Curriculum Vitae

09/2026 – present

MuniQuant (TUM student club) — Member

• Admitted through an application requiring a self-built algorithmic trading strategy and its evaluation logic.

08/2026 – present

qlab — quantitative research and backtesting framework

• Python research stack (public on GitHub) for data ingestion, signal construction, backtesting and validation: embargoed walk-forward testing, locked holdout, mandatory transaction costs, logged trials and explicit lookahead/survivorship checks.
• Result that shaped the method: across a 66-configuration momentum sweep the best out-of-sample Sharpe of 0.91 deflates to 0.05 once corrected for the number of trials. Findings documented in seven research notes, including a limit-order-book simulator.

08/2026 – present

Munich First 90 — web app for international students

• Live, free guide to the first 90 days of German administration in Munich: 11 core steps with prerequisite logic and deadlines, each linked to its official source; interface in English, German and Turkish. Built solo.
• “Ask” feature: an LLM (Mistral) answers only from the site’s own sourced content and cites the step behind each answer; requests for individual legal assessment are declined, keeping the product within the German Legal Services Act (RDG).
• React Native (Expo) / TypeScript, automated tests and CI; progress stored on the device only, no user accounts. Competitor review (incl. Expatrio) before the build.

since 2021

Self-directed equity investing — US and Turkish markets

• Fundamental screening and valuation work combined with event-driven entries; defined stop-loss and take-profit rules, position sizing, no leverage.

04/2025 – 09/2025 · Munich

Microbify GmbH — Project Consultant (TUM Project Study)

• European market-expansion analysis for an extremophile-based biotechnology company: identification and prioritisation of new application fields across B2B and B2G segments.
• Five-person team under Prof. Dr. Claudia Doblinger; SWOT/TOWS-based prioritisation, findings presented and handed over to company leadership.
• Graded 1.0; reference letter issued by the CEO.

07/2023 – 08/2023 · Istanbul

Birollar Otomotiv (Mercedes-Benz dealer group) — Intern

• Supported analysis processes and quality-assurance reporting across design, production, sales and service; observed an ERP implementation and contributed to marketing plans.

2021 – 2022 · Istanbul

Earlier internships — Kromevye San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Birinci Gümrük Müşavirliği

• Production planning, quality control and order tracking in manufacturing; customs documentation and supplier coordination in a customs brokerage.

10/2024 – exp. summer 2027

Technische Universität München — B.Sc. Sustainable Management and Technology

• Selected coursework: Sustainable Investment and Financial Management · Microeconomics · Macroeconomics · Modeling and Optimization (IBM ILOG CPLEX / OPL) · Management Science · Business Law · Supply Chain Management · Technology and Innovation Management · Circular Economy · LCA / MFA
• Selected grades: Project Study (Microbify GmbH) 1.0 · Innovative Entrepreneurs – Leadership of High-Tech Companies 1.0 · Microeconomics 1.3 · Sustainable Operations 1.7, top 5 of the cohort · Business Law 1.7

06/2024

Istanbul Alman Lisesi (German High School Istanbul) — Abitur