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Kadir Girici

Industrial Engineer · AI Builder · Antalya

Kadir GiriciI combine industrial engineering with AI to build products that actually ship.

I'm a recent industrial engineering graduate. I work on data analysis and AI solutions, and on the side I've built up hands-on experience in e-commerce. What I do comes down to understanding business processes and making better decisions from data. My TÜBİTAK-funded AI project has a live demo, and I've run an e-export business selling to the US market on Etsy.

Selected Projects

A fully offline RAG system built on Microsoft Foundry Local; a retrieval similarity threshold (0.35) blocks hallucination before the LLM is queried.

  • Test 10/10
  • Offline 100%

Python · Foundry Local · phi-3.5-mini · qwen3-embedding · SQLite · Streamlit

About

Kadir Girici

I'm a recent industrial engineering graduate. A growing interest in AI pulled me first into data analysis, then into AI solutions and e-commerce. I use AI in my projects, but also in everyday work to learn faster and get more done. Having grown up in Antalya/Alanya, I know the tourism industry from the inside too.

My goal is to gain hands-on experience across different departments and turn what I know from industrial engineering into results in the field. I enjoy untangling business processes and simplifying workflows, and I usually find the best solution by working with a team. I build my web projects with AI-assisted development (vibe coding): I use AI as both a teacher and a pair-programmer, and I don't stop before the product ships. My live projects are the proof.

I also have hands-on e-export experience. Through my Etsy store I sold jewelry mainly to customers in the US and ran the store's social media, and I picked up a good deal about SEO and digital marketing along the way.

> currently: looking for new opportunities and collaborations

Experience

  1. 2026/08 - 2026/09

    Management Intern, Project Department

    Cantek Group · Antalya

    • Completed a management internship at Cantek Group, a cold-chain and refrigeration systems manufacturer, spanning the Project, Quality and Production Planning departments
    • Worked with Excel-based data analysis and reporting tools, ERP reporting (IFS) and production planning processes
    • Production Planning
    • Quality Control
    • ERP (IFS)
  2. 2025/04 - 2026/06

    TÜBİTAK 2209-A Project Coordinator

    Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi

    • Developed an AI-powered Material Requirements Planning (MRP) module for panel radiator production
    • Achieved MAE 109.9 and R² 0.657 with an XGBoost-Combined model; Streamlit demo live on Hugging Face Spaces
    • Python
    • Time Series Forecasting
    • MRP
  3. 2026/02 - 2026/03

    Online Intern, QNB 101 Internship Program

    QNB Türkiye · Remote

    • Completed core banking training and mandatory compliance modules during a two-week online program
    • Joined unit-orientation days, meetings with regional and branch managers, and interview-skills sessions
    • Banking
    • Business Strategy
  4. 2023/11 - 2026/02

    Founder & E-commerce Manager, Etsy Store (US Market)

    Serbest Girişim · Remote

    • Founded and managed an Etsy-based e-commerce store; sold jewelry to US customers with international shipping
    • Performed SEO optimization for product titles, tags and descriptions; conducted competitor and pricing analysis
    • E-Commerce
    • SEO
    • Data Analysis
  5. 2025/07 - 2025/08

    Intern Engineer (Production)

    Büşra Makina · Isparta

    • Observed and supported production processes of compressors and generators
    • Documented workflows on generator production lines
    • Production
    • Manufacturing
  6. 2025/07 - 2025/08

    Intro to Astronomy Research & Artificial Intelligence (Online Summer Program)

    Caltech · Remote

    • Applied data analysis with Python (NumPy, SciPy, Astropy)
    • Performed basic astrophysics data cleaning and visualization
    • Python
    • Data Analysis
    • LaTeX
  7. 2021/07 - 2024/09

    Bar Waiter (Seasonal)

    Club Kastalia Hotel · Alanya

    • Worked four summer seasons (2021-2024); progressed from busser to barback and then to a full waiter role
    • Built strong teamwork and communication skills in a fast-paced hospitality environment, staying solution-oriented under pressure
    • Hospitality
    • Teamwork

Education

  1. 2021 - 2026

    Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi

    B.Sc. Industrial Engineering

  2. 2025 - ongoing

    Anadolu Üniversitesi

    Associate Degree, Tourism & Hotel Management

Skills & Certifications

AI / ML

  • Python
  • Pandas
  • XGBoost
  • LSTM
  • Random Forest
  • RAG
  • Streamlit
  • SQL

Actively integrates AI into his daily life and workflow: for learning, building and productivity

Web

  • AI-Assisted Web Development (Vibe Coding)

Tools used across two live projects: Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, next-intl, Sanity CMS, Vercel

Engineering

  • Operations Research
  • MRP / Production Planning
  • Quality Control
  • Optimization (GAMS/CPLEX)
  • Excel
  • Matlab

Languages

  • Turkish: Native
  • English: A2-B1, 118 lessons (~72 hrs) of speaking practice on Cambly

Certifications

  • AI Innovators Internship Program

    2026

    Microsoft

  • Başarı Belgesi: Yapay Zekâ Destekli MİP Modülünün Oluşturulması

    2026

    Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi

  • IBM ile Kodluyoruz: AI4Future - İleri Seviye

    2026

    Kodluyoruz

  • Build Smarter AI with Embeddings

    2026

    IBM

Let's work together

A project, a role, or just a hello. My inbox is always open.

kadir.grc7@gmail.com