Hakan Işıktekin is a software manager and engineering leader based in İzmir with 12 years of professional experience and over seven years managing cross-functional development teams. He specializes in machine learning, natural language processing, data mining and big-data solutions, having led TUBITAK-funded projects including an algorithmic Forex trading system and a domain valuation engine. Hakan combines hands-on implementation skills (from web platforms and CRMs to automated trading robots) with product-focused optimization such as revenue-maximizing parked-domain systems and rapid domain monetization experiments. His open-source contributions include usability and visualization enhancements to the Java XChart library, demonstrating attention to UX in data-heavy tools. A Middle East Technical University computer engineering graduate, he brings a pragmatic, research-backed approach to turning complex analytics and time-series models into production software. Notably, he repeatedly secures R&D funding and translates that research into revenue-driving products.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Sırrı Yırcalı Anatolian High School
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
XChart is a light-weight Java library for plotting data.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:31 commits, 21 PRs, 68 comments in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Hakan implemented data labels and tooltips for charts, enhancing user interaction and data visualization. This involved creating a new `DataLabeller` class, adding a `MouseMotionListener`, and modifying plot content to display labels. Further contributions included adding a multiple Y-axes feature, along with y axis right/left alignment options. The user also added different legend positions and solved several placement issues on the x and y axes.
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