Innovative and results-driven design professional with a Master’s degree in Design Products and a strong background in mechanical engineering. Passionate about storytelling, prototyping, and crafting user-centric, sustainable, and aesthetically compelling solutions that bridge creativity and function.

Cevdet Mumtaz Berkan

Innovative and results-driven design professional with a Master’s degree in Design Products and a strong background in mechanical engineering. Passionate about storytelling, prototyping, and crafting user-centric, sustainable, and aesthetically compelling solutions that bridge creativity and function.

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Innovative and results-driven design professional with a Master’s degree in Design Products and a strong background in mechanical engineering. Passionate about storytelling, prototyping, and crafting user-centric, sustainable, and aesthetically compelling solutions that bridge creativity and function.

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Language

Turkish
Fluent
English
Fluent
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Body Interior Seats & Restraints Design and Release Engineer at Ford Otosan
May 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Responsible for project management of design and process validation, timing, finances, physical tests, vehicle-level homologation tests and tracking of quality metrics in medium commercial vehicle projects. Led cross-functional collaboration with finance, purchasing and suppliers to ensure all parts were developed and manufactured in line with the latest program schedule, requirements and standards. Supported design and engineering sign-offs; led on-site launch activities for medium commercial vehicle programs.
Specialist Engineer / Project Engineer at BEKO
December 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025
Worked on subsystems of a confidential home appliance project. Designed parts in Siemens NX, manufactured them by rapid prototyping and tested them. Researched benchmark products for comparison and searched patents to avoid similarities; prepared invention forms from ideas generated during development that may evolve into patent applications.
Process Development Intern at EVAS
February 1, 2018 - September 30, 2025
Designed control work benches using Autodesk Inventor; drew and listed parts of vacuum work bench for cost analysis; observed the production process of gas cylinder.
IT Advisory Intern at Ernst & Young
March 1, 2017 - September 30, 2025
Worked in the IT Advisory office, assisting managers and consultants in translations of presentations about data governance and offers to insurance companies regarding fraud detection.
Production Intern at Şişe Cam
July 1, 2016 - September 30, 2025
Facilitated furnace and batch chief in planning, organizing and managing 24 hours of operations; calculated production efficiency and number of batch prepared per day; observed the production process of glass fiber.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Boğaziçi University
September 1, 2014 - June 1, 2019
Master of Arts in Design Products at Royal College of Art, London
September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at University of California San Diego
September 1, 2019 - June 1, 2020

Qualifications

Patent: Coffee Maker
January 3, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Patent: Coffee Maker with Automatic Dosing Function
January 10, 2024 - September 30, 2025

Industry Experience

Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment