Studio Pinto is founded by Ceren Sakizli. Ceren brings over 15 years of experience from Silicon Valley. She worked as a designer and design leader at companies such as Salesforce, Fjord, Peerspace and Google Maps. She has designed products and led teams in many domains such as SaaS, telecom, finance, mapping/geo location, marketplaces, entertainment, local services and more. Having worked at corporate, startup and agency environments, she harmonized different design methodologies and processes. She’s expert at design, research, strategy, building and leading teams. 

After spending over a decade in the Bay Area, Ceren came back to Istanbul and founded Studio Pinto to scale her expertise, uplevel design awareness, bring user-centered design processes and well crafted products to the tech ecosystem. Her vision is that Studio Pinto is where designers can do their best work, grow and connect with the design community.