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Okan Barlas, Founder.

Barlas Consulting exists because Okan Barlas wanted to do consulting the way he always wished it were done: by the person who actually builds the thing.

  • Nearly 30 years in digital
  • Builder first, advisor second
  • East Rutherford, NJ · serving the US
Okan Barlas, Founder of Barlas Consulting

Over nearly thirty years in the digital sector, Okan has worked across software, technology, and e-commerce, as a builder first. He still builds his own AI software ventures today, which is the reason his advice carries weight: he is not recommending a path he would not walk himself.

That is what makes the firm different. Most consultants advise from a distance and disappear before the hard part. Okan stays through implementation, because he is the one implementing. The strategy and the software come from the same hands, so the gap between what is recommended and what gets built simply does not open.

Barlas Consulting is intentionally a boutique. It means you get enterprise-grade method without the layers, the handoffs, or the diluted attention. You get the founder, the experience, and the accountability of someone whose name is on the work.

If you want a partner who will tell you the truth and then help you build on it, you are in the right place.

Advice you can build on.

Let's talk about what you're building.

A direct, no-pressure conversation with Okan — usually within a couple of business days.