Bulent Tastan is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building products that bridge complex backend systems and user-facing applications. He currently leads Umi, a blockchain infrastructure startup unifying EVM and Move under a single execution layer to make cross-ecosystem deployment seamless. His background spans senior roles at Meta and Amazon, multiple founder/CTO ventures, and a Berkeley SkyDeck fellowship, combining large-scale engineering practices with early-stage product hustle. Comfortable across full stacks and distributed systems, he has repeatedly turned integration challenges into product differentiators—most recently removing the need to rewrite contracts or rely on fragile bridges. Based in Texas, he blends academic depth (PhD work in computer science) with pragmatic startup execution.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Berkeley SkyDeck Fall'19, Berkeley SkyDeck Fall'19 at University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at Boğaziçi University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of Central Florida
Contributions:23 commits, 10 PRs, 23 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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