Oguzhan Aygoren has extensive experience in innovation in the corporate, startup, and academic worlds at prestigious institutions. He serves as a board member, investor, mentor, and trusted advisor for investing in startups, working on corporate innovation, and venturing. He is the Director of the Institute for Business Innovation at UC Berkeley Haas Business School. He is also a Faculty Innovation Fellow at Stanford University. He was previously a Visiting Professor at NYU Stern Business School and a faculty member at Bogazici University, where he founded Bright Center for Entrepreneurship. Before joining academia, he founded three startups and worked at Procter & Gamble as an innovation leader. He studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East Technical University, earned an MBA at Koc University and London Business School, and has a PhD in Marketing from Bogazici University.