Product Manager | AI Enthusiast | Builder of Smart Systems
📍 Ankara, TR (EMEA)
📫 LinkedIn • Medium • GitHub • ✉️ ilkan89@gmail.com
Product Manager with 12+ years in software — from startups to enterprise scale.
I focus on building intelligent systems that connect AI, automation, and analytics into seamless user experiences.
I love both the hard stuff (RAG pipelines, GenAI systems, AI Agents) and the soft stuff (growth culture, leadership, mentoring).
🧠 I believe AI products aren’t built—they evolve.
- Leading AI & Growth(Analytics) at Team System / Mikrogrup
- Building AI Agents for support, sales, and operations
- Driving Product-Led Growth (PLG) across SaaS ecosystems
- Experimenting with LLMs, RAGs, and analytics-driven decisions
- 🤖 Support Agent (GPT-powered) — inbound call efficiency
- 🧠 Sales Coach Bot — simulated prospects, cut rep ramp-up
- ⚙️ Lead Machine — referral engine generating new channel
- 🧾 Churn Prediction (ML), What2Eat Chatbot, Vibe PM Agent
Product: PLG, Growth Analytics, Strategy, Team Building
Technical: LLMs, GenAI, AI Agents, RAGs, Python (AI/ML), JavaScript, SQL
Ops & Tools: Jira, Zapier, Qlik Sense, Metabase, Firebase, Docker, AWS
Behavioral: Problem Solving, Decision Making, Leadership, Coaching
- 🧮 M.S. Computer Engineering — METU
- 🔍 M.S. Computer Forensics — Ankara University (Alexa/Assistant Forensics, 20 citations)
- 📊 B.S. Mathematics — METU
Section4 MBA (Top 1 Global) • PMI-PBA • ISTQB-CTFL • Data Scientist (Python)
Mentor @ PMI-TR • Instructor @ Startups • Trainer for Product, BA, and QA
AI Agents • SaaS Tools • Smart Assistants • Growth Analytics
CrossFit • Metal Music • Vibe Coding