Esat Balkır

Esat Balkır is a seasoned professional in product management and entrepreneurship, currently serving as a Senior AI Product Manager at Bookipi since January 2025 and as an Alumni Mentor Advisor at the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business since May 2021. Balkır has a robust background in leading product development teams, exemplified by the role as Head of Product at Duelit from December 2016 to January 2025, and co-founding the Tangled App where significant customer discovery and feature prioritization were achieved. Prior experience includes consulting as a Startup Business Analyst at Rokk3r Labs and co-founding Outly™, developing a user-accepted mobile application. Educational credentials include a Bachelor of Applied Science in Management Engineering from the University of Waterloo and several product management and digital marketing nanodegrees from Udacity.