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Faruk Celikkanat

@farukcelikkanat

AI Transformation Engineer at Celikkanat AI Technologies, running an autonomous LLM workflow that tracks recommendations across eight categories.

Turkey
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At Celikkanat AI Technologies, I designed and operate the AI Recommendation Index, an autonomous weekly workflow that processes around 700 LLM responses across eight categories. It uses OpenAI and Gemini APIs to extract and rank brands, track changes, and publish results without manual steps.

I also built FERSAN, a governance layer for Claude Code and Codex that runs agents in isolated, permission-restricted sessions and logs prompts, outputs, and costs. At DowAksa, I worked with operations, quality, and IT experts to replace manual workflows with production ML systems; automation cut data-processing time by 40% and saved more than 20 staff hours per week.

Earlier, at Turkish Land Forces Command HQ, I managed an ML personnel-assessment and workforce-planning system that reduced evaluation time by 50% and increased accuracy by 30%. I bring an M.Sc. in Statistics and experience taking AI and data systems from workflow discovery through production, adoption, and impact measurement.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

VA

Co-founder

VERIMAKER AI

Jan 2018 - Dec 2022 (4 years 11 months)

Co-founded an AI company.

TF

Retired Army Officer

Turkish Armed Forces

Jan 2005 - Dec 2022 (17 years 11 months)

Served as an army officer, including a NATO ISAF deployment in 2009.

TH

Chief of Analysis Department

Turkish Land Forces Command HQ

Jul 2019 - Sep 2022 (3 years 2 months)

Managed an organization-wide ML personnel-assessment and workforce-planning system that replaced a manual evaluation process, reducing evaluation time by 50% and increasing accuracy by 30%. Led the TÜBİTAK Sniper Digitization Project, improving efficiency by 30% and saving ~$50,000/year.

DA

Data Scientist / Head of Turkey Operations

DataToBiz

Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 (11 months)

Led data science operations in Turkey.

SW

Data Analyst

Statistical Workshop

Jan 2016 - Dec 2016 (11 months)

Performed data analysis tasks.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies logoUS

University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies

Certificate, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

Completed certificates in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in 2025.

Coursera logoCO

Coursera

Professional Certificate, Data Science

Completed the Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100) Exam Prep Professional Certificate.

Ankara University logoAU

Ankara University

Master of Science, Statistics

M.Sc. in Statistics with a thesis on seasonal time-series forecasting.

Istanbul Technical University logoIU

Istanbul Technical University

Certificate, Big Data and Business Analytics

Completed the Big Data and Business Analytics Certificate Program.

Turkish Military Academy logoTA

Turkish Military Academy

Bachelor of Science, System Engineering

B.Sc. in System Engineering, ranked 4th of 800.

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