Founder & CEO, ilumeny GmbH — AI-Powered Mainframe Modernization

Sultan Zakir

Sultan Zakir is the founder of ilumeny GmbH, building AI-powered tools that help banks, insurers, and regulated institutions modernize legacy mainframe systems — COBOL, JCL, and DB2 — faster and with far less risk than traditional manual approaches. Everything runs on-premise or EU-hosted, GDPR/DORA-compliant by design.

This work draws directly on over 24 years of hands-on banking IT experience — including UniCredit, HVB, and Bank Austria — spanning enterprise architecture, legacy modernization, system integration, and architecture decision-making in highly regulated environments. Sultan also takes on select consulting engagements, bringing ilumeny's own tooling into the delivery for faster, lower-risk outcomes.

ilumeny — Product Suite AI-powered Mainframe Discovery, DB2 Schema Migrator, Migration Project Planner, Legacy Auto-Upgrade, and Migration Autopilot. Closed beta now, commercial launch Q4 2026.
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Banking ITComprehensive knowledge of banking processes and products (Commercial Banking, Investment Banking, Retail Banking, Risk Management)
Modernization of legacy systemsExperience in migration projects from legacy mainframe systems to modern, cloud-ready architectures. Architectural patterns.
Sultan Zakir