Mustafa Kasap

About Mustafa Kasap

Engineering leader with 20+ years across startups, research, and enterprise product engineering. Led multi-disciplinary teams building production AI platforms and distributed systems (LLM-enabled knowledge systems, MLOps, near real-time analytics). Known for end-to-end ownership (architecture, launch, operations), cross-org alignment, and raising engineering quality through strong execution, reliability practices, and measurable delivery outcomes.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Engineering (Ai-powered Enterprise Compliance Platform)

   Iridius

   Oct 2025 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Leading a cross-functional pod of engineers, partnering closely with ML counterparts to build an AI-powered compliance platform for health/pharma workflows- Delivered an internal alpha/MVP in ~10 weeks, standing up ingestion, indexing, knowledge graph, evidence-backed responses, and enabling two early design-partner/pilot tracks- Own end-to-end execution: architecture decisions, roadmap, delivery cadence, and operational readiness; align product/security/compliance/legal stakeholders on data handling, audit requirements, and release criteria- Established engineering mechanisms (design reviews, planning cadence, spec templates, CI/CD discipline) to improve throughput and quality.

Education

• University of Geneva

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Big Data Analytics

• Dokuz Eylul University

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematical Modelling & Simulation

• University of Oxford

  Summer School - Solving Polynomial Equations and Structured Matrix Methods

• Technische Universität München (Technical University of Munich)

  Summer School Marktoberdorf - Engineering Theories of Software Intensive Systems

Skills

• Team Management
• Architecture
• Excellent Presentation and Interpersonal Skills
• Team Leadership & Development
• Algorithms
• Software Development
• Strong Communication Skills and Emotional Literacy
• Cross Functional Team Management
• Engineering and Project Management
• Management
• Integration
• Machine Learning
• Analysis
• Eclipse
• Project Management
• International Project Management
• Software Engineering
• Databases
• C++
• Programming
• Simulations
• Entrepreneurship
• Data Mining
• Requirements Analysis
• Computer Vision
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• C#
• Oop
• Java
• Computer Science
• Multi-Cultural Team Management