Professional Experience

• Senior Data and Optimization Scientist, SmartKiwi AI (Nov. 2023 – Jul. 2025)
  • Built an end-to-end decision-support platform for demand forecasting and inventory optimization, enabling tailored forecasts and operational decision support through an interactive interface.
  • Developed and deployed a high-frequency passenger forecasting and optimization system at Istanbul Grand Airport for lane and staff allocation, achieving 92% accuracy and reducing wait times by 25–35%.
• Mid-level Data Scientist, SmartKiwi AI (May 2023 – Nov. 2023)
  • Designed a polygon-based region assignment strategy for courier operations, improving delivery coverage and workload balance.
  • Contributed to automated courier scheduling and route assignment systems, replacing manual planning with data-driven optimization.
• Junior Data Scientist, SmartKiwi AI (Jan. 2023 – May 2023)
  • Developed a geospatial demand modeling strategy for car-sharing systems by partitioning cities into hexagonal grids, improving vehicle distribution and service availability.
  • Built a surge pricing model for more than 80 kitchen locations, increasing monthly delivery revenue by 50% without harming user conversion.
• Data Science Intern, Affable AI (Nov. 2021 – Apr. 2022)
  • Improved the sentiment analysis pipeline, reducing batch prediction latency from 180 seconds to 23 seconds.
  • Deployed a transformer-based brand classification model that improved influencer matching quality by 25%.