Eren Erkalkan

Eren Erkalkan is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Refine, an open-source React framework utilized for the rapid development of web applications. He began his career in the e-commerce and online dating sectors, spending ten years as a Project Manager and Senior Product Manager at EBI Elektronik Bilgi Iletisim Hizmetleri. Erkalkan subsequently joined Workbench SBI as Head of Product Development before becoming Managing Partner, and he simultaneously co-founded Pankod Yazılım ve Danışmanlık, operating both businesses until 2022. Prior to his nearly fifteen-year career building companies in the technology sector, he earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Istanbul Technical University between 1998 and 2003. Today, his professional focus centers on the developer tools space, where he actively leads the growth of Refine and advances open-source software solutions for React developers.