Abbas Yılmaz is a technology leader and entrepreneur with a decade of hands-on software engineering experience who currently serves as CTO of Governate Ltd while founding several mission-driven ventures including Diplomacy Network, Naive AI, and stateful.art. He blends product-minded engineering with systems and infrastructure expertise gained at companies like Vattenfall and ELEMENT Insurance, delivering projects from windpark aggregation hubs to platform IaC and NFT initiatives. Abbas pursues a broader social purpose—building applications that serve humans, animals, and plants—and frames his work around “peace through equality,” reflecting an unusual coupling of technical craft with civic-minded diplomacy. His background spans formal computer engineering and information & technology law, enabling pragmatic, legally aware tech leadership. Based in Antalya, he describes himself as a peacemaker and often leads cross-disciplinary initiatives that bridge art, blockchain, and sustainability.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering at Izmir Institute of Technology
Master of Arts (MA) Information and Technology Law, Master of Arts (MA) Information and Technology Law at Istanbul Bilgi University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at Aarhus University
A decentralized app for initiating p2p peacemaking interaction. Deployed to Görli testnet @ Ethereum blockchain
Contributions:1 review, 142 commits, 14 PRs in 4 months
decentralized-appinteractionpeacedappethereum
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Abbas Yılmaz - Chief Technology Officer at Diplomacy Network