Zafer Demirkol
Co-Founder at Deepp AI
Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolZafer Demirkol is a veteran software engineer, educator and entrepreneur with over three decades of hands-on programming experience, now co-founding Deepp AI to deliver privacy-minded, customized AI solutions for businesses. He began coding on a Sinclair in 1985, authored 14 books—several multi‑edition bestsellers including a children’s coding title translated to English—and has trained thousands of professionals across more than 200 organizations. Zafer blends academic teaching (senior lecturer roles in multiple Turkish universities) with industry practice, delivering courses from OOP and web programming to Python and applied AI. A three‑time Microsoft MVP and member of the European AI Alliance, he also serves as an AWS ML instructor and frequent keynote speaker and mentor on AI transformation. Known for turning complex technologies into accessible learning, he runs corporate training and public-facing channels that bridge developer education and product-focused AI adoption.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Electrical Engineering, BSc Electrical Engineering at Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi UNSW SydneyProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
zaferdemirkol/yapayzeka
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 61 pushes in 6 months
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