Umut Zorlu is a Core Product Engineer with 11 years of experience building AI-driven products and startups, currently helping globeholder.ai develop a world-model architecture that enables AI to reason about real-world causality. He co-founded Comparisonator, an AI-powered football recruitment platform used by 100+ professionals, and previously led its technology as CTO for seven years. Beyond product engineering, he coordinates AI programs at the Center for Democracy Research and advises education and growth-stage ventures, blending civic tech, policy, and commercial product experience. A longtime organizer in Türkiye’s mobile app community and alumni association president, he pairs technical depth with ecosystem-building and advocacy. Based in Mars, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (originally from Turkey), he combines hands-on engineering, data-driven sports analytics, and a restless interest in web3, marketing, and design.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Beşiktaş Anadolu Lisesi
Bachelor of Science - BS, Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Science - BS, Management Information Systems at Boğaziçi University
Redis standalone caching library for Node.JS and also cache engine for cacheman
Contributions:3 pushes in 3 years 1 month
redisredis-standalonecache-enginenode-jscaching
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Umut Zorlu - Core Product Engineer at globeholder.ai