Sercan (Sarge) Altundaş

Sercan (Sarge) Altundaş has a diverse work experience in the tech industry. Sercan (Sarge) is currently working at Ready Player Me as the SDK & Integrations Team Leader, where they are responsible for the development of a Unity SDK for avatars and managing the integration process. Sercan (Sarge) started with Ready Player Me as a side project and led its development, eventually securing funding from prominent investors. Prior to this role, Sercan worked as a Lead Unity Developer at Ready Player Me, implementing avatars into various software and game companies. Sercan (Sarge) also worked on internal applications of avatars in Unity game engine. Before joining Ready Player Me, they founded Placeholder Gameworks and served as the Lead Game Developer. Sercan (Sarge) also gained experience as a Software Engineer at EES and completed an internship at Isbank AG.

Sercan (Sarge) Altundaş completed their high school education at Çıldır Lisesi, focusing on science. Sercan (Sarge) then went on to pursue a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Computer Engineering at Ege University from 2009 to 2013. During their time at Ege University, Sercan also had the opportunity to study Computer Science at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen from 2011 to 2012.

After completing their undergraduate studies, Sercan pursued a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Software Engineering at both the University of Tartu and TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology from 2016 to 2018.

In addition to their formal education, Sercan also obtained certifications in leadership projects (Yönderlik Projesi) in May 2013 and in a project called Denizyıldızı Projesi in May 2011, both from Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği.