Salih Sarikaya

Salih Sarikaya is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in fintech, health, payments, and product management. Currently serving as Product Lead at Walmart since January 2021, Salih previously co-founded Whoop Sports, a personalized fitness and social health media platform. Additionally, Salih has contributed as a Startup Mentor at Newchip Accelerator and as a Developer Advocate Advisor at Saturn Cloud. Other notable roles include serving as Lead Product Manager at Albertsons Companies, Senior Technical Product Manager at eBay, and Interim Product Marketing Manager at Google. Salih also held leadership positions at WhatsAround and Yuser, focusing on loyalty programs and crypto payments. Education includes executive training in fintech from The Wharton School and dual master's degrees in Computational Sociology and Data, as well as Social Policy and Public Service from Istanbul University, complemented by a bachelor's degree in English Language Teaching from Uludag University.