Born in Ankara in 1973. Native language Turkish, proficient in English.
Umut completed his undergraduate studies at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 1995. He received his master’s degree on Building Construction Management with his thesis “Information Technologies in Architectural Offices” in 2001 at ITU.
Between 1995 and 1997, he worked on design projects as a freelancer and attend project competitions in collaboration with Murat Aksu. After completion of the Headquarters of ING Bank (was Ottoman Bank at that time), he founded MUUM with Murat Aksu in Istanbul in 1998.
His recent projects are, “Kordon ISTANBUL”, “TEPE Kadıköy”, for architecture and “Marmarapark Foodcourt Renovation”, “CER Istanbul”, “TOGG Innovation Center” for interior design.
Besides his role at MUUM, he is leading a design studio (working on agile scrum framework) in Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, as a guest lecturer.
He is one of the founders of Agile Construction Turkey (a non profit organization). The aim of the organization is to extend agile framework in construction industry.