Oguzhan Aygoren has a vast array of experience in the innovation field in the corporate, startup and academic worlds at prestigious institutions. He is a board member, investor, mentor and trusted advisor for investing in startups and working on corporate innovation and venturing. He currently serves as a Director at 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 faculty member at Bogazici University where he founded Bright Center for Entrepreneurship. Before joining academia, he started three startups and worked at Procter & Gamble as an innovation leader. He has education in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East Technical University with an MBA at Koc University and London Business School, and a PhD in Marketing at Bogazici University.