Berkin Ozisikyilmaz

Berkin Ozisikyilmaz has over a decade of work experience in the technology industry. Berkin currently serves as the Senior Director of Software Development Engineering at Mediaocean, where they have been since August 2021. Prior to this role, Berkin held various positions at the company, including Senior Principal Software Engineer, Principal Software Engineer, and Senior Software Engineer.

Before joining Mediaocean, Berkin worked as a Performance Engineer at NetApp from December 2010 to November 2013. Berkin also gained research experience at Northwestern University, where they served as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant. During their time at Northwestern, Berkin was actively involved in projects related to high-performance data mining systems and microarchitecture research. Berkin also had teaching responsibilities, covering subjects such as analytical marketing, customer relationship management, and database systems.

Berkin's early career includes a graduate internship at NVIDIA, focusing on software engineering, and a graduate internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Berkin also had undergraduate internships at IBM's Personal Computer Division and Aknet Bilgi Islem Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S (AKBANK).

Overall, Berkin Ozisikyilmaz has exhibited continuous growth and expertise in software development, performance engineering, research, and teaching throughout their career.

Berkin Ozisikyilmaz earned their Ph.D in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Northwestern University from 2004 to 2009. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering at Boğaziçi University from 2001 to 2004, and another Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering at Marmara University from 2000 to 2001. Additionally, Berkin has obtained several certifications related to data science and analysis from LinkedIn, including courses in pandas, data mining, data governance, and statistics, among others.