Experience

  1. Co-Founder & Technical Lead

    VISIGHT Technology
    • Co-founded and scaled a startup developing AI-driven biometric authentication and face payment solutions.
    • Led architecture of KYC (DigiVis) and Face Payment (PayVis) platforms (Flutter SDK, Azure/AWS, FastAPI, PostgreSQL).
    • Designed pipelines for liveness detection, face matching, MRZ/NFC integrations, secured with AES-256 encryption.
    • Directed PoCs and enterprise deployments with aviation and banking partners (e.g., THY).

  2. Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

    GÖKBEY Technology
    • Led full-cycle R&D of agricultural spraying UAVs.
    • Oversaw mechanical design, electronics, embedded software, and ground control stations.
    • Directed mapping, autonomous flight, and remote operation systems.
    • Guided multidisciplinary teams and contributed to subsystem implementations.

  3. Software Engineer

    AUTONOM Technology
    • Developed computer vision and autonomy software for UAVs.
    • Built pipelines for real-time object detection, classification, and localization.
    • Contributed to autonomous flight control and real-time video analytics.

  4. Intern - Autonomous Systems / Swarm Intelligence R&D

    STM Defence Technologies
    • Researched swarm intelligence algorithms (collision avoidance, velocity matching, flock centering).
    • Modeled quadrotor systems and implemented MATLAB simulations.
    • Designed a test interface and supported real-world drone flight tests.

  5. Intern - Electronics & Embedded Systems

    OTOKAR Automotive & Defence Industry
    • Developed Qt/C++ applications and tested Yocto-based embedded systems.
    • Studied UART communication with Moxa cards and CAN bus protocols.
    • Performed panel system tests on Cobra II armored vehicles.

  6. Research Intern

    Kocaeli University, Image Processing & Computer Vision Lab
    • Worked on image processing projects using Python and C++.
    • Gained hands-on experience in computer vision algorithms and academic research.

  7. Intern - Web Design

    Tasit.com
    • Developed web interfaces with HTML & CSS.
    • Built interactive web applications using ASP.NET.

Education

  1. Ph.D., Information Systems Engineering

    Kocaeli University
    Dissertation: KURTAR: IoT and AI-Based Disaster Response Platform (TÜBİTAK 1001 Supported Project).
    Focus: Edge/Cloud AI, sensor fusion, seismic detection, and IoT-based disaster management.

  2. M.Sc., Information Systems Engineering

    Kocaeli University
    Thesis: Prediction of Air Quality from PM10 Concentrations and Meteorological Information Using Cross-Data Analytics.
    Research on data analytics, environmental monitoring, and machine learning.

  3. B.Sc., Computer Engineering

    Kocaeli University
    Focus: Algorithm Analysis, Design Patterns, Distributed Systems.
    Achievements: Engineering Faculty Achievement Award (AUVSI SUAS).
    Graduation Project: Deep Learning-Based Sign Recognition and Autonomous Driving Development.

  4. High School, Information Technologies (Web Design)

    STFA Anatolian Technical High School
    Graduated 1st in class (Valedictorian). Specialized in Information Technologies and Web Design.
Skills & Hobbies
AI & Vision
Deep Learning (PyTorch/TensorFlow)
Detection/Tracking (YOLO, SORT/DeepSORT)
Edge AI (TensorRT, TFLite, Quantization)
Systems & Cloud
Python, C/C++, R
REST APIs (FastAPI/Flask), Docker
Azure & AWS (API Gateway, CI/CD)
Data & QC
PBRTQC / (M)EWMA / Anomaly Detection
Signal Processing (IMU/Audio/Seismic)
Awards
AUVSI SUAS — Team Finalist & Placement
AUVSI ∙ June 2019
Autonomous UAS mission with CV & autonomous navigation.
OpenZeka MARC — Stage 2 (2nd), Overall (5th)
OpenZeka ∙ December 2018
CNN lane tracking, YOLO traffic sign detection, ROS on Jetson TX2.
TEKNOFEST — Judge
TEKNOFEST ∙ September 2021
Evaluated autonomous/AI projects.
TÜBİTAK & KOSGEB Grants (multiple)
TÜBİTAK/KOSGEB ∙ January 2020
R&D funding across AI, CV and embedded projects (2020–2025).
Languages
100%
Turkish
75%
English