Lode / Firm / Team
The founding team

We take the decision seriously.

Lode brings technology, business processes and expert review into a shared decision discipline. Our founders’ experience informs the approach; scope and responsibilities are defined for each engagement.

Arda Helvacılar

Arda Helvacılar

Managing partner

Client relationships, engagement scope and commercial assessment.

Ege Yalçınkaya

Ege Yalçınkaya

General manager

Operational examination and engagement coordination.

Ceyhun Aslan

Ceyhun Aslan

CTO

Data, systems and technical examination.

Selected organisations from the founders’ previous work. These logos do not imply that the organisations are Lode clients or endorse Lode.

  • Cisco
  • PayPal
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • UNDP
  • Albertsons
  • Wolters Kluwer
Positions

What we believe, one at a time.

The question is the work.

A deteriorating metric does not explain its cause. We examine the initial explanation before selecting a solution.

A diagnosis must be checkable.

We explain the data supporting a conclusion, what remains uncertain and which new evidence could change it.

We define responsibilities from the start.

Lode provides review, decision support and defined process coordination. Specialist and implementation responsibilities are agreed within each engagement.

Care and clarity.

We avoid certainty that the evidence cannot support. Missing information is explicitly recorded.

Trust & data

Agree the boundaries before sharing data.

Necessary data
We agree the extracts needed for the examination and ask you to exclude unnecessary personal data.
Paper before data
Scope, confidentiality and data-sharing arrangements are defined before data is received.
Access, tools and retention
Before sharing records, agree who can access them, which tools may be used, where data is processed and how long working copies are kept. Raise specific security requirements in the first conversation.
Traceable work
We distinguish sources, calculations and assumptions so the assessment can be examined.
Clear limits
The engagement letter defines the work and its limits. Specific assurance requirements should be raised before an engagement begins.

Read the guide to data security before a review