Résumé
Ümit Mutlu
Business Analyst · Technical / Product Analyst
Professional Summary
Management Information Systems graduate and Business Analyst with 6 years of experience turning business needs into well-documented functional and technical requirements across the full software development life cycle (SDLC). Skilled in requirements elicitation, process and needs analysis, and BRD/FRD documentation, with hands-on delivery in Agile, Scrum, Kanban and Waterfall environments. Acts as the bridge between business units and engineering — coordinating scope, risk, UAT, RFP/vendor processes and Go-Live. Strong in data-driven decision-making with SQL, advanced Excel and product analytics (Mixpanel, Amplitude, attribution/MMP tools), and an early adopter of AI-assisted development and prompt engineering, having shipped multiple production AI products. Upper-intermediate English (B2), strong stakeholder communication and analytical problem-solving.
Apps & Products Shipped
Core Competencies
- Business Analysis
- Requirements elicitation & management, needs & process analysis, BRD/FRD & functional design docs, use cases, gap analysis
- Project & Delivery
- End-to-end project management, scope / time / risk planning, SDLC, Agile · Scrum · Kanban · Waterfall, Go-Live support, RFP/RFQ & vendor management
- AI-Assisted SDLC
- Prompt engineering, AI coding assistants & AI-enabled IDEs, AI-based prototyping, rapid solution design
- Data & Reporting
- SQL querying & analysis, advanced Excel modeling, Power BI dashboards, KPI definition, data-quality control
- Testing & Enablement
- Test scenarios, UAT coordination, defect tracking, end-user documentation, user manuals & training
Tools & Platforms
- Requirements & PM
- Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Notion
- Modeling & Diagramming
- Miro, Lucidchart, draw.io, BPMN
- Data, BI & API
- SQL, Advanced Excel, Power BI · Postman, Swagger, REST, gRPC
- Analytics & MMP
- Mixpanel, Amplitude, AppMetrica, Adjust, AppsFlyer, Singular, Kochava
- AI & Version Control
- Prompt engineering, AI coding assistants, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, CI/CD
Professional Experience
Ancienda Tech — Technical Business Analyst & Product Developer
2024 – 2026- Managed an AI-assisted SDLC for production AI apps — Slayy (formerly Focus AI), Deco AI and Mankai (AI manga/comic maker) — translating business goals into requirements and coordinating delivery from prototype to live release using AI development tools and prompt engineering.
- Ran funnel and drop-off analysis to redesign the user flow (15–40% retention uplift) and led a monetization migration to Adapty's Paywall Builder, raising purchase conversion 50%.
Anibal Software — Business / Systems Analyst & Developer
2023 – 2024- Defined requirements and the data model for a location-intelligence app (Quick Go) and specified integration of a Python recommendation algorithm to surface critical route locations.
Appnation — Product Analyst & Developer
2022 – 2023- Baby Monitor: gathered real-time video requirements, defined the monetization strategy (+40% revenue), and used analytics to cut latency 30% and lift retention 25%.
- Authored functional specs & cross-platform requirements for an iOS Safari ad-blocker (Ad Blocker) and an AI image-generation app (Arch AI), including security and acceptance criteria.
Eralpsoftware — Business Analyst & Developer
2021 – 2022- Modeled user journeys and requirements for a reservation platform (Spinigo), a two-sided services marketplace with Iyzico payments (Eve Söyle), and a data-to-PDF conversion app (Digitastic).
Jangle Teknoloji A.Ş. — Developer
2020 – 2021- Built a real-time social platform (WebSocket + Firebase) with customizable notifications and user-to-user engagement features.
Turkish Armed Forces — IT & Systems / Tank Sergeant
2014 – 2020- Six years in cryptology, server networking, system administration and IT security — managing sensitive IT systems and implementing security solutions.
Personal Projects
Self-initiated apps, owned end-to-end from concept and requirements to release — Volume Booster, Home AI, WearCaster, TCG Card Scanner (iOS) and Weather Combine (Android).