Mesut Celik

VP of Engineering

Mesut Celik is an experienced engineering leader with over 15 years in Enterprise Java Development and Engineering Management, currently serving as the VP of Engineering at DefensX since 2025. Previously, Mesut led teams at Hazelcast, focusing on cloud strategy and open source integration, and held senior engineering management roles at Zapata Computing and antuit.ai, where responsibilities included overseeing multiple engineering teams and developing AI platforms. Mesut's early career featured positions as a J2EE Developer at Turkcell and a Senior Software Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent, where significant projects included the development of remote management solutions for home devices. Mesut holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Ege University.

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