Gülay Stelzmüllner

Critic
DISC Type : C

IT-Manager at In Transition

Germany

Overview

Gülay Stelzmüllner is an award-winning technology executive, recently the CIO and CTO at Allianz Technology, and is currently in transition. With over 20 years of experience, including 16 years at Siemens, she specializes in digital transformation, AI-driven operations, and cloudification. Colleagues commend her pragmatic and strategic leadership.

She is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the technology sector, with a focus on gender equality and empowering talent with immigration backgrounds. Gülay actively supports communities like 2hearts and Women in Tech®, driven by her belief that "You cant be what you cant see. " She is also a mother of two.

Gülay was named "CIO of the Year 2023, " winning the award for the Cyber Resilience category.

Personality Overview

Precise

ROI Driven

Information Seeker

They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions.  They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.

Topics They Care About

Diversity in Tech
Actively supports communities like 2hearts and Women in Tech® to empower talent with immigration backgrounds and promote gender equality.
AI-Driven Operations
Focused on the simplification and automation of IT operations using AI, and promoted GenAI hackathons to foster innovation at Allianz Technology.
Digital Transformation
Has a long track record of leading large-scale enterprise transformations, focusing on standardization, cloudification, and enabling business digitization.

Media Appearances

Gülay has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2025
IT-Manager at In Transition
12-2021
Community Member at 2hearts
7-2023 - 7-2025
CTO at Allianz Technology
4-2022 - 6-2023
Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Allianz Technology
4-2020 - 3-2022
Head of AGN International Project Management at Allianz Technology

Education

Diploma from Munich University

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 16 Location : Germany Job Level : N/A Designation : IT-Manager at In Transition
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Gülay

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be formal and objective, they will appreciate it more
  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories
  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information

DONT's

  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them
  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational
  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Gülay is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Gülay

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Gülay move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Gülay take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Gülay

Personality Compatibility


Other In Transition Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals at the same organization.

More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.