Atakan Sarı
Head of Studio, Product · İstanbul
Giant Avocado · mobile game studio, İstanbul
Head of Studio, Product
Sep 2022 to present
- Rebuilt the studio around AI agents; built Giant Aicado (~2,500 agent-written commits since Feb 2026).
- 60 HTML prototypes; winners ship to Google Play, Unity follows.
- Run a fleet of four machines and a VM for agent QA and ideation.
- Ran the CasualMatic publisher deal for Word Busters.
- Led the $240K pre-seed (Sep 2022).
- Led up to 15 people, five direct reports (2020 to 2024).
- KPI gates on every title; stopped or paused three on the numbers.
- Match & Derby: 46% D1, 17% D7, 64% IAP, 18% D7 ROAS pre-meta.
Product Manager
May 2021 to Sep 2022
- Led Endless Colonies and Your Balls: 110%+ D7 ROAS, 900K+ downloads combined.
Product consultant, part-time
Dec 2019 to May 2021
- Advised the product team, managed designers and an analyst, made hires.
XYZ Technology · regulated fintech and digital assets, İstanbul
Consultant (contract)
May 2021 to Dec 2024
- Structured the Estonia entity ahead of the $1M Blizzard Fund round (2022).
- Filed the SPK application (Jul 2024); listed Aug 2024.
- Ran product for a crypto AML platform.
- Wrote R&D applications; two more TÜBİTAK approvals.
Product Manager
May 2019 to May 2021
- B2B custody: in-house infrastructure, then Fireblocks.
- Consumer custody wallet: on/off-ramp, P2P, QR payments.
- Ran R&D; two TÜBİTAK approvals.
Product Owner
Feb 2018 to May 2019
- Crowdfunding, secondary market and STO platforms for banks and brokerages.
Robert Bosch Türkiye · İstanbul
Controlling Business Partner, part-time
Aug 2017 to Feb 2018
- Controlling, budgeting, forecasting and MIS reporting.
Internships
Scope Markets, FinTech Intern
Aug 2016 to Jan 2017
- Derivatives pricing, arbitrage and trading-strategy research.
Borsa İstanbul, Finance Intern, Private Market
Jan 2016 to Feb 2016
- Startup and growth-company analysis.
Education
İstanbul Bilgi University
Full scholarship · double major
- B.Sc. Financial Mathematics, 2012 to 2017.
- B.Eng. Industrial Engineering, 2015 to 2018.
Sciences Po
2017
- Minor in Economics (exchange).
Certificates
CFA Level I
Languages
- Turkish: native
- English: C1
- Spanish: A2
- French: A2
- Russian: A1