Independent Strategy & Innovation Consultant
Producer · Multidisciplinary Designer · Artist
Working across strategy, creative production, and system-oriented design.
Phone:
(+90) 533 474 47 58
Email:
Address:
İzmir, Urla, Ovacık Nbh. 16002 st. No:163
Date of Birth:
Dec 3rd, 1990
A Bit About Me
I work at the intersection of strategy, design, and media.
My background spans management consulting, product and brand design, digital interfaces, and media production. Over the years, I’ve collaborated on projects ranging from strategic planning and product development to creative direction, content production, and system design.
What defines my approach is not a single discipline, but the ability to connect disciplines. I focus on understanding the problem beneath the problem — aligning business goals, user experience, and creative execution into coherent, actionable solutions.
I value clarity over complexity, structure over noise, and long-term impact over short-term wins. Whether I’m advising organizations, shaping a product, or building a narrative, my work is driven by critical thinking, informed creativity, and measurable outcomes.
I engage with projects where trust, responsibility, and depth matter — and where thoughtful strategy can genuinely change the direction of a product, brand, or organization.
Background & Timeline
A multidisciplinary journey through design, technology, music, management and production.
My background has never followed a single linear discipline.
It developed through art, music, design, physics, product development, management consulting, media production and entrepreneurship — each layer contributing to the way I approach complex work today.
This timeline presents selected moments, transitions and experiences that shaped my current practice.
Work Experience
Current Direction
Today, my work is structured through a connected ecosystem: personal advisory and founder profile, TKV Strategy & Innovation, K&K Media Agency and GardenTurret.
Together, these platforms represent the current direction of my work across strategy, design, production and venture development.
The focus is no longer on a single discipline, but on building systems where disciplines work together.
Garden Turret - (2026-...)
Founder / Manager
Alsancak Şehitler Caddesi No/10c 35220 Konak/İzmir
GardenTurret develops autonomous perimeter deterrence infrastructure for privacy-focused outdoor environments.
Designed for villas, estates, resorts and premium rural properties.
GardenTurret is a premium venture developed under TKV Strategy & Innovation.
The project focuses on intelligent outdoor infrastructure for villas, estates, boutique hotels, resorts, private lands and high-standard managed environments.
It represents the venture development side of my current work.
GardenTurret is important because it demonstrates the direction of my current professional focus: creating high-value products and ventures that combine strategy, product architecture, market positioning and long-term commercial potential.
TKV Strategy & Innovation - (2026-...)
Founder / Manager
Alsancak Şehitler Caddesi No/10c 35220 Konak/İzmir
TKV Strategy & Innovation is an independent research, development and innovation company focused on creating defensible products, scalable systems and long-term commercial value.
Areas of expertise include:
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Product Development
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Strategic Innovation
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Industrial Design
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Applied Research
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Commercialization
In 2026, I established TKV Strategy & Innovation as the institutional center of my work across strategy, research, product architecture and venture development.
The company was created to develop research-driven products, strategic technologies and high-value ventures for premium markets.
TKV Strategy & Innovation represents a new phase: the transformation of multidisciplinary experience into a focused institutional structure. It connects my background in design, management, product development, creative production and strategy into a single professional platform.
K&K Media Agency - (2020-...)
Founder / Manager
Yenikent - Bizim St. No:8/2 Urla - İzmir
Media Production
- Image and Sound Production
- Cartoon/ Animation
- Professional Photo and Video Recording
- Light Design
- Editing Montage services
- Audio Recording Services
- Dubbing
- Music Making
- Mixing
- Mastering
- Digital Media Management
- Website design
- SEO
- Digital Marketing Management
K&K Media Agency was established as a creative production platform working across image, sound, cartoon and animation, photography, video, editing, dubbing, music production, mixing, mastering, digital media, website design, SEO and digital marketing.
It represents the production-oriented side of my ecosystem.
K&K Media Agency connects the artistic and technical sides of my background. It allows sound, image, narrative and digital production to exist as a professional structure rather than isolated creative activities.
Music Production and Album Work
In 2021, I undertook the sound engineering and production of my first album, Taste of the Fog, where I also contributed as a musician.
The project brought together studio production, musicianship, sound engineering and creative direction.
This album became an important creative milestone because it combined personal expression with production responsibility. It strengthened my understanding of how creative work must be managed both emotionally and technically.
TKV R&D - (Oct 2010-2026)
R&D Project Manager - Founder
Ataturk St. Atasehir Blvd. Saadet Ave. No:13
38 Ada Ata 3/1 Block 3rd Floor D:117 Ataşehir / Istanbul
TKV R&D functioned as my earlier research and development identity, focused on product development projects across different fields.
The work included product concepts, accessory design, mechanical systems, material-oriented thinking, product shells, structural analysis and interdisciplinary experimentation.
TKV R&D was the experimental foundation of what later became TKV Strategy & Innovation. It allowed me to test ideas across different fields before formalizing them into a more strategic company structure.
Product development projects in different fields
for civil and defense
- Electronic instrument, composite shell and building
materials development,
- Accessory design,
- Pneumatic and fired product design,
- Membrane systems,
- Analog processing and mechanical transmission
data analysis and learning,
- Shell design, structural analysis and motion
resistance improvements
Yankı Solutions
Jul 2023 – Feb 2024 · 8 months
Research And Development Consultant
İzmir, Türkiye
Mar 2023 – Jun 2023 · 4 monthsManagement Consultant
İstanbul, Türkiye
Interdepartmental transfer due to changing periodic needs (R&D / Product Development)
Interdepartmental transfer based on organizational needs (from a Management Consulting position)
- Design Management
- Crisis Management
- Project Management
- Management Consulting
- Team Management
At Yankı Solutions, I worked as a Management Consultant and later as a Research and Development Consultant.
My responsibilities included design management, crisis management, project management, management consulting, team management and R&D / product development work.
This experience strengthened my ability to move between organizational strategy, consulting and product-focused development.
Kodris - (2019-2020)
UI / UX Design Team Manager & Consultancy
Bilişim Vadisi / Gebze - Kocaeli
- Education / IT Digital product
- Kodris - K&K Media joint product
- “ON” Cartoon production
At Kodris, I worked as UI/UX Design Team Manager and Consultant on an education technology product.
The project connected digital product development, educational systems, interface design and interactive learning.
Kodris became one of the clearest examples of my interest in products that combine learning, design, technology and scalable impact. It also strengthened my ability to think about digital products as educational systems, not only software interfaces.
313 Software Bilişim Teknoloji ve Danışmanlık A.Ş.
(2016-2020)
Design Team Manager & Consultancy
Derviş St. No: 38/1 34785 Sancaktepe - İstanbul
Website and mobile application production
- UI / UX Design Team Manager & Consultancy
Digital Products and Interface Systems
At 313 Software, I worked on website and mobile application production, UI/UX design team management and consultancy.
This experience contributed to my understanding of digital products, interface structure, team coordination and software-related design processes.
Mesan Elektronik - (06.06.2016 - 08.2016)
CEO - Consulant / Management Consultation
Yeşilbayır St. Edirne - İstanbul
Electronic Caution/Warning Systems
- Product Management
- Company Management
- International Sales
- Logistics
- Production Technology Integration and Strategic
- Production Management Consultancy
Management, Product and Company Experience
At Mesan Elektronik, I worked across product management, company management, international sales, logistics, production technology integration and strategic production management consultancy.
This role contributed to my understanding of how product, production, management and commercial operations interact inside a company.
This was a major transition from design as an external discipline to design as part of business, production and management. It helped form the management-oriented side of my later consulting work.
Dura Makina - (01.2015 - 02.2016)
Industrial Product Designer (Intern)
14. Ave, No:7,Pınarçay Osb / Çorum
Metal industry cutting joinery twist painting
Production of Industrial Filling Machines
Silo systems and production
- CNC production compatible design
- Development,
- Industrial Production Compatible
- 3D Design Samples
- G Code Collaborative Solid Material
- Production Design
- Corporate Identity Design
Early Professional Design Experience
My early professional experience included roles at Daisy and Dura Makina, where I worked on industrial product design, production-compatible design, corporate identity, website-related work and product catalog development.
These experiences connected design education with production realities and client-facing execution.
Daisy - (01.2014 - 02.2014)
Art Director (Intern)
İstanbul
Production of Metal Household Appliances,
(foldable ladder, ironing board)
- Ladder Ironing Board Production,
- Website,
- Product catalog,
- Corporate Identity Studies
Education
Izmir University of Economics - (09.2016 - 2020)
(Instructional Language: English)
Institute of Social Sciences,
Design Studies (Masters with thesis)
- Conducted Research Areas:
UX (user experience), UI (user interface),
ID (interface/interior design),
Auxiliary Product/Accessory Design,
Product Shell Design,
Product Applications of Technological Integration
- Thesis Title:
Advanced Navigation User Interface Experience in
Motorcycle Helmet Design
Thesis no: 634731
I completed a thesis-based Master’s degree in Design Studies at İzmir University of Economics.
My research areas included user experience, user interfaces, interface and interior design, accessory design, product shell design and technological integration in product applications.
My thesis focused on advanced navigation user interface experience in motorcycle helmet design.
This research connected several parts of my background: mobility, interface design, product shells, safety, user experience and technological integration. It became one of the clearest examples of how my work naturally moves between physical products and digital systems.
Dogus University - (01.2012 - 12.2016)
Faculty of Arts and Design,
Industrial Design(Turkish)
Merit scholarship (%87)
3.33/4 (Graduate with honors)
- Courses taught as a lecturer asistant:
History of Art and Design I (Instructor Sezai Gülşen - 2012)
History of Art and Design II (Instructor Sezai Gülşen - 2012)
Drawing Studio I (Prof. Ayşe Özel - 2013)
Drawing Studio II (Prof. Ayşe Özel - 2013)
Computer-Aided Graphic Design
(Instructor Duygu Beykal İz - 2013)
Basic Photography (Instructor Duygu Beykal İz - 2013)
Light and Colour (Prof. Ayşe Özel - 2015)
I studied Industrial Design at Doğuş University, Faculty of Arts and Design, graduating with honors.
My education included product design, design history, drawing, computer-aided graphic design, photography, light and color, and design studio work.
This period formalized my relationship with product thinking, visual structure, industrial production and design methodology.
Photography, Film and Visual Production
Between 2013 and 2015, I worked across photography, cinematography, short films, promotional films and fashion-related shoots.
I also gained experience as an assistant director and worked on visual production projects connected to media, catalog and promotional content.
This period strengthened my understanding of image, lighting, framing, narrative and production discipline.
10.2014 Akgun Group Design Avard
(Feature Bathroom Cabine Design)
Hitit University - (09.2010 - 09.2011)
Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
Physics (Turkish)
GPA: BA, (left university)
Activities and Societies:
- Music Club
- Archeology Club
While I was a physics student, I was the founding
president of Hitit University Music Club and gave
essential music education to a total of 687 students in a 2-term period. I created a total of 22 music groups.
I prepared projects supported by the Ministry of Culture,Çorum Governorship, and the Archeology Department of Hitit University together.
Early Product and Mobility Concepts
Around 2011, I began working on hybrid motorcycle design, including body, chassis and engine system calculations.
During the same period, I also contributed to electric vehicle-related work connected to solar-powered car production initiatives.
These projects introduced product development, mechanical thinking and mobility-related design challenges early in my path.
These early mobility projects were important because they connected imagination with engineering reality. They showed that a product is not only an idea or sketch, but a system of permissions, materials, calculations, production constraints and real-world limitations.
Physics, Technology and Community Building
In 2010–2011, I studied physics at Hitit University.
During this period, I founded the Hitit University Music Club and provided essential music education to hundreds of students across two terms, contributing to the formation of multiple music groups.
This experience combined scientific curiosity, community building, organization and education.
Although I later moved toward design, the physics period remained important. It strengthened my analytical thinking and helped me approach creative work through structure, cause-effect relationships and system logic.
İstanbul Modern Music Academy - (2010 - 2011)
Guitar, Sound Engineering
Merit scholarship (%35)
(Graduate with honors)
Guitar Techniques, Harmony, Songwriting Techniques,Recording Techniques
- Berklee Scholarship, Equivalency and Exemption:
In 2010, as a result of the talent exam held with Greg Badolato from Berklee Boston University, monetary scholarship and first and second-semester equivalency with (MMA Education Equivalency) fourth and fifth term exemption after success exam scholarships were received.
Music, Sound Engineering and Recording
Between 2010 and 2011, I studied guitar and sound engineering at Istanbul Modern Music Academy.
My education covered guitar techniques, harmony, songwriting, recording techniques and studio production.
During this period, I also received scholarship, equivalency and exemption opportunities connected to Berklee-related evaluation processes.
Music and sound engineering shaped the way I think about systems. A recording is not only a performance; it is a balance of structure, emotion, timing, technology and detail. This perspective later influenced my approach to product design, production and experience building.
Articona Art Academy - (2009 - 2012)
(İstanbul)
Drawing Techniques and Dynamics of
Three - Dimensional Perception Studies
Drawing, Perception and Design Foundations
Between 2009 and 2012, I studied drawing techniques and three-dimensional perception at Articona Art Academy in Istanbul.
This education strengthened my ability to observe form, proportion, spatial relationships and visual structure.
It became an important foundation for my later work in industrial design, product form and visual thinking.
Sonata Art Academy - (09.2007 - 06.2008)
(Brazil - Francisco Beltrão / Portuguese)
10/10 (Graduate with honors)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
Contemporary Art and Arts Management
Brazil, Art and Stage Experience
In 2007–2008, I studied contemporary art and arts management in Brazil at Sonata Art Academy.
During the same period, I performed as a musician with the group O+ across different stages, including performances connected to blues and Latin jazz.
This period combined art education, cultural exposure, stage experience and international perspective at an early point in my development.
Brazil became one of the first moments where creativity, performance, travel and cultural observation came together. It expanded my understanding of art not only as expression, but as a social and experiential system.
Early Experiments & Creative Formation
My interest in creation began early, through digital tools, games, images and sound.
In 2000, I started experimenting with image editing and game modification by changing character visuals in Adobe Photoshop and Age of Empires II files for personal use.
In 2001, I developed my first arcade game by modifying an open-source game, changing background visuals, effects, characters and sound elements.
These early experiments were not formal projects, but they introduced an important pattern that would later define my work: taking an existing system apart, understanding its structure and rebuilding it into a new experience.
Certificate Information
Digital Marketing
Certificate by Google Digital Workshop
in the field of Digital Marketing
on (23.03.2022)
(Certificate No: CQVHJS U62)
Driving Licence
- Advanced Driving Techniques
- GIS Academy Istanbul (01.2015)
RYLA - (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards)
Leadership Certificate (2009)
Music:
- Major Music Academy (01.2010)
- Approved by the Republic Of Türkiye
Ministry Of National Education
Master Instructor certificate
Volunteer Workspaces:
K&K Media Social Responsibility Team
Founder / Manager
Rotex (Rotary International) Jan 2006 - ...
Volunteer Time: +20 yr.
Purpose: Art and Culture
The process that started with the Interact presidency,
As a result of the exchange student, I attended in 2007
I continue as Rotex.
Project Basis off-time / free-work Experiences
In 2000, I created a new game character model for the first time by changing the game character design for personal use by making changes in the "Adobe Photoshop Version 6" and "Age of Empires II" game files.
In 2001, I developed my first arcade game by recalibrating an open source game, configuring the background images, effects and characters, and replacing the sound effects with ready-made sound files.
In 2007, I toured in Brazil as a musician with the music group "O+" (Blues and Latin Jazz) and had stage experience in a wide geography, including stages such as the Hard Rock Cafe in Rio de Janeiro. Flight with co-pilot and heoretical test result for glider driving, with front propeller and biplane system, in Brazil, 2007-2008. I earned the right to obtain a PPL (Private Pilot License)
In 2010, after the recordings I took at the "MMA Studios" and "Balyoz Studios", I recorded my first single for my
own music works and completed my first music recording where I also worked as a musician.
In 2011, I started body and chassis production work for my hybrid motorcycle design. In 2012, I finished the design and calculation process of the motorcycle engine system. However, the project could not be continued because production permits could not be obtained.
In 2011-2012, I took part in the production of solar powered cars by contributing to the electric vehicle production project with the Engineering Department of Çorum Hitit University.
In 2011-2012, I received a National Billiards Certificate to represent Turkey in "9 ball pool tournaments".
In 2013 - 2014, I worked as an assistant director in the movie M.Can Yüksel, who worked as a lecturer at Doğuş
University and also worked as a director. In 2014, I worked as a photographer and cinematographer for short films and promotional films with PHX Media.
In 2009-2011, I made fashion, product and landscape photography shoots for industry leaders such as Elle and
Vouge on behalf of permanent photographers.
In 2015, I worked as a fashion photographer in the catalog shoots of the participants in the Miss Turkey organization.
In 2011, with the effect of the connections established after the works made for the Hititology Congress, based
on the social and cultural needs in this field, I designed scalable playgrounds in 2019 to increase the importance
given to archeology in cultural interaction by hosting archaeological elements. However, due to the effects of
political decisions on the regional administration, the production process could not be started.
On 26.5.2021, I attended the project course under the responsibility of "Assistant Prof. Hikmet Eser Tezeren" as
a speaker for the first time in the fields of "social responsibility projects and project management" within
the scope of "TC Doğuş University Faculty of Design" courses.
In 2021, I undertook the sound engineering and production of my first Album "Taste of the Fog", in which I also took part as a musician together with world-renowned Turkish musicians Buğra Balcı and Zekican Evsen.
In 2022, I completed the Google Digital Garage certificate in Digital Marketing. This strengthened my understanding of online visibility, digital communication, SEO, content strategy and market positioning, and supported the connection between my work in design, media production, product development and strategic communication.
In 2023, I worked at Yankı Solutions as a Management Consultant between March and June, contributing to design management, crisis management, project management, management consulting and team management processes. This period strengthened my experience in understanding organizational needs, improving internal structures and approaching business problems with a strategic and operational perspective.
Between July 2023 and February 2024, I continued at Yankı Solutions as a Research and Development Consultant. During this period, I worked on R&D-oriented product development, simulator-related concepts, smart area thinking and interdisciplinary solution development for corporate and industrial contexts. This role allowed me to connect management consulting with product development, research, technology and system-oriented design.
After 2024, I continued to develop the broader structure of my multidisciplinary work through K&K Media Agency, TKV R&D and independent strategy, design and production-oriented projects. My focus increasingly moved toward connecting strategy, product architecture, creative production and venture development under a more coherent professional ecosystem.
During this period, I also continued shaping K&K Media Agency as an independent production studio focused on image and sound production, photography, video, animation, editing, dubbing, music production, mixing, mastering, digital media management, website design, SEO and digital marketing. This structure represented the creative production side of my work and connected my background in music, sound engineering, visual production and digital media.
In 2026, I formally established TKV Strategy & Innovation as the institutional center of my work across strategy, research, product development, innovation and venture creation. The company was structured to develop research-driven products, strategic technologies, defensible concepts, scalable systems and long-term commercial value.
In 2026, GardenTurret became one of the first major venture concepts developed under TKV Strategy & Innovation. The project focuses on premium outdoor infrastructure for privacy-focused environments such as villas, estates, boutique hotels, resorts, private lands and high-standard managed properties. GardenTurret reflects my current direction: combining product architecture, strategic innovation, premium market positioning and long-term venture development.
In the same period, I began structuring a connected digital ecosystem around my work: www.turgutkaanvelidedeoglu.com as my personal founder and authority platform, www.tkvinnovation.com as the corporate center of TKV Strategy & Innovation, www.kkmediaagency.com as the creative production and media platform, and www.gardenturret.com as the dedicated venture and product brand for GardenTurret.
Today, my work is organized around strategy, design, production and venture development. Rather than defining myself through a single discipline, I focus on connecting disciplines into structured products, systems, narratives and companies. This multidisciplinary path continues to shape my work as an independent strategy and innovation consultant, producer, designer, artist and founder.