Mehmet Akkın
Operasyon Lideri at StartGate
London, England, Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolMehmet Akkın is an operations and business development leader with a decade of experience focused on the gaming and tech sectors, currently leading operations at StartGate and supporting investments at PlayGate Ventures. He blends data-driven market analysis and hands-on execution to design incubation programs, manage investor relations, and drive regional expansion for game startups. Comfortable translating technical needs into commercial outcomes, he has contributed Android-specific improvements to Google Play Games’ Unity plugin, showing practical engineering chops behind his strategic work. Mehmet combines academic training in data science, political science and capital markets with applied machine learning bootcamp experience to inform evidence-based decisions. Known for a relationship-first approach, he regularly connects startups, investors and partners to accelerate ecosystem growth. Based in London with roots in Turkey, he brings a multicultural perspective to cross-border opportunities in gaming.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Political Science & International Relations, Master of Arts - MA, Political Science & International Relations at Istanbul UniversityBachelor's degree, Political Science & International Relations, Bachelor's degree, Political Science & International Relations at İstanbul 29 Mayıs ÜniversitesiMaster of Arts - MA, Data Science & Political Science, Master of Arts - MA, Data Science & Political Science at Sapienza Università di RomaMaster of Arts - MA, Sermaye Piyasası ve Borsa, Master of Arts - MA, Sermaye Piyasası ve Borsa at Marmara University
English, Arabic, Turkish
Github Skills (11)
android-library10
javas10
authentication10
user-authentication10
android-sdk10
mobile-development10
android-development10
java10
unity3d9
api9
apim9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
playgameservices/play-games-plugin-for-unity
Apr 2019 - Apr 2022
Google Play Games plugin for Unity
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:8 releases, 173 commits, 66 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Mehmet primarily contributed to the Google Play Games plugin for Unity, focusing on Android platform-specific implementations. Their work involved adding new APIs such as the Recall API, modifying existing authentication methods, and addressing issues related to sign-in, permission requests, and saved game functionality. These contributions include code modifications to core Android client and token client classes, and modifications to build/integration support libraries. They also handled version updates, logging, and ensured compatibility with Unity versions, suggesting a strong focus on the Android side of the plugin and its integration with the Unity engine.
gamesgoogle-play-gamesgoogle-playplay-gamesunity
ozdemir08/hackerrank
Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:43 commits, 40 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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