Cihan Özcelik Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

• Working on Mokitron.

• I love jumping in at the early stages of tech startups, especially those focused on customized 2D and 3D design tools, simulation, visualization, game development, and design and helping them get off the ground. Here’s.
• Technical Strategy and Architecture: I set up the main technical architecture and the initial development environment, making sure everything is scalable and solid.
• Prototyping and MVP Development: I quickly turn ideas into prototypes and MVPs, helping to validate concepts and get early feedback.
• Team Formation and Integration: I help build the development team, integrate new members, and make sure everyone’s on the same page.
• Customized Design Tools, Simulation, and Visualization: I’ve played a key role in starting companies that develop these advanced technologies.
• User Experience Design: I contribute significantly to designing user experiences, ensuring that the final product is both functional and user-friendly by integrating best practices and innovative design strategies.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked on a browser based game engine and a real-time strategy game: Guardians of Atlas.
• Joined as an early engineering hire and moved to Palo Alto, California.
• Implemented ability and upgrade systems.
• Developed command and command queue systems.
• Contributed to collision and steering implementation.
• Contributed to implementation of game design tools (map editor, entity editor, ability editor, upgrade editor).

Istanbul, Turkey

• Developed the most advanced yet simple online customization tool using HTML5.
• Implemented a real time graphics filter that imitates engraved printing.
• Created a design canvas that can be viewed in any 3D perspective.
• Designed and developed all the back-end and front-end.
• CoffeeScript, HTML5 Canvas, NodeJS, MongoDB, Github.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Qualified and funded by Turkish Ministry of Industry and Trade.
• Proposed an augmented-reality software for architecture and qualified from a pool of 800 applications.
• Developed a CAD application for window manufacturers.
• Implemented numerous adver-games.
• Designed and developed a mobile education and exam application.
• Developed the first iOS app that can stream live TV in Turkey for a major channel.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Co-founded an ecosystem of tools for creating interactive books.
• Implemented a tool that can convert PSD files into interactive HTML5 content.
• Integrated a custom version of my SmirkEngine in order to provide user interactivity.
• Created and published a popular first-party interactive iPad book to promote our platform.
• Implemented a 3D depth effect that’s automatically applied to layers and responds to iPad movement.
• There are more than 60 books using the Kipatlık platform on iOS in the App-Store.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Developed a funny tower defense game.
• Designed the game, implemented with SmirkEngine, created all the art, had lots of fun.
• Developed tens of websites using PHP and Actionscript.
• Released an open-source behavior-driven game engine. Iteratively shaped by years of experience and needs. Graphics and Physics library agnostic and forces a very simple but clean software architecture. Added a.
• Iteratively shaped by years of experience and needs. Helped me implement countless different projects.
• Adapted and pioneered iOS application development in Turkey.

Kocaeli, Turkey

• Worked on a tactical air defense modeling and simulation software
• Contributed abstract model creations for various real world entities including ground to air missiles.
• Joined as an early engineer and witnessed the early days of one of Europe’s best defense companies.
• Contributed to system design and architecture.
• Developed a documentation plugin for improved the process by almost 3x faster than before.
• Developed a 3D aircraft waypoint editor and prototyped an aircraft landing simulation.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Lectured on game and interactive content development

Istanbul, Turkey

• Developed a mobile guide application for tourists using J2ME and XML.
• Designed and managed building of an e-commerce site using JSP, HTML, MySQL.
• Prototyped a 3D ring design tool using Java3D.
• Prototyped a basic photoshop like image editor using Java2D.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Designed and developed a social networking platform for enterprise usage(No facebook yet).
• Developed an online magazine editor using JavaScript(That was so cool in 2001).
• Designed and developed a web based communication program for AKP İstanbul which is used sending weekly e-bulletins, messaging systems for users. PHP, HTML, MySQL.
• Designed and developed a web based communication program for Türk-Belçika İşadamları Derneği which is used sending weekly e-bulletins, messaging systems for users. PHP, HTML and MySQL.

Istanbul, Turkey

Developed lots of interactive flash sites. Wonderful days.