He has graduated from Bursa Milli Piyango Anatolian High School, Eskişehir Anadolu University Business Administration BS, Poland Krakow University of Economics International Business and Bahçeşehir University Strategic Marketing and Brand Management MS. He studied Sports Management at the European School of Economics London campus.

His career started in Markam as a Brand Strategist and Consultant in 2006 and served brands in Telecom, FMCG, Automotive and Sports sectors.
In his professional career, he worked as a Media Manager for Algida at Unilever at Mindshare Turkey office, and as a Digital Communication Strategy Manager at Turkcell Global Bilgi with his integrated marketing experience.

Ümit Özkan, who has been working as a marketing and brand consultant since 2015, also working at Zoom In Sport as a TFF licensed football player representative and sports marketing consultant.