Summary
Özkan Özdemir is a founder and senior full-stack web developer with 11 years of experience building backend and frontend systems, specializing in PHP, JavaScript, Laravel, Vue and React while also applying Node.js and Go for scalable services. Based in Dubai, he blends hands-on delivery from freelance engagements with leadership roles such as CTO and team lead, moving between startups and agency projects to ship production-grade applications. He is comfortable across a wide language surface—some Python, C, Java, C# and Ruby—enabling pragmatic integration work and cross-platform problem solving. Known for combining deep PHP/Laravel expertise with modern JS frameworks, he often bridges legacy systems and modern frontends, a skill sharpened by founding Appn Software after a decade of client work.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Dumlupinar University
Associate's degree Webmaster and Coding, Associate's degree Webmaster and Coding at Anadolu University
Bachelor's degree Business/Commerce General, Bachelor's degree Business/Commerce General at Afyon Kocatepe University
4, 4 at Havva Öziş Bakan Lisesi
Turkish, İngilizce