Summary
Olgun Aydın is a Principal Data & AI Architect and PhD statistician with over a decade of experience designing and delivering production-grade ML and Generative AI products across enterprise and academic settings. He has driven multimillion-dollar cost savings and revenue uplift through AI platforms and computer vision/NLP solutions while mentoring teams and establishing MLOps, model explainability, and monitoring standards. At Nike he led architectures that delivered measurable business impact, and he continues to shape AI strategy at Ciklum and as an advisor to AI-first startups. As an assistant professor he teaches NLP, data visualization and mathematical statistics, bridging cutting-edge research with practical engineering. He is also an author of R packages and books on machine learning and Python, signaling a rare mix of scholarly output and hands-on product delivery. Based in Gdańsk, he quietly combines rigorous academic credentials with pragmatic product instincts that accelerate AI adoption in business.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts
Master of Science (MSc), Statistics, Master of Science (MSc), Statistics at Ege University
English, Polish, Turkish