Utku Cengiz Acar / Ankara, TR

I optimize the process, then ship the product around it.

Industrial engineering student at METU with data science and risk-analytics internships at Philip Morris International and Garanti BBVA. Founder of Hallet İK, a gamified aptitude-test platform live at halletik.com.

FIG. 1 — outlet clustering into balanced sales territories, PMI 2025
  1. Philip Morris International

    Data Science / Product Intern

    • Ran exploratory data analysis on distributor data and built a territory-optimization pipeline in Python (pandas, scikit-learn) that clustered outlets by location and visit frequency into balanced sales territories.
    • Helped maintain, test, and tune the performance of a mobile app alongside the development team.
    • Wrote Python scripts to automate repetitive operational tasks, cutting down manual work.

    Tools — Python, SQL, Microsoft Tools

  2. Garanti BBVA

    Risk Management Intern

    • Analyzed financial and operational risk data that fed into the Risk Management team's assessment frameworks.
    • Cleaned and classified data and streamlined reporting workflows for better accuracy.

    Tools — Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Tools

  3. TUSAS — Turkish Aerospace Industries

    Industrial Engineering Intern

    • Analyzed manufacturing workflows to spot inefficiencies and proposed data-backed fixes.
    • Used SQL and Excel models to pull and present operational data for the engineering team.

    Tools — SQL, Microsoft Excel

  4. Etsy

    Owner — Digital Product & Arbitrage Marketing

    • Started and ran an Etsy store selling digital products and arbitrage items, handling everything from listings to customer service.
    • Ran market research and SEO work that grew product visibility and organic traffic.

    Skills — Market Analysis, SEO, E-commerce Operations

  5. Kopilot Eğitim

    Project Development Intern

    • Researched university departments and career paths and organized the findings into the company's content database.

    Tools — Microsoft Tools

Hallet İK Live

halletik.com ↗

Founder & Product Owner — Personal Project · 2026

A gamified platform for practicing the aptitude tests used in hiring (SHL, Korn Ferry–style formats), with games for attention, working memory, speed, and logic. Built end to end with AI-assisted development, using Supabase for backend, auth, and data storage. SEO work grew it to 37 registered users.

  • Product Development
  • Supabase
  • SEO
  • User Growth

More experiments and code on GitHub and Kaggle.

Middle East Technical University (METU)

B.S. in Industrial Engineering

  • CGPA: 3.34 / 4.0
  • Minor in Economics (Oct 2023 – Present)

Technical University of Sofia

Exchange Semester

Certifications

  • Google Data Analytics Certificate — Coursera / Google, Jun 2024
  • Entrepreneurship & App Development — Oyun ve Uygulama Akademisi, Dec 2022 – 2023

Programming Languages

  • Python
  • SQL
  • MATLAB

Data & Analytics

  • Data Classification
  • Risk Analysis
  • Process Optimization
  • Market Analysis

Tools & Platforms

  • Excel
  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Git
  • Kaggle
  • Supabase

Other

  • SEO
  • DevOps Basics
  • Mobile App Testing
  • AI-assisted Development

Languages

  • Turkish — Native
  • English — Professional

METU Chess Club

Director & Coordinator

  • Ran chess tournaments and club events for 50+ members, and managed the club's social media.

Turkish Youth Chess Championship

3× National Champion — Turkish Chess Federation

European Schools Chess Championship

3rd Place

Let's talk about your team, or my product.

Ankara, Turkey