Mehmet Kabak
Co-founder And CEO at StartX
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMehmet Kabak is a founder-CEO and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building AI-native data infrastructure and scalable ML systems from research prototypes to production. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford and applies deep mathematical techniques—probabilistic models, optimization, and conformal prediction—to practical problems like real-time streaming analytics and classifier health monitoring. As co-founder of Synnada and former founder of Gordius, he blends entrepreneurial product focus with hands-on backend engineering, including contributor-level work on Apache DataFusion’s SQL engine improving aggregation, type handling, and window utilities. His background spans autonomous systems, industrial IoT, and high-frequency trading infrastructure, revealing a knack for turning numerically rigorous research into performant, real-world software. Based in San Francisco and active in the StartX founder community, he combines academic rigor with startup execution to build data platforms that power AI applications.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
Turkish, English, German
Github Skills (17)
arrow-keys10
fusion10
sql10
query-engine10
rust10
arrows10
arrow-js10
aggregate9
aggregate-functions9
big-data9
query-optimization9
aggregations9
aggregates9
data-structures8
data-structure8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
apache/datafusion
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Apache DataFusion SQL Query Engine
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:510 reviews, 2 commits, 81 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Mehmet primarily focused on improving the `apache/datafusion` query engine, specifically by refactoring code related to scalar values and aggregation functions. Their work involved removing type coercions, improving code deduplication, and adjusting join keys and aggregate keys. The user also improved comments and addressed code duplication issues within the project's core components. Additionally, they contributed to refactoring and simplifying window frame utilities, as well as improving documentation.
querypythonquery-enginedataframerust
ozankabak/dotfiles
Nov 2018 - Jan 2025
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 3 months
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