Umut Erkal
Chief Executive Officer at Evolion Research Inc.
Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolUmut Erkal is a serial hardware founder and CEO with 11 years of experience building IoT and robotics companies, currently leading Evolion Research after founding Turta, which partnered with Microsoft, Google and major Turkish institutions to deliver IoT devices and training. He combines product-level hardware design with ecosystem-building—bringing maker culture to Turkey by founding the Istanbul IoT & Wearables meetup and organizing Maker Faires and community training. Recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2012, Umut has repeatedly bridged industry and education through summer schools, camps, and large-scale IoT deployments. His background spans precision farming, modular robotics in Silicon Valley, and hands-on R&D, reflecting both entrepreneurial grit and engineering curiosity. Notably, he spends spare cycles improving the AI of his R2-D2 droid, underscoring a playful, experimental approach to applied AI and embedded systems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration, Marketing, Bachelor's degree, Business Administration, Marketing at Yeditepe University
English, Turkish
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Github Skills (7)
arduino10
esp82669
esp-idf9
esp329
platformio9
hat7
iot4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Turta-io/Modular
Sep 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:11 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
Turta-io/RelayHAT
May 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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