-step method, structured and reproducible, that turns a field need into a compliant, automated system.

1

Clarify the problem

Understand the operational reality before anything else — field diagnosis, listening to the business teams.

2

Frame the legal side

Identify the applicable regulatory requirements from the start, to build compliance into the architecture.

3

Model the organization

Translate the need into a strategic architecture: roles, flows, data, control points.

4

Build the tooling

Design and develop the tool — full-stack or no-code/low-code depending on context, with a fast and defensible deployment.

5

Secure compliance

Instrument traceability, auditability and data protection within the system itself.

6

Automate

Industrialize recurring processes, with automations that are defensible, auditable and useful.

I decide with data: I model scenarios (optimistic, realistic, pessimistic) before acting decisively. And I favor objectivity and honest feedback over flattery.

Evidence & credibility

Verified numbers, not promises

All the metrics below are verified in the database. They reflect technical depth and product usage — to be distinguished from revenue.

Technical depth (Reflektif)

  • ≈ 167 000 lines of TypeScript/TSX in production, including the first version designed and coded solo (development continued with Mikail Lekesiz, president of our Turkish sister company).
  • 71 PostgreSQL tables all protected by Row-Level Security (100% of tables).
  • More than 2 250 commits and 231 documentation files.
  • Modern stack: React 19/Vite, Node 22/Express 5/tRPC v11, Supabase PostgreSQL hosted in Europe, Vertex AI EU (Gemini) with RAG and native observability.

Product science

  • 3 scientifically grounded psychometric assessments (RIASEC, Big Five, Values), totaling 110 questions.
  • A catalogue of 928 occupations, O*NET-coded and bilingual FR/TR.

Engineering quality

  • Full CI/CD (lint, tests, build, audit, deployment), code review, secret scanning, monitoring.
  • Nightly end-to-end test suite (desktop + mobile) grown from 63 to 136 tests.
  • GDPR/KVKK compliance proven in production: DPIA carried out, consents logged, right to erasure actually implemented, audit logging.

Usage traction (≠ revenue)

  • More than 1 200 users (Turkish university pilots and early French users).
  • More than 1 800 test sittings and 443 complete batteries.

Certifications

  • TOSA DigiComp 751/1000 (valid 2024-2027) — a verifiable measure of digital skills.
  • Qualiopi certification of Netz's training center, maintained across several renewal cycles.
  • QualiRépar label.
  • Submission of a professional certification application to France Compétences.

The metrics above reflect product usage and technical depth. They are distinct from revenue.

Who I work with

Who I work for

I speak to people who genuinely want to transform, not just tick boxes. Here is what each of them can expect.

SME leaders

Organizational and financial audit, restructuring, compliance work, deployment of management tools and team training. A field-level reading paired with concrete execution.

Training organizations & certified centers

Steering and securing Qualiopi, funding engineering (CPF/OPCO), professional certification engineering (RNCP/RS), and business tools compliant with the Labor Code. Compliance as an asset, not a burden.

EdTech & AI project leaders

Product design, full-stack technical architecture, generative AI and observability, GDPR/KVKK and AI Act compliance instrumented from the architecture up. A partner who codes what he designs himself.

French-Turkish players

An operational bridge between the two countries: language, regulation (GDPR and KVKK), academic and institutional networks. The ability to operate natively on both sides of the border.

Institutions (B2G)

Design of guidance architectures, assembly of consortia and feasibility applications, dialogue with the French and Turkish institutional ecosystems.

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