Aykut Bal

Aykut Bal

@aykutbal

Product Craftsman

About

I have a proven track record of delivering successful products across diverse verticals. My passion on problems has led me to create businesses from scratch in different companies.

16

Years Experience

Skills

Strategy & Vision

  • Intrapreneurship

Execution & Delivery

  • Software Production Frameworks

Data & Analytics

  • App Analytics
  • JTBD

Influence & Communication

  • Leading Product Teams

Domain & Technical

  • Mobile App Growth

Now

I'm working on Prodlog. I think PMs need better tools to build their careers and see what they have done before.

Updated in July

Domain Expertise

  • Mobile Apps · Expert · 13 yrs
  • Fintech · Know it well · 2 yrs
  • B2B SaaS · Expert · 8 yrs

Hire Me!

Send an email to aykut@prodlog.app

Products I've Worked On Before

Prodlog

B2C SaaS

Product managers need brag document to keep track of their successes

Founder

May 2026 - Present

Sayfa: Reading Tracker

Mobile App

A habit builder for reading with a sip of gamification

Founder

Oct 2026 - Present

Finally launched Slack App for Prodlog

Jul 8, 2026

Now Prodlog has a Slack application that lets user to add log by just typing /log or selecting any text from their chats and using the Message shortcut.

Jotform Mobile App

Mobile app

VP of Platforms

Jotform Mobile App
2×

Paid User

Jotform AI Agent Mobile App

Mobile App

VP of Platforms

Jotform Quiz Generator Mobile App

Mobile App

VP of Platforms

Jotform Sign

Mobile App

Mobile e-sign application with in-person sign capability and AI summaries

VP of Platforms

Apr 2025 - Aug 2025

Storyly

B2B SaaS

Mobile app engagement tool that drives conversions via story formatted content with its native SDK.

Chief Product Officer

Jan 2020 - Aug 2024

App Samurai

B2B

AppSamurai helps brands and apps grow with less effort, across one platform for UA, retargeting, OEM discovery, and rewarded monetization.

Head of Product

Jun 2018 - Mar 2022

Interceptd

B2B SaaS

Head of Product

Storyly
$4.5M

Revenue

Kill

App Samurai
Killed after shipping

Samurai Network

freed New tests and availability to try to build DSP

Twentify

It's hard to capture data from the field for big companies. Twentify is a SaaS Customer Research tool with it's mobile app called Bounty.

Head of Product

Dec 2016 - May 2018

Bounty Mobile App

B2C

Head of Product

Bounty Mobile App
I drove it
4×

User Count

1×5×·1.5 years

TAG Mobile App - Ridesharing

B2C

This was a ridesharing app that brings people with car and others with a same route.

Product Manager

Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

BKM Express Mobile App

Mobile App

Secure digital wallet that lets you shop and transfer money 24/7 without sharing your full card details

Product Manager

Dec 2014 - Nov 2015

Jukela

B2B & B2C

Mobile Jukebox App for venues to create community feeling

Founder

Dec 2013 - Oct 2014

BKM Express Mobile App
720K

Active Users

Decision

Jukela

Building a music player from scratch

instead of being part of a streaming company like Deezer

to create a beautiful beat matching algorithm for songs

What it costLoyalty problems, infrastructure cost for onboarding of users.

Wrong call

It's still hard to tell what was right or wrong; but at that time music providers were in the early stage and not capable as they are today.

Me

App Engagement

YouTube

Jukela in Turkish

YouTube

Writing

100 products in 100 days - First One

Hi friend 👋,

Substack · Jan 2, 2022

Writing

Ürün yöneticileri ve yazılımcıları için önemli 3 metrik — B2B

Medium

Writing

Hayatımdaki en iyi ürün yönetimi mülakatında bana ne sordular?

Medium · Mar 21, 2017

Battle Against Churn

YouTube

Storyly in Turkish

YouTube
Confirmed testimonial
“Building Storyly with him shaped everything I know about product: empathy, connection, sharing. At every tough decision, I still ask "what would he think?". Whatever he touches, he turns into art. An inspiration to all product enthusiasts.”
CT

Cansu Tetik

Head of Product · Tightly

Edited & confirmed

Jul 2026

Worked together at Storyly and App Samurai from 2019 to 2023

Confirmed testimonial
“Aykut is an exceptional product leader. He combines his domain expertise with a unique management style that makes teamwork impactful while encouraging continuous learning.”
KU

Kaan Uyanık

Strategy & Business Operations · App Samurai

Edited & confirmed

Jul 2026

Worked together at AppSamurai, 2019-2024

Product Management in Turkish

YouTube

Digital Product Management in Turkish

YouTube

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