I was born under a warm sun, next to a blue sea in Turkey, when thrash metal was big. I grew up playing drums, table-top RPG’s and tons of video games. Several branching storylines later, I’ve been lucky enough to mold two of my biggest passions (games and sound) into a career in Finland, which I came to call home.

In 2012, I received an Audio Engineering Degree from SAE Istanbul, and In 2016, completed my MA studies in sound design and wrote a thesis about game audio (Aalto University). I ran my own game audio company for several years, working for various projects, until I joined Rovio in 2019, where I currently work as a lead sound designer.

Now and then, I have been involved in various other areas too, such as film sound, game design, interactive sound installations, drumming, and music production. Oh, and I also have a degree in archeology.

About my most likely confusing name, no, it’s not a clever alias; it’s just a common Turkish name. It comes from Persian and means “soul” or “life.” It’s pronounced ʤɑn (uzɛɾ), or simply ‘John’.