I’m Markus.

A founder and computer science graduate building AI software for complex industrial workflows. I connect technical possibilities with what people and businesses actually need.

Midra logoBuilding a product companyFounder, Midra
Ontario Shipyards logoBuilding inside industryAutomation Specialist, Ontario Shipyards
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Markus Acar smiling in natural light
Hello, I’mMarkus
Acar.Based inOntario,
Canada

Technical thinking. Human context.01—02

BASc, Computer Science · McMaster ’26From Mardin. Building in Canada.

Selected work, experience, and the story behind it

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MIDRA / PRODUCT EXPLORATIONIn development
Scope. Context. A considered estimate.Conceptual workflow
01 / AI Product · Industrial SoftwareMidra

Industrial AI
Estimation Platform

Turning technical specifications, historical project knowledge, and pricing inputs into structured estimates and customer-ready quotations.

Under development & validation
Product scope & my role
The problem
Technical scope, previous projects, and pricing information often live in different places.
What I’m developing
Specification and work-item extraction, historical project comparison, and estimating and quotation workflows.
My role
Discovery, workflow analysis, product requirements, implementation, and iterative validation.
Current stage
Product development and validation informed by real shipyard workflows.
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INDUSTRIAL KNOWLEDGE / INTERNAL SOFTWARE02
Scattered information. Connected context.Conceptual illustration
02 / AI · Enterprise KnowledgeInternal product

Industrial Knowledge
Intelligence

Bringing fragmented operational documents and company knowledge into a practical system people can search, access, and reuse.

Deployed in an industrial environment
System & contribution
The challenge
Useful information was scattered across documents, workflows, and disconnected sources.
What I built
An AI-assisted internal knowledge and document intelligence application.
My role
Workflow discovery, requirements, implementation, and deployment.
What it enabled
A practical way for industrial teams to find and reuse operational knowledge.
DOCUMENTS / COORDINATION03
A clear next step, every time.
03 / Product Operations

Operational Workflow Systems

Structured workflows for document handling, approvals, traceability, and operational coordination.

Implemented for an internal approval process
Workflow details
The problem
Submission emails and attachments required repetitive manual handling.
What I built
Automated routing into structured folders, improving traceability and reducing manual file handling.
My role
Process mapping, solution design, implementation, and rollout.
COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS / FOUNDER DELIVERY04
Commercial work, made repeatable.
04 / Founder Execution

B2B AI Growth Systems

Connecting prospect research, commercial workflows, personalized outreach, and systematic follow-up for industrial B2B businesses.

Delivered for a B2B industrial supplier
Commercial workflow
The challenge
Research, lead organization, and follow-up were difficult to run consistently.
What I built
An AI-assisted outbound system that brought these activities into a repeatable workflow.
My role
Commercial discovery, system design, implementation, and client delivery.

02 / Experience

Industry experience.
Entrepreneurial direction.

Building a product company

Midra

Founder

2025 — Present

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AI software for project-based industries, starting with estimating and tendering.

Midra’s initial product helps teams turn technical specifications, historical project knowledge, and pricing inputs into structured estimates and customer-ready quotations.

The product builds on experience delivering paid AI and automation solutions to B2B businesses across industrial sectors, with ongoing validation in a real shipyard environment.

Working inside industry

Ontario Shipyards

Automation Specialist

June 2026 — Present

Practical software for the complexity of industrial operations.

I work with technical and operational stakeholders to understand business problems, define product requirements, and design AI-assisted internal software and workflow systems.

My work spans solution design, implementation, deployment, and rollout — connecting what the technology can do with how people actually work.

03 / About

Curiosity is
the throughline.

Mardin, Türkiye Ontario, Canada

I grew up in Mardin, Türkiye, where an early interest in science and technology led me toward international competitions, ambitious projects, and people asking difficult questions.

That path took me from science projects and CERN’s Beamline for Schools competition to Canada, where I graduated from McMaster University with a BASc in Computer Science in 2026. Today, I bring that same curiosity to AI products, business operations, and entrepreneurship.

My strength is connecting the pieces: understanding how a business actually works, identifying the right problem, translating it into a practical product or system, and moving it from idea toward deployment and adoption.

Education
BASc, Computer Science
McMaster University · 2026
Languages
English · Turkish
Syriac (Aramaic) · Arabic

04 / Community & recognition

Ideas move further
with people.

Building communities has been another way to turn curiosity into something shared.

Technology & entrepreneurship

Turks in Tech Toronto

Co-Founder & Toronto Chapter Lead

Helping build Toronto’s Turkish technology ecosystem by bringing together founders, engineers, investors, and technology leaders, with relationships including Turkish Airlines and MNP.

1,500+Cumulative event attendances

Science & education

Technosophia

Co-Founder

Co-founded an international science and technology community, organizing educational events and conversations connecting students, researchers, and industry professionals.

Speakers affiliated with institutions including MIT, NASA, CERN, Harvard, and Cambridge.

A few milestones along the way

2020

CERN Beamline for Schools Finalist

Finalist in the international particle physics competition with a graphene-based detector concept.

2021

TEDxMEFUniversity Speaker

A talk in Istanbul on curiosity, perseverance, and thinking beyond boundaries.

2022

Aspire Leaders Program

Selected for a leadership development program.

Markus Acar speaking on stage at TEDxMEFUniversityTEDxMEFUniversity 2021 · Istanbul

05 / Speaking

Beyond
boundaries.

Sınırların Ötesine Yolculuk

A TEDx talk on curiosity, perseverance, and following ideas beyond the limits we inherit.

“If the results of our work touch people in a positive way, that is success.”
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06 / Contact

Good problems.
Thoughtful people.

I’m interested in ambitious AI products, industrial technology, and the work of making useful software happen.

If you’re building a company, growing a product team, or working on a difficult operational problem, I’d be glad to connect.

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